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Rob Viglione
Co-Founder and CEO, Horizen Labs; Co-Founder, Horizen and zkVerify at Horizon
Rob Viglione is the co-founder and CEO of Horizen Labs, a cryptographic engineering company, and a co-founder of the Horizen blockchain and the zkVerify proof-verification network.
He holds a PhD in Finance, an MBA in Finance and Marketing, and a bachelor's degree in physics and applied mathematics. Before working in crypto he served in the U.S. Air Force, including a deployment to Afghanistan, and later worked as a software project manager for the Air Force. He co-founded Horizen, launched in May 2017 as ZenCash, with Rolf Versluis, and is president of the Zen Blockchain Foundation.
Horizen Labs, founded in 2019, led the growth effort for ApeChain, which the ApeCoin DAO approved in 2024, and Horizen Labs says it helped design and coordinate the March 2022 launch of the APE token. He has also been an advisor to Aave. His current focus is zero-knowledge proof verification, confidential compute for institutions, compliant onchain privacy and post-quantum cryptography readiness.
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Latest interview · Jul 6, 2021Rob Viglione on Horizon's enterprise blockchain solutionsWatch the episode →
Key points
- Horizon is a privacy-focused programmable blockchain platform using zero-knowledge cryptography and sidechains to enable enterprise adoption.
- Enterprise blockchain adoption is hindered by lack of understanding of use cases, network congestion on public chains, and privacy concerns about sensitive data.
- NFTs and DeFi have emerged as primary enterprise entry points into blockchain, with Celsius Network exemplifying successful DeFi integration for cryptocurrency lending.
- Horizon provides an SDK allowing businesses to launch independent Layer 1 blockchains that are privately operated but optionally interoperable with the public ecosystem.
- Horizon's Zendoo sidechain operates over 40,000 nodes globally and is scheduled for mainnet integration in Q3 to provide enterprise-grade scalability.
In their own words
“We want to bridge the gap between public and private blockchain.”
“The idea of all the world's economic activity going through a single blockchain just doesn't make sense.”
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