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Howard Wu

Howard Wu

Howard Wu is the founder of Aleo and CEO of Provable, an Aleo Labs company focused on developing products for compliant, confidential payments and creating tools for developers to deploy and manage applications on the Aleo blockchain.

His notable contributions to the fields of zero-knowledge proofs and elliptic-curve cryptography, including Zexe and DIZK, have been adopted by protocols such as Ethereum, Zcash, and Aleo. Howard graduated from UC Berkeley with a research background in cryptography, computer security, and verifiable computing. He is also a co-founder of Aleo, a layer-1 blockchain that combines general-purpose programmability with the power of zero-knowledge (zk) proofs.

Stories by Howard Wu

  • Wall Street. Image: Shutterstock

    Why Wall Street Won’t Embrace Crypto Without Zero-Knowledge Privacy

    When you pay with a stablecoin like USDC, you may be giving up more than just money.  As long as you’re transacting on a public blockchain, a merchant—or anyone, for that matter—can view your wallet, analyze your past transactions, and use or sell your personal financial history. This feature isn’t a minor inconvenience. It’s why serious institutions, from major banks to government entities, hesitate to adopt blockchain technology.  Financial entities, corporations, and sovereign funds would be...

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