Giovanni ZaarourinBlockchain@USCWeb3 Social: Driving New Forms of Identity, Connection & Value CreationThis article was a collaboration between our partner VC, Superscrypt.xyz, and our research team at Blockchain@USCOct 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourOn Crypto Skepticism and MisconceptionsAnyone involved with the industry is no stranger to doubtful sentiment about the future of crypto. Most, including me, have seen many…Jul 24, 2023Jul 24, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourPassivum: Playing Around with Account AbstractionCreating a social recovery DeFi dApp using the Biconomy SDKMay 24, 2023May 24, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourinBlockchain@USCThe Fault-Tolerant Consensus Problem and Its Solutions in Blockchains and Distributed SystemsThis essay explores the Byzantine Generals Problem (BGP) and Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus algorithms.May 20, 2023May 20, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourinBlockchain@USCDeep Dive into Account Abstraction and EIP-4337: Scaling Ethereum UX from 0 to 1In Web 2.0, if you forget your password you can recover it from a centralized authority. In crypto, if you lose your private key or forget…Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourLebanon: A Broken Country — Macroeconomic Overview and Crisis AnalysisAbstractFeb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
Giovanni ZaarourLessons Learned Launching a Startup in CollegeThis past summer I was the lead developer in a founding team of an early stage startup out of USC. This was my first experience ever doing…Dec 18, 2022Dec 18, 2022
Giovanni ZaarourOpenAI’s GPT-3: The Ethical Landscape of a Powerful ToolWhen the internet was created, people would never have guessed what its implications would be; the “age of information” we live in today…Dec 6, 2022Dec 6, 2022
Giovanni ZaarourBlockchain but Not Currency: Distributed Ledger Technology Is Innovation for EnterprisesThere is no shortage of flashy headlines about blockchain, crypto, and web3 — these buzzwords have taken the media world by storm in past…Sep 25, 2022Sep 25, 2022
Giovanni ZaarourLayerzero: The Possible Future of Blockchain InteroperabilityBy Lin, Joon Sung Park, Zain Merchant, and Giovanni ZaarourMay 7, 2022May 7, 2022
