Coffee Chat: Validator Responsibility and Regional Localization

​Gm folks,

​We are back in Hanoi next week with another Weekend Coffee Chat, co-hosted with Aura Network & Aleo.

​We will discuss Validator Responsibility and Regional Localization (e.g. F2Pool & Stakefish).

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​About the Guest:

​Daniel Hwang currently supports the blockchain infrastructure ecosystem as an operator of Kintsugi Tech. He is also the co-founder and strategic advisor to BxC (http://bxc.network) (Blockchain x Climate), validator ecosystem consultant to a ZK L1, Aleo, contributes in depth to the public goods ecosystem of Cosmos, and contributes as a co-founder to the Validator Commons (https://validatorcommons.org/) working group supporting the PoS validator ecosystem.

​He was last the Head of Protocols at Stakefish and special projects lead at F2Pool. He is also the co-founder of Korea's first DAO, HanDAO, a Korean artist collective that supports the Korean creator community with education, financial support, and ecosystem building in NFTs and the Metaverse.

​Daniel started his journey into cryptocurrency and blockchain as a cryptocurrency miner in 2013. He has since supported cryptocurrency-based remittances in Southeast Asia, permissioned blockchain efforts in pharmaceutical supply chain applications, led the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) working group on health data on blockchain, worked on localized decentralized exchanges in Asia through 0x Protocol, done deep dives on cryptography and distributed systems research as related to blockchains in his graduate program at Johns Hopkins University, lead ecosystem development at layer 1 blockchains, and has extensively supported the NFT and metaverse space for creators.

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​About the co-hosts:

​Aura Network is a growing Cosmos blockchain that provides a valuable open infrastructure for the broader ecosystem. Aura Network focuses on optimizing chains for NFT use cases, helping artists and other content providers create a new, user-friendly experience with their digital content. Backed by prominent investors such as FPT Corporation, a leading information technology company, Hashed Ventures, and Coin98 Ventures, Aura Network is an ecosystem designed to accelerate global NFT adoption by building the Internet of NFTs and bringing NFT and web3 to the masses.

​​​​​Aleo is a new Layer-1 blockchain that achieves the programmability of Ethereum, the privacy of Zcash, and the scalability of a rollup.

​​​​​Interested in building private applications? Aleo is the only Web3 protocol where developers can write/deploy, and users can execute any zero-knowledge application without needing to email a BD team or use a prover API.

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