The untold story of Tezos

Trust Square fireside chat with Tezos Foundation president Ryan Jesperson





Event description

Daniel Gasteiger will interview Ryan Jesperson on his remarkable journey from being a simple Tezos community member to unexpectedly becoming president of the Tezos Foundation. Ryan will talk about how he became fascinated with Tezos and the technological innovations (on-chain governance, proof-of-stake, security), how a decentralized global community organized to keep the project on course during difficult times, and on his excitement about the most recent launch of the Tezos mainnet, the many projects currently being funded by the Foundation, the potential of this 3.0 blockchain technology and how people interested can get involved.





Speaker Bio

Ryan Jesperson is the President of the Tezos Foundation since February 2018. Most recently he was the Chief Operating Officer at Divvy, a FinTech company. Ryan received a BS degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University, and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Prior to his work at Divvy, Ryan helped launch the humanitarian Self-Reliance Services initiative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was an executive, turnaround specialist, and tech entrepreneur in the healthcare industry.





On Tezos

Tezos is a blockchain that can evolve by upgrading itself. Stakeholders vote on amendments to the protocol, including amendments to the voting procedure itself, to reach social consensus on proposals. Tezos supports smart contracts and offers a platform to build decentralized applications.

Tezos: https://tezos.com/

Tezos Foundation: https://tezos.foundation/

Tezos Community: https://tezos.foundation/community

Tezos grants: https://tezos.foundation/grants-overview

Tezos GitLab: https://gitlab.com/tezos