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Alex Van de Sande
Designer, Mist
https://www.earlydaysofeth.org/people/alex-van-de-sande/Address
0xd1220a...7b9adb
Ethereum Foundation contributor and Mist (Ethereum Wallet/Web3 Browser) builder.
Alex Van de Sande ("avsa") helped launch Ethereum and built major early UX and smart contract primitives through the Mist project and related efforts.
Highlights
- Helped launch Ethereum
- Launched the first Ethereum Wallet and Web3 Browser (Mist)
- Coded one of the first ERC-20 tokens, DAOs, token sales and NFT (ENS) contracts; many were used as templates
- Promoted ENS as a primary means of login for ~2 years
- Helped save a DAO before
- Launched one of the earliest DAOs for public good (Tip Jar, Dogethereum)
- Helped fundraise millions for public good (Akita-Gitcoin LBP)
- Created the first ENS registrar, which held millions of dollars for years and was never hacked