Hello! I’m Mirko
Passionate about Distributed Ledger Technologies, with expertise in designing and developing protocols for smart contract implementation and optimization. I hold a PhD in Law, Science, and Technology with the thesis titled “Decentralized Systems for the Protection and Portability of Personal Data.”
| Jun 2024 |
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Engineering Team Lead IOTA Foundation Since June 2024. |
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| Dec 2022 |
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Applied Research Engineer IOTA Foundation December 2022 – May 2024. |
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| Apr 2023 |
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PhD in Law, Science and Technology (MSCA Grant) Universities of Madrid, Bologna, Turin |
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| 2019 |
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MSc in Information Science for Management University of Bologna |
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| 2017 |
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BSc in Computer Science Università degli Studi di Palermo |
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| 1995 |
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Born in Palermo Sicily |
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Current Projects
| 2024–now |
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Team lead VM & Language team IOTA Foundation, R&D Department This team is currently focused on all aspects related to the Move smart contract language. We maintain the Rust-based source code responsible for the compilation and execution of Move code, as well as the integration of these components into the IOTA DLT protocol. Additionally, we collaborate with other teams to develop Move smart contracts for implementing core DLT functionalities and building decentralized applications on top of the blockchain. Looking ahead, we aim to explore the expansion of Move language features and potentially work with new smart contract languages. |
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Blog Posts
| Apr 2023 |
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The problem with (permissionless) decentralization |
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| Apr 2023 |
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Why should the current personal data protection and portability paradigm be changed? Versione italiana |
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| Oct 2022 |
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A Decent DIS? Building a Decentralized Data Intermediation Service Versione italiana |
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Highlights
| 2026 |
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Abstract IOTA Accounts Zichichi Mirko, Reutov Valerii, Pap Levente, Botnar Pavlo Account abstraction for IOTA: smart-contract-based authentication of addresses, where Move authenticator functions decide whether a transaction sent from an abstract account is authorized. Specified in IIP-0009 and implemented in the IOTA node and Move framework, together with example accounts, such as a group account authenticated through Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs of membership in a Lean Incremental Merkle Tree. 2026. Move  Rust  |
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| May 2024 |
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Speaker Move: the Language for Secure Next-Gen Smart Contracts Zichichi Mirko Ethna 2024. May 2024. |
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| J8 Aug 2023 |
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Encoding of Media Value Chain Processes Through Blockchains and MPEG-21 Smart Contracts for Media Zichichi Mirko, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor IEEE MultiMedia, IEEE. August 2023. |
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| J7 Jul 2023 |
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Detecting anomalous cryptocurrency transactions: An AML/CFT application of machine learning-based forensics Pocher Nadia, Zichichi Mirko, Merizzi Fabio, Shafiq Muhammad Zohaib, Ferretti Stefano Electronic Markets, Springer. July 2023. |
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| PhD Apr 2023 |
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Decentralized Systems for the Protection and Portability of Personal Data Zichichi Mirko, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor, Ferretti Stefano University of Madrid - University of Bologna. April 2023, Madrid, Spain. |
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| C24 Sep 2022 |
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The impact of NFT profile pictures within social network communities Casale-Brunet Simone, Zichichi Mirko, Hutchinson Lee, Mattavelli Marco, Ferretti Stefano in Proc. of the ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022). 7-9 September 2022, Limassol, Cyprus (pp. 1-11). |
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| J3 Jul 2022 |
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Data governance through a multi-DLT architecture in view of the GDPR Zichichi Mirko, Ferretti Stefano, D'Angelo Gabriele, Rodríguez-Doncel Victor Cluster Computing, Springer. July 2022. |
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| Jun 2022 |
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Speaker Smart Legal Contracts Zichichi Mirko PROTECT Workshop in Cercedilla. June 2022. |
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| C18 Apr 2022 |
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Towards CBDC-based Machine-to-Machine Payments in Consumer IoT Pocher Nadia, Zichichi Mirko in Proc. of the 37th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC). 25 - 29 April 2022, Brno, Czech Republic (pp. 1-8). |
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| C16 Jan 2022 |
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Enhancing Trust in Trust Services: Towards an Intelligent Human-input-based Blockchain Oracle (IHiBO) Yu Liuwen, Zichichi Mirko, Markovich Réka, Najjar Amro in Proc. of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). 3-6 January 2022, Hawaii, USA (pp. 1-10). |
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| S1 2022 |
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ISO/IEC 21000-23 Information technology — Multimedia framework (MPEG-21) — Part 23: Smart Contracts for Media ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 Technical Committee 2022. |
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Past Affiliations
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Ontology Engineering Group (OEG) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid |
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MPEG Ad-hoc Group on Smart Contracts for Media ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 |
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Analysis of Networks and Simulation Research Group (AnaNSi) University of Bologna |
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Legal Blockchain Lab University of Bologna |
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In the email addresses, name = mirko, surname = zichichi and username = miker83z.
