Rafael Belchior

Ph.D. Student, Information Systems and Computer Engineering

Fulbright Scholar Awardee (MIT)

INESC-ID & Técnico Lisboa, Portugal

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Email: rafael.belchior (at) tecnico (dot) ulisboa (dot) pt

Last update: November 2023

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Rafael Belchior is a researcher at INESC-ID, a Fulbright awardee (visited researcher at MIT Connection Science / MIT Media Lab) and a Ph.D. candidate at Técnico Lisboa.

⛓ Studying the intersection of blockchain interoperability, privacy, and security, he focuses on enabling interoperability across heterogeneous systems and building resilient blockchain infrastructure as the foundation for cross-chain use cases such as digital asset management.

He participates in different open-source ecosystems, namely at the Internet Engineering Task Force (SATP protocol) and Hyperledger Cacti 🌵. Currently he is a Senior R&D Engineer at Blockdaemon 😈.

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Investigador no INESC-ID, Fulbrighter (visiting researcher no MIT Connection Science / Media Lab) e aluno de Doutoramento no Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade de Lisboa. Os seus interesses de investigação centram-se no estudo da intersecção entre a interoperabilidade, privacidade, e segurança de blockchain.

Ele participa na Internet Engineering Task Force e no Hyperledger Cactus. Atualmente, é investigador na Blockdaemon.