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Silur Endre Abraham

Silur Endre Abraham

Architect | AI Security | CTO | Protocol Engineer | Guest Lecturer
Dubai, UAE
silur@cryptall.co
https://silur.dev
English, Hungarian, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish

Background

About

About

My expertise spans AI model architecture and training, decentralized infrastructure, blockchain protocols, and post-quantum security — with a proven ability to lead engineering teams from concept to production in high-growth environments.

Since 2015, I’ve delivered infrastructure for Ethereum, Monero, Zcash, and Casper Labs, and led QANplatform to a strategic IBM partnership. My work combines scalable architecture, real-time data streaming, and AI-driven analytics in environments demanding high reliability, security-by-design, and global compliance.

Currently, as CTO of Cabinet Noir, I delivered AI and blockchain solutions and trainings for enterprises such as IBM, Bosch, Lufthansa Systems, and Telefónica. I have architected decentralized compute systems, designed and trained custom AI models, and deployed quantum-safe, adversarial-resistant infrastructure.

Recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 and serving on the EU Commission’s AI Office, I also co-organized the world’s largest Crypto CTF competition. My leadership style blends deep technical depth with clear strategic vision.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder & CEO, Centauri Trading

    May, 2026 - Present

    Co-founded and bootstrapped a proprietary algorithmic trading desk, owning strategy, risk governance, and P&L from day one. Designed, backtested, and deployed systematic trading strategies across various venues, running the full research-to-production pipeline solo. Built the firm's proprietary research and execution infrastructure — from signal generation and backtesting frameworks to order routing and risk controls. Serve as the firm's chief quantitative researcher: alpha discovery, factor modeling, market microstructure analysis, and statistical validation of live performance. Responsible for capital allocation, drawdown limits, and portfolio-level risk management across all deployed strategies. Wear the founder hat too: legal/setup, counterparty relationships, vendor selection, and capital management.

    • Algorithmic Trading

    • Quantitative Research

    • Risk Management

    • Execution Infrastructure

  • Blockchain Protocol Engineer (contract), Arch Network

    Jan, 2025 - Jan, 20261 year

    Consensus architecture, audit, and optimization for Bitcoin-native application networks. Bridging full programmability with Bitcoin L2 security.

    • Consensus Design

    • Rust

    • State-Machine Replication

    • Distributed Systems

  • Research Member – AI Office, European Commission

    Nov, 2024 - Present

    Driving technical risk mitigation in AI legislation as part of dual working groups on general-purpose and systemic model risks.

    • AI Risk Mitigation

    • Systemic Risk

    • LLM Security

    • Regulatory Strategy

  • Chief Technology Officer, Cabinet Noir

    Nov, 2024 - Present

    CTO of deep-tech studio delivering high-security AI, blockchain, and decentralized solutions for global enterprises (IBM, Bosch, Lufthansa, Telefónica).

    • AI Solutions

    • Distributed Infrastructure

    • Enterprise training

    • Team Leadership

  • Chief Technology Officer, Defaince (under CabinetNoir)

    Jun, 2027 - Present

    Adversarial defense platform tailored for AI, preventing ML-based vulnerabilities.

    • AI Vulnerability Defense

    • Adversarial ML

    • Security Engineering

    • Strategic R&D

  • Co-founder & CTO, Altcoinist

    Aug, 2022 - Jan, 20241 year 5 months

    Architected and led the design of a Web3 creator monetization platform with on-chain automation, advanced account abstraction, and secure recurring payments.

    • React

    • Solidity

    • Web3

    • Smart Contracts

  • Cryptographer, CasperLabs (now Prove AI)

    Jan, 2021 - Nov, 20221 year 10 months

    Lead secure migration of IBM's patent database; architected enterprise AI governance modules and post-quantum primitives.

  • Co-Founder & CISO, QANPlatform

    Jan, 2019 - Mar, 20223 years 2 months

    Quantum-resistant L1 founder, led security and architecture, secured $25M funding and IBM partnership.

  • Cryptography Researcher, Monero

    Jan, 2018 - Mar, 20191 year 2 months

    Implemented v2 of RTRS RingCT protocol, advancing privacy and cryptographic design.

  • R&D Scientist, Ethereum Foundation

    Feb, 2016 - Jan, 20192 years 11 months

    Privacy and eWASM implementation, worked directly with founder Vitalik Buterin on foundational cryptography.

