Moritz Platt

Designing critical infrastructure at Google. Researching resilient systems at King’s. Engineering technology that makes digital trust accessible to everyone.

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I hold a PhD in Computer Science from King’s College London, where I researched identity-based consensus protocols under the supervision of Prof. Peter McBurney. My academic path also includes degrees from TU Berlin and Birkbeck, University of London.

I currently serve as a Technology Manager at Google, a role I balance with periodic research collaborations alongside my colleagues. My work sits at the intersection of decentralised systems security and the broader challenge of creating fairness under adversarial conditions. What drives me is both the intellectual challenge and a sense of responsibility: how do we build infrastructure that remains secure and equitable even when incentives are misaligned, so that access and trust aren't reserved for the privileged few?

Beyond systems architecture, I place a high value on the human side of technology. I enjoy teaching and public speaking, viewing them not just as opportunities to present findings, but as challenges to translate complex concepts into clear, accessible narratives. I am particularly committed to mentoring the next generation of researchers and builders, as well as fostering an open discussion in the field.

I am based in Berlin but frequently in London for work and research. Whether you are interested in a collaboration or simply want to exchange ideas over coffee in either city, please feel free to reach out.

Photograph of Moritz Platt taken in 2026

Celebrating the completion of my doctorate at King’s College London.

Publications

Published	Publication	Text	Citation
2024	Platt, M.; Platt, D. & McBurney, P. Sybil Attack Vulnerability Trilemma Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 2024, 39 (4), 446‑460	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2023	Platt, M.; Ojeka, S.; Drăgnoiu, A.-E.; Ibelegbu, O. E.; Pierangeli, F.; Sedlmeir, J. & Wang, Z. Energy Demand Unawareness and the Popularity of Bitcoin: Evidence from Nigeria Oxford Open Energy, 2023, 2, oiad012	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2023	Platt, M. & Platt, D. Effectiveness of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Content Analysis Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Application of Information and Communication Technologies, IEEE, 2023, 1‑4	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2023	Drăgnoiu, A.-E.; Platt, M.; Wang, Z. & Zhou, Z. The More You Know: Energy Labelling Enables More Sustainable Cryptocurrency Investments Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, IEEE, 2023, 73‑78	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2023	Editor's Choice Award Platt, M. & McBurney, P. Sybil in the Haystack: A Comprehensive Review of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms in Search of Strong Sybil Attack Resistance Algorithms, 2023, 16 (1), 34	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2021	Platt, M.; Sedlmeir, J.; Platt, D.; Xu, J.; Tasca, P.; Vadgama, N. & Ibañez, J. I. The Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work Companion Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security, IEEE, 2021, 1135‑1144	DOI	Bibtex
2021	Platt, M. & McBurney, P. Sybil Attacks on Identity-Augmented Proof-of-Stake Computer Networks, 2021, 199, 108424	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2021	Platt, M.; Bandara, R. J.; Drăgnoiu, A.-E. & Krishnamoorthy, S. Rehman, Muhammad Habib Ur.; Svetinovic, D.; Salah, K. & Damiani, E. (Eds.) Information Privacy in Decentralized Applications Trust Models for Next-Generation Blockchain Ecosystems, Springer, 2021, 85‑104	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2021	Platt, M.; Hasselgren, A.; Román-Belmonte, J. M.; Tuler de Oliveira, M.; De la Corte-Rodríguez, H.; Delgado Olabarriaga, S.; Rodríguez-Merchán, E. C. & Mackey, T. K. Test, Trace, and Put on the Blockchain? A Viewpoint Evaluating the Use of Decentralized Systems for Algorithmic Contact Tracing to Combat a Global Pandemic JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2021, 7 (4), e26460	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2021	Platt, M. & McBurney, P. Groß, T. & Viganò, L. (Eds.) Self-Governing Public Decentralised Systems: Work in Progress Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security, Springer, 2021, 154‑167	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2020	Platt, M.; Pierangeli, F.; Livan, G. & Righi, S. Facilitating the Decentralised Exchange of Cryptocurrencies in an Order-Driven Market Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications for Innovative Networks and Services, IEEE, 2020, 30‑34	PDF, DOI	Bibtex
2014	Platt, M.; Scherfenberg, I. & Schröder, M. Identitätsmanagement mit sicherer Authentifizierung und Attributweitergabe Tagungsband des 14. Deutschen IT-Sicherheitskongresses, SecuMedia, 2014, 365‑386	PDF	Bibtex

Essays & Perspectives

Published	Publication	Text
2025	Kohl-Landgraf, P. & Platt, M. The oracles of DeFi: How to build trustworthy data feeds for decentralized applications 2025	Blog Post
2025	Oezdemir, F. & Platt, M. Trading in the Cloud: Lessons from Deutsche Börse Group's cloud-native trading engine 2025	Blog Post

