Welcome Joohansson, it is a pleasure to get to chat with you outside of Discord and Reddit, can you tell us how you originally found out about Nano?

I was never really a fan of alt-coins and tended to avoid them, until late 2017. I started to notice the buzz around Raiblocks(Nano), and I discarded it first as just another coin/token/ICO, but someone told me to read the Whitepaper, which I did. Got excited and helped translate the whitepaper into Swedish and have been active in the Nano Reddit and Discord every day since.

That’s great, how would you describe NanoLinks and what motivated you to create it?

The goal of the project is to provide a quick gateway into the ecosystem, so people can find what they’re looking for as fast as possible. If, for example, you want to build a new project and are curious about what’s already been done, NanoLinks is the place to start. NanoLinks began in September 2018; I had been saving a lot of bookmarks for different Nano related projects during the previous year and often referenced them while helping people to find stuff. Inspired by another GitHub project, Awesome-Nano, which listed some nano links, I decided to collect everything I had into my own open source project. I became a little obsessed with building the optimal Nano library and started combing through everything I could find.

Are you involved in any other projects around Nano?

In February 2018, I tried to build something small so that I had a reason to operate a Nano node. I launched https://nanoticker.info/ which displays the current price and calculates transaction per second (TPS) using my node. I continued to run a representative node because as it turned out, I don’t really need a reason. I want to support the network, because I believe it’s the future of peer-to-peer cryptocurrency payments, and it became a hobby to update and keep it alive during the ongoing development. It’s just fun to compete with the other representatives, and as some know from Discord, I try to make it work on the cheapest hardware possible. I believe that is an essential factor for decentralization. My latest project is NanoNodeGraphics which is a plugin for Netdata, an analysis program. It collects data from NanoNodeMonitor and presents it visually in real-time charts.

From your extensive list of NanoLinks, you must have some favorites, what are they?

I separate them into two categories, projects that I use a lot and projects for which I appreciate that arduous work behind the scenes. As an old programmer, I know how time-consuming it can be, and it’s incredible how much effort is spent developing these projects. Tools that I use frequently are MyNanoNinja and Nanocrawler. Then apart from all the fantastic work done by different wallets like Canoe, Nanovault, and Nanollet, I would like to highlight the Nano Center for bringing together people to work on projects together.

The Nano community is no different from other large communities in having its fair share of colorful characters and services. Are there any sites or services that you think are just totally out there and wacky?

My favorite is nanofees.live, simple, 100% accurate and always online! The weirdest thing I’ve seen so far is the Nano transaction highway.

How do you manage to stay up to date and keep NanoLinks so well maintained? can the community help?

A lot of research was done during the initial setup, but most projects now are announced on Reddit. Reading the top ten posts every day helps me stay up to date on all developments, and I also find some things in discord. Of course, any help is appreciated (and I surely need some design advice). If you see something missing, don’t hesitate to send me a message or fork the GitHub. I always verify each link and make a judgement on validity to ensure the service is reliable and useful.

Rumor has it you have recently began volunteering even more of your time to the Nano community, can you confirm or deny this?

Yes, I can confirm! I was recently added as moderator of r/nanocurrency and will be focusing most of my time there to help improve the overall quality of the community experience. I look forward to contributing and working to make the Nano community an even better place! I believe it will become quite busy soon, so I expect my role as a moderator to grow more important to the community.

Well, thank you very much for taking the time, it was fascinating talking to about your Nano story so far. Your project undoubtedly adds crucial accessibility to the ecosystem, and it is also a great pleasure to welcome you to our moderator team. We are excited to have you as a part of the Nano project!