About Me

Biography

Souhail Mssassi is a blockchain security researcher based in Marrakech. His recent academic work has been published through Cadi Ayyad University, where his research focuses on concrete security questions in decentralized systems.

His publications concentrate on blockchain security trade-offs, incentive design, privacy-preserving transaction and smart contract layers, decentralized identity, and implementation-level risks such as FPGA timing leakage. The common thread is practical: define clear assumptions, test them under adversarial conditions, and report what actually holds.

Alongside research, he teaches and speaks regularly for engineering schools, conferences, and professional communities. This mix of research and field practice is central to his profile: theory on one side, applied security communication on the other.

Current Affiliation and Focus

Current work focuses on adversarial models for blockchain systems, privacy-preserving transaction and smart contract design, and the security consequences of incentives, identity, and implementation choices.

The academic profile is anchored in publications affiliated with Cadi Ayyad University while also acknowledging a parallel professional practice in security research, instruction, mentoring, and invited speaking.

Primary line: Researcher in blockchain security at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech

Secondary line: Also: senior security researcher, blockchain instructor, mentor, and invited speaker.