Leon was trained as a genetic engineer at Imperial College London and his first start up was a college funded biotech project. He later joined multiple startups, self taught programming, and participated in ICOs earlier in 2017 which sparked his interest in cryptocurrencies. He is passionate about co-creating a sustainable creator economy in Web3 using NFTs beyond digital art.
We'll discuss the isues with the creator economy in legacy social platforms and its unjustness to content creators and censorship sensitivity. Many have tried and failed to create decentralized social media, but now with Solana's scalability, which enables microtransactions, we have the key for mainstream adoption. Plus, we'll talk Web3 social media: the perfect marriage between NFTs & DeFi.