Humans Behind the Machine: Meet Cryptographer & Blockchain Researcher Amira Bouguera
Amira tells the story of coming to ConsenSys, her passion for cryptography, and how privacy is at the core of Ethereum.
Amira Bouguera is a cryptographer and security engineer at ConsenSys Paris. She graduated with an engineering degree in cryptography and cybersecurity from ENSIMAG in Grenoble, France. Amira also holds a Master’s degree in applied math from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne. She focuses on R&D topics around privacy, scalability, and other related open issues of Ethereum 2.0.
How and when did blockchain and Ethereum pop on your radar?
A friend of mine was very passionate about bitcoin and Ethereum and has spoken to me about the famous DAO attack and the hard fork in Ethereum. The attack piqued my interest, and I began searching to learn more about what happened and which security vulnerability caused this bug.
Keeping blockchain on my radar, I selected a course in early 2017 to learn about the usage of cryptography in blockchain architecture. Then, I took an internship at Tessi Labs to learn more about blockchain hands-on. Later, I participated in a hackathon organized by ConsenSys’ Social Impact team. My team created the CoverUs app , and we won Financial Inclusion challenge! I applied to ConsenSys and joined the Paris office in January 2018.
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