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i got interested in crypto in 2013. well, by "got interested" i mean i saw some news piece that discussed bitcoin and how evil and scammy it is. i quickly forgot about it before coming back to crypto in 2019 at the depths of the bear. i lurked for some time until i realized that i have much more to offer to the industry besides that. however, i did not buy any eth. i still cry about it to this day.

before accepting my first full-time crypto role, i did copywriting and later ux writing at a cybersecurity company. at university, i wrote poetry, children's stories, and love letters. nowadays, i enjoy making friends online and building communities.

• comms and community at Taiko

• writing
• research
• community building
• Ethereum education
• rollups
• governance
• grants

• gardening
• hiking
• just being
• just being with my dog

• Freedom from the Known (1969) by Jiddu Krishnamurti

• A Look at the ENS Name Wrapper (2022-12-07)
• Taiko: A New zkEVM on the Block (2023-01-09)
• Some books I've enjoyed (2023-03-21)
• A Brief History of Ethereum Scaling (2023-05-17)
• Taiko FAQ (2023-05-29)
• Tips on creating a successful grant proposal (2024-02-02)
• Taiko Tuesday newsletter

• Decentralized and permissionless proving design (2023-08-11)
• Based rollups and decentralized sequencing (2023-09-20)
• Prover pools: Opening ZKPs to a wider audience (2023-10-04)
• ZK-VMs: Current landscape, performance, and open-source ethos (2023-10-10)
• Based sequencing ft. Justin Drake: Part 2 (2023-10-12)
• Multi-proofs for rollups: A nice-to-have or a necessity? Ft. Vitalik (2023-12-13)

updated: 2024-04-15