{"id":"michal-swietek","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Michal Swietek","hidden":false,"content":"**Michal Swietek** is one of the co-founders of [Aleph Zero](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aleph-zero), a public [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) that uses a custom algorithm leveraging [Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/directed-acyclic-graph-dag) technology to create an efficient and decentralized system. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-2kv58djko92)  \n  \n# Education & Career  \n  \nSwietek received his BS in Computer Science and a Master’s and Ph.D in Mathematics from Jagiellonian University. After graduation, he worked as a senior data analyst at Jagiellonian University until May 2019. He co-founded [Aleph Zero](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aleph-zero) in April 2018 with [Antoni Zolciak](https://iq.wiki/wiki/antoni-zolciak), [Matthew Niemerg](https://iq.wiki/wiki/matthew-niemerg-phd), and [Adam Gagol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/adam-gagol). He then became a member of the Swiss-Polish [Blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) Association and head of development at Cardinal Cryptography, a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain)-first venture studio providing end-to-end solutions. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-2kv58djko92)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-j4vc4wnb6n)  \n  \n# Panels  \n  \n## Aleph Zero  \n  \nDuring a Substrate Seminar in November 2021, Swietek presented [Aleph](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aleph-zero), an asynchronous [Byzantine Fault-Tolerant](https://iq.wiki/wiki/byzantine-fault-tolerance) [consensus](https://iq.wiki/wiki/consensus-mechanism) protocol that achieves optimal performance with constant latency and communication complexity. The seminar provided an overview of [Aleph](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aleph-zero), its Rust implementation, and experiences integrating it as a finality gadget in Substrate, replacing GRANDPA. Differences between [Aleph](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aleph-zero) and GRANDPA, as well as performance benchmarks and tradeoffs, were explored. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-m4nvdt135e9)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](jIy0gzTLBus)$$","summary":"Michal Swietek is a co-founder of Aleph Zero, heads development at Cardinal Cryptography, and contributes to the Swiss-Polish Blockchain Association.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"2kv58djko92\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/micha%C5%82-%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tek-40720b168/?originalSubdomain=pl\",\"description\":\"Michal Swietek | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1718219697377},{\"id\":\"j4vc4wnb6n\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/micha%C5%82-%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tek-40720b168/details/education/\",\"description\":\"Swietek Education | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1718219892126},{\"id\":\"m4nvdt135e9\",\"url\":\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIy0gzTLBus&pp=ygUObWljaGFsIHN3aWV0ZWs%3D\",\"description\":\"Aleph: Substrate Seminar | YouTube\",\"timestamp\":1718219990658}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/mswietek?lang=en"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/micha%C5%82-%C5%9Bwi%C4%99tek-40720b168/?originalSubdomain=pl"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/mike1729"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmWzzaKsdmDLQJUL3prmtAuVtGUJ5uQ59xvhkEAgmXmjmw"}],"user":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2"},"author":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2","profile":{"username":"JSD","avatar":""}},"media":[{"name":"jIy0gzTLBus","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIy0gzTLBus","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":2,"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":["aleph-zero"]},"ipfs":"QmWzzaKsdmDLQJUL3prmtAuVtGUJ5uQ59xvhkEAgmXmjmw","transactionHash":"0x60223e29f053b451bc6230caaf810a365e8548348c1b646c38569483b02b294a","created":"2024-06-12T19:22:38.129Z","updated":"2024-06-12T19:22:53.238Z","images":[{"id":"QmbgmaP2zyhbSDu9NWgDL3Gfk3qc3gB7VRMRAbwPCe4vTT","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}