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@USC10 min read·Oct 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…9 min read·Jul 24, 2023----
Giovanni ZaarourinBlockchain@USCPassivum: Playing Around with Account AbstractionCreating a social recovery DeFi dApp using the Biconomy SDK10 min read·May 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.21 min read·May 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…17 min read·Mar 27, 2023----
Giovanni ZaarourLebanon: A Broken Country — Macroeconomic Overview and Crisis AnalysisAbstract13 min read·Feb 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…8 min read·Dec 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…10 min read·Dec 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…7 min read·Sep 25, 2022----
Giovanni ZaarourinBlockchain@USCLayerzero: The Possible Future of Blockchain InteroperabilityBy Lin, Joon Sung Park, Zain Merchant, and Giovanni Zaarour9 min read·May 7, 2022----