Cryptography · MPC · Security
Arash Afshar
I research, design, and implement cryptographic protocols—from zero-knowledge proofs and MPC to threshold signing—and turn them into reliable systems that secure real products.
01 / Now
Applied cryptographer
At Coinbase, I design and prove secure protocols, translate them for engineering teams, and help ship the core cryptography behind products like Coinbase Wallet—including the open-source cb-mpc library. Previously: Cisco and Polymath.
02 / Background
Research
PhD in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, focused on maliciously secure two-party computation. Over a decade of combined academic and industry work spanning protocol design and high-performance implementation.
03 / Elsewhere