BOLTS Technologies: Interview With Founder Yoon Auh About Post-Quantum Cryptography And Hyper Crypto-Agility

BOLTS Technologies is developing technology designed to help blockchains transition to Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC), with its QFlex protocol enabling cryptography and digital signatures to be changed on a per-transaction basis without requiring structural changes to blockchain nodes. The company was spun out of NUTS Technologies to apply its cryptographic inventions to blockchain security. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BOLTS Technologies Founder Yoon Auh to learn more.

Yoon Auh’s Background

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When asked about his professional background and the experiences that eventually led him to BOLTS Technologies, Auh shared:

My professional background started with building Wall Street trading systems from the UI all the way to the exchange line drivers.

An opportunity to trade using basket trading systems came along, and soon I worked my way up to head trader for the Credit Suisse First Boston US Portfolio Desk.

That was followed by Head Trader work at Geode Capital, where I built a trillion-dollar AUM business for Fidelity sub-advising all their Spartan Index Funds.

That was followed by leading Magnetar Capital as Global Head Trader in Evanston, IL.

How BOLTS Technologies Started

When asked how the idea for the company came together, Auh explained: