On 9 January, 2018, Metaverse welcomed Eric Voskuil to the main Shanghai office for a week of discussion and technical training workshops. A former US Navy fighter-pilot-turned-CTO who has been named Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional three times, Eric Voskuil’s decorated résumé also includes being a lead developer for Libbitcoin, a powerful set of cross platform C++ libraries for building bitcoin applications. Due to its readability and module coupling advantages, Metaverse’s code incorporates Libbitcoin as the framework to design its Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) account system.

During his visit, Eric held a series of workshops for Metaverse’s core developers led by CTO Chen Hao, as well as invited members of the Chinese developer community. The sessions were an opportunity to vigorously debate the various privacy and security implementations available for transactions recorded on public blockchains, a vital component of any blockchain-based digital identity system. Eric’s wealth of experience contributed greatly to the discussions and provided us with a fresh perspective on many problems. Additionally, the developers discussed potential improvements to Metaverse core code as well as Stealth addresses and future plans for DIDs.

On 11 January, 2018, Eric will be traveling with the Metaverse team to Finwise Summit 2018, where he will give a presentation titled “How High is the Moon?” and share his unique insight into the booming blockchain industry. We look forward to learning from Eric and working more closely with him in the future.