Asen Kovachev

Asen Kovachev is a visionary and founder of the Automaton project; a peer-to-peer network for scalable, standardized protocols. Asen believes permissionless innovation in the blockchain space will challenge the centralized status quo and is critical in restoring the liberty of individuals to own and utilize their information. He started writing code at the age of nine and has been fascinated with computer science algorithms ever since. Asen has worked on high profile video games at Treyarch, Activision, Vivendi Games and Sierra. After five years at Google, Asen left a cushy job to focus on research and innovation in distributed networks and computing.

Check out our interview with Asen from our “Speaker’s Showcase” series!

Talk Title & Summary

Automaton: Beyond the Blockchain

• The Blockchain Hype: Let’s review some real problems
• Beyond the Blockchain: Decentralization comes in many shapes
• Automaton Smart Protocols: The need for P2P protocol formal specifications

Watch his talk at LibertyBits 2018

Talk Title & Summary

King of the Hill: Mineable Governance

• What if there was a pool-resistant mining algorithm?
• What if we use it to mine authority instead of blocks?
• What if that results in a truly decentralized decision making process?

Let’s talk about how we can bring decentralization to the next level by using a pool-resistant mining algorithm to solve things like open-source project governance.

Get in touch with him

Contact: asen[at]automaton.network