Diogo
Mónica
General Partner at Haun Ventures,
Co-founder and Executive Chairman
of Anchorage Digital,
Chairman of the NEAR Foundation,
and Director at Erebor.
Previously I led security at Docker and platform security at Square. Oh, and I love angel investing.
I write stuff
- The light of other days
In The Light of Other Days, Arthur C. Clarke imagines a world in which wormhole technology lets anyone spy on anyone.
- AI Escapes: Super Intelligence or Super Incompetence?
Model escapes look like Jack Sparrow’s palm tree scene: capable agents, loose ropes, and captors who never watched the tree.
- Unicorns as a media product
A working paper puts numbers on the $1B Schelling point: media spike up, VC network quality down.
- How to get your GrokBot to receive emails instantly
Wake a GrokBot on inbound mail with a webhook, a cheap Replit proxy, and a fetch of that one email.
I build stuff
I have several patents on payment architectures, payment hardware, private key management, digital asset custody, cryptographic systems, and blockchain.
Digital Asset Custodial System
Custodial system with access to logically separated cryptoassets
Payment system using card readers coupled to mobile devices
Custodial system with proof-of-stake blockchain support
Secure communications between devices using a trusted server
Augmented reality deposit address verification
I research stuff
I've published several papers on the topics of security, distributed systems, botnets, intrusion detection systems, quorum systems, and passwords.
An IDS for Browser Hijacking
Local Password Validation Using Self-Organizing Maps
Leveraging honest users: stealth command-and-control of botnets
Mitigating the Evil Twin Attack through Multi-hop Detection
Observable Non-Sybil Quorums Construction in Wireless Networks
On the use of radio resource tests in wireless ad hoc networks
I talk about stuff
I speak regularly on the topics of crypto, security, financial regulations, venture capital, startups, and financial literacy.
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