Speaking & Public Engagement

Date	Title	Event	Host Organisation / Location	Material
February 6 2026	Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure: Custody, Security & Privacy at Scale	Digital Asset Forum 3	European Blockchain Convention, London, UK
December 11 2025	Web3's Path to the Mainstream	Google Think FinTech (GtFT) 2025	Google, Abu Dhabi, UAE
September 30 2025	Emerging Technology; looking back and looking forward	2025 Annual Loan Markets Conference	Loan Market Association, London, UK
September 18 2025	Building High-Performance Digital Market Infrastructure	16^th Open Day	Deutsche Börse / Eurex, Eschborn, Germany
July 1 2025	Beyond Stablecoins: The Evolution of Digital Money	2025 SAP for Treasury and Working Capital Management Conference	TAC Insights, Rome, Italy	Podcast
June 11 2025	Digital transformation in the real economy through blockchain technology (Digitale Transformation in der Realwirtschaft durch Blockchain-Technologie)	2025 ‘Frankfurt meets Berlin’ Conference	International Bankers Forum, Frankfurt, Germany
May 8 2025	From ‘tokenised’ to ‘smart’ – Potential of Smart Financial Contracts	DZ BANK Capital Markets Conference	DZ BANK, Frankfurt, Germany
April 28 2025	Banks in the digital age – technology as a driver of change (Banken im digitalen Zeitalter – Technologie als Treiber des Wandels)	Keynote speech for the Core Banking division	Atruvia, Karlsruhe, Germany
February 26 2025	The Convergence of Decentralised and Traditional Finance in the Capital Markets	MBA Guest Lecture	University of Birmingham, UK
November 13 2024	Applications of AI in the Financial Services Industry	Innovation Week of the Prudential Regulation Authority	Bank of England, London, UK
September 11 2024	Sustainable DLT: Greening Of & By Blockchain	Talk at the ‘Regenerative Finance’ Event	Bitkom, Munich, Germany
July 19 2024	The Future of Capital Markets	Talk at the ‘Young Professionals in Capital Markets’ Event	Google, Munich, Germany
March 18 2024	Smart Contracts in Commercial Applications of DLT	Guest Lecture ‘Distributed Ledgers’	King’s College London, UK
February 26 2024	Charting the Digital Future of Capital Markets	Guest Lecture ‘Blockchain Technology, Financial Applications and Cybersecurity’	University of Birmingham, UK
October 18 2023	Effectiveness of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Content Analysis	17^th International Conference on the Application of Information and Communication Technologies	IEEE, Baku, Azerbaijan	PDF
September 4 2023	The Blockchain Sustainability Debate	Digital Asset Academy Workshop	Digital Asset Academy, Berlin, Germany
July 18 2023	The More You Know: Energy Labelling Enables More Sustainable Cryptocurrency Investments	1^st Workshop on Fintech and Decentralized Finance in conjunction with the 43^rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems	IEEE, Hong Kong	PDF
May 9 2023	Cultivating Digital Agriculture: The Future is in the Cloud	Guest Lecture for International Students at Szent István Campus	Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Gödöllő, Hungary
February 28 2023	Cloud Computing for Financial Services	Guest Lecture ‘Blockchain Technology, Financial Applications and Cybersecurity’	University of Birmingham, UK
February 17 2023	Towards an Adequate Energy Policy Response to the Environmental Threat of Cryptocurrency Mining	13^th Annual Dupont Summit on Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy	Policy Studies Organization, Washington, DC, USA	Abstract
May 3 2022	Digital Assets in the Cloud	Guest Lecture ‘Blockchain Technology, Financial Applications and Cybersecurity’	University of Birmingham, UK
December 9 2021	The Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work	21^st International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security	IEEE, Hainan, China	PDF, Speaker Deck
September 29 2021	CorDapp Development Made Easy	CordaCon 2021	R3, London, UK	Recording
November 10 2020	Identity Based Consensus for Self-Governing Systems	Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium	Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, UK	PDF, DOI
September 28 2020	Facilitating the Decentralised Exchange of Cryptocurrencies in an Order-Driven Market	2^nd Conference on Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services	DNAC, Paris, France	PDF, Speaker Deck
September 17 2020	Self-Governing Public Decentralised Systems	10^th International Workshop on Socio-Technical Aspects in Security	University of Surrey, Guildford, UK	PDF, Speaker Deck
February 20 2020	Incentives and Governance Model for a Decentralised Crypto Asset Exchange	1^st Blockchain Research Showcase	UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, London, UK	PDF, Speaker Deck
November 6 2019	Identity Based Consensus inspired by Delegated Proof-of-Stake	‘The Future of Distributed Ledger Technology’ Workshop	Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK	PDF
October 17 2019	Distributed Ledger Architecture Paradigms	‘Transforming Capital Markets’ Event	KCL Blockchain, King’s College, London, UK	PDF, Speaker Deck
June 6 2019	Democratic Blockchain Consensus with Evolving Constituencies	1^st BCS / FACS Doctoral Symposium	British Computer Society, London, UK	PDF
April 10 2019	Blockchain by Example: Understanding Cryptocurrency from Scratch	‘The Blockchain Phenomenon in Technology and Business’ Workshop	Hult Business School, London, UK	PDF, Speaker Deck

Editorial Leadership

Journal	Publisher	Role
Frontiers in Blockchain	Frontiers Media	Associate Editor
Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics	Al-Iraqia University	Section Editor

Peer Review & Academic Stewardship

Dr Moritz Platt

King’s College London
Bush House (NE 7.18)
30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG, UK

moritz.platt@kcl.ac.uk, Cell (preferred): +44 7497 335107 , Telegram: mplatt https://mplatt.de