Algorand CSMO Marc Vanlerberghe discusses seven years of protocol firsts on Roundtable 100
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Algorand Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Marc Vanlerberghe joined Roundtable 100 to discuss the network's seven-year milestone and its protocol firsts, including the blockchain trilemma solution, native post-quantum accounts, Python and TypeScript support, and the first tokenized public stock on-chain.
The X post from the official Algorand account listed the name as Marc Vlaminck, while the Foundation's own YouTube and Reddit posts both used Marc Vanlerberghe.
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