mission
A world where everyone creates and exchanges value efficiently, transparently, and securely.
- Global trust through decentralization
- Simple designs that drive adoption by billions of people
- Elegant technology that eliminates barriers to prosperity for all
current challenges
Algorand is enabling the simple creation of next generation financial products, protocols and exchange of value across defi, financial institutions and governments.
- Demonstrating Decentralization and Scalability
We’ve intentionally set a high standard for performance testing scenarios to build confidence in its scalability and real-world relevance when the platform goes live.
- Latency and Transaction Finality for a New Era of Blockchain
The latency of transactions in Algorand is another important measure of the performance of the platform. At just under five seconds per block, transactions clear quickly, and participants don’t have to wait to know that their transaction has been permanently added to the blockchain.
- Community Approved Security
Security is a key pillar of any blockchain platform. At Algorand, we take the security of our platform very seriously. Algorand maintains security against attacks at both the consensus protocol level and the network level — all while protecting individual users’ accounts.
culture & values
We believe in harnessing the power of the organization to go beyond the day-to-day so we can focus on the next big idea.
We take an optimistic and pragmatic approach to addressing challenges, and support each other in doing the same.
We ask every Algonaut to open their mind to new possibilities, with a focus on finding novel solutions to complex problems.
We follow through on our commitments and make sure others do the same. By building trusting relationships, we promote fairness, transparency, and authenticity.
history
Algorand, Inc. is a technology company founded by cryptography pioneer, Turing award winner and MIT professor, Silvio Micali. He designed the Algorand platform with an internationally recognized team of researchers, mathematicians, cryptographers, and economists—from first principles—to guarantee true decentralization, scale and security.
The Algorand test network was launched to the public in April 2019, and the main network was launched in June 2019.
core team
Silvio Micali - Founder
Steve Kokinos - CEO
W. Sean Ford - COO
Keli Callaghan - Head of Marketing
Regina O’Brien - Head of People & Talent
benefits
Our United States-based Algonauts have 99.99% of their benefits premiums paid for by the company - they pay just ~ $1 per year per plan. We offer national medical (BCBS-MA), dental (Delta), and vision (VSP) plans for our Algonauts and their dependents. We cover all in-network deductibles, and our copays remain low. Our International Algonauts receive access to supplemental plans to round out their local or national programs.
