[9][10] Algorand was founded in 2017 by Silvio Micali, a computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The sortition procedure runs locally and privately, on each node of the network participating in the consensus protocol, without a centralized coordination.

The number of selected users in the sortition (committee size) is defined as a statistical expectation on the outcome of a pseudo-random process.

The user includes the result of the VRF (h) and cryptographic proof (𝜋) in their block proposal to demonstrate committee membership.

The Algorand team claims the recovery mode of the protocol ensures that the block production resumes eventually, with no need of reconciliations or reorganization, if a Byzantine Agreement is reached again.

[23] An Algorand network is a distributed system of nodes, each maintaining a local state based on validating the blockchain and the transactions therein.

[28] SIAE, the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, also announced a project on copyright management using Algorand in the same year.

[30][31] In 2023, Italy's 'Fideiussioni Digitali' initiative to reduce fraud in bank and insurance guarantees, selected Algorand as its blockchain.

[32] In 2024, CNBC-TV18 reported that Algorand's blockchain was being tested for use in a digital identification to help women in India access public health programs.