Chao published 6 papers on non-linear analysis and partial differential equations in Advances in Mathematics and other top journals. All of them were found lacking in key aspects, such as speed and security, leading to the creation of a unique system for Harmony: The Harmony team went for combining the strengths of the Verifiable Random Function VRF , implemented in Algorand, and Verifiable Delay Function VDF proposed for the Ethereum 2. Decentralization at Scale. In a market driven on pure speculation, the most hyped coins often perform the best regardless of use case, price, ROI, and more. Finally, the elimination of the need to store the whole of the blockchain state by the nodes allows smaller capacity devices to become nodes on the network as well. Bruce obtained his master’s degree in computer science from the Simon Fraser University.