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September 16, 2025 23 mins

For episode 598 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Dr. Christian Killer, Head of Research for Acurast.

 

Dr. Christian Killer, Head of Research at Acurast with a PhD in Blockchain Voting, Dr. Killer pioneered novel approaches to decentralizing electoral procedures, advancing the state of voting systems worldwide.


His work has been published in top-tier interdisciplinary venues across blockchain, applied cryptography, and information security. At Acurast, he leads cutting-edge research initiatives focused on secure, decentralized computation and privacy-preserving protocols.

 

Timestamps:

 

(0:00) Introduction

(0:56) Who is Christian Killer?

(3:22) What is Acurast?

(10:28) How does Acurast work?

(12:22) Incentives for users

(14:28) Ecosystem use-cases

(16:30) Running LLMs on Acurast

(18:08) Future of Decentralized Compute

(20:30) Acurast roadmap

(21:55) Acurast website, socials & community

 

🎙 Acurast Links:

 

🔗 Website: https://acurast.com 

🔗 X: https://x.com/Acurast 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiankiller 

🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acurast-association 

🔗 Telegram: https://t.me/acurastnetwork 

🔗 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/acurast 

 

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