  • Advisor/Collaborator, Wigner Research Centre for Physics

    - Present

    Security and cryptography collaboration and Crypto CTF co-organization.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • BZTE

    - Present

    Baek-Zhang threshold cryptosystem for on-chain randomness and MPC (Rust)

  • ZeroTwo

    - Present

    Zero-knowledge 2FA authentication

  • SteganIO

    - Present

    Browser-based F5 steganography

  • JSON-Deepcrypt

    - Present

    Steganographic data and encryption for images

  • Vecna

    - Present

    Fiat-shamir secret sharing in OCaml

Skills

Skills

  • AI & Machine Learning

    AI Model Architecture

    LLM Fine-Tuning

    Generative AI

    Adversarial Machine Learning

    AI Security

    Feature Engineering

    Deep Learning

    Transformers

    GANs

    Machine Unlearning

    ZKML

    Explainability

    Systemic Risk Mitigation

  • Blockchain & Web3

    Blockchain Architecture

    EVM

    Wasm

    Zero-Knowledge Proofs

    Quantum Resistance

    Consensus Mechanisms

    Protocol Design

    Smart Contract Security

    Decentralized Infrastructure

  • Cybersecurity & Cryptography

    Post-Quantum Cryptography

    Risk Management

    Zero-Trust

    SIEM / SOAR

    Incident Response

    Threat Intelligence

    Malware Analysis

    ISO27001/NIST

    Evidence-Based Adversarial Defense

    Secure Infrastructure Design

  • DevOps & Systems

    Kubernetes

    Docker / Swarm

    AWS / GCP

    Distributed Systems

    Serverless

    High-Security Deployment

  • Leadership & Management

    Engineering Leadership

    Team Building

    Stakeholder Management

    Technical Documentation

    Investor Relations

    Strategic R&D Direction

  • Languages & Frameworks

    Python

    Rust

    C / C++

    Javascript / Typescript

    React / Next / Astro

    Solidity

    Halo2

    Circom

    Cairo

Education

Education

  • Computer Science, Bachelors, Eötvös Loránd University

    Sep, 2013 - May, 2016

Awards

Awards

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 , Forbes

    Awarded on: May 02, 2023

    Recognized for transformative work in cybersecurity and secure AI architecture.

  • Member, EU Commission AI Office , European Commission

    Awarded on: Nov 01, 2024

    Selected research member working on risk mitigation for general-purpose and systemic AI models.

  • Media Features , Various

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2016

    Multiple features and interviews in Forbes, Bitcoinist, and conferences worldwide.

  • TechNext Rising Start in AI and Cyber Security , TechNext

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2025

  • Fueld AI Trend setters to watch , Fueld

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2025

Publications

Publications

Interests

Interests

  • Trustworthy AI

    ExplainabilityQuantum-Resistant InfrastructureAdversarial ML

  • Advanced Mathematics

    Linear AlgebraAlgebraic GeometryTopology

  • Martial Arts

    KarateShaolin Gong-FuBujinkan Ninjutsu

  • Music

    GuitarPianoKotoOrchestration

  • Privacy

  • Open Source

References

References

  • Gabor Retfalvi, CEO of NextEarth

    Silur was the best thing to happen to our project. His expertise and experience has taken us to the next level! Though he is recognised as a state of the art blockchain architect, he remains humble. Silur was also involved in helping with our marketing, making use of his considerable experience and amazing networking skills.

  • Csaba Csabai, CEO of Income Locker and Vigiler

    Silur, helps us in numerous ways to improve our lending platform. From the beginning he helps as an independent expert and performed lots of special API tests and specific attacks to measure our platform's performance caps endpoint-by-endpoint. Our platform as custodial service store signifiant amounts of customer's money, so the data protection and penetration tests are essential to keep up our services. This is why we appreciate Silur's helping hand!

  • Konstantin Sebeo, Co-Founder of Altcoinist

    Silur is an exceptional developer. His passion and dedication are evident in every project he undertakes. At Altcoinist, he showcased remarkable flexibility, adapting seamlessly to our business shifts. His innovative approach consistently delivered creative solutions, making him an invaluable asset to our team. Highly recommended for any development endeavor.

  • Johann Polecsak, CTO of NetFlow

    Silur is on a whole different, subatomic level of architecting crypto. He provided us proven methods and guidelines not only from a technical security perspective but made sure everything is game-theoretically correct for the community so there's no selfish, adversarial or unfair outcome for any type of user.

  • Istvan Szoboszlai, CTO of Inepex

    Silur was spot on identifying our needs and offering possibilities based on science. We were already familiar with some of his work, but seeing him working on something that is close to us, was a different level of experience.