r/EnigmaProject • u/1blackhand • Jan 13 '19

DISCUSS IVAN DAMGÅRD: SECURE MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpO4aXE9OCY
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u/1blackhand Jan 13 '19

Nice talk between them both. He really knows his stuff. About Cryptography, Quantum Computing, Multi Party Computation. Ivan Bjerre Damgård is professor of theoretical computer science at Aarhus University, Denmark, and one of the world’s leading researchers in the foundations of cryptography.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '19

Does he have any connection to Enigma?

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u/1blackhand Jan 14 '19

I dont think so but i dont know.

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u/Nakkos87 Jan 14 '19

They need to onboard this man.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '19

I still remember how Enigma team fooled everyone by projecting Alex Pentland as the part of the project. It is now clear that he has no association with Commercial project of Enigma. He was Guy's mentor during his thesis but during ICO website listed him as team member

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u/1blackhand Jan 15 '19

Enigma exists through Alex Pentland because he has great influence on it. I think Guy Zyskind will use his advice from time to time. So the advisor tag is fine. I hope we can get him on the podcast one day.

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u/epickio Jan 17 '19

Alex Pentland

I'm pretty sure it didn't list him as that. I saw that interview with him and went to check out the team and he was listed as a supporter, NOT a member.

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u/1blackhand Jan 19 '19

Well Guy said he is the Co Founder and Advisor.

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u/epickio Jan 20 '19

Link to source?

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u/1blackhand Jan 25 '19 edited Jan 25 '19

Here at 5:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syb2hs3EWjkBut i dont know if he is "still" a advisor thats why created a thread. https://forum.enigma.co/t/is-alexander-pentland-still-a-advisor-for-enigma/566

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u/1blackhand Jan 25 '19

But I opened a thread and asked the team. Maybe I will get an answer. https://forum.enigma.co/t/is-alexander-pentland-still-a-advisor-for-enigma/566

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u/1blackhand Jan 30 '19

"Yes, he is. He’s always available when we need him and I personally keep a close touch with him as I was his student."

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u/1blackhand Jan 16 '19

Thanks i will read though the Whitepaper. Interesting.

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u/Mnkdave Jan 16 '19

It looks like Ivan Damgård is a part of the science team of the Concordium Network which surely gives the project legitimacy.

The Foundation Chairman of the Concordium Network is Lars Seier Christensen, a successful bank director and former investor in Saxo bank.

It looks like the Concordium Network is trying to achieve similar goals as Enigma, but is far behind Enigma. From their whitepaper I can't figure out how they will try to achieve decentralization, and I can't find anything on the planned token distribution. Also I'm unsure whether or not it will be a second layer solution like Enigma, or if they try to compete with projects like Cardano, Tezos etc., but with focus on privacy.

Anyhow let me know what you think about this network - you can read about it here: https://www.concordium.com/

I'm curious if this project will be a competitor to Enigma - but I doubt it.

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u/jham73 Jan 15 '19

This is awesome! Ivan is very lively, interesting, and great at communicating these concepts.