I guess I'm pretentious to some, annoying to others, hated by a few; but to those who really know me, or those that I worked with or worked for, and or to those that have followed my outputs: Then You know I do this work with passion, and I genuinely don't try to elevate myself above my station, I sought out true masters of their craft and learned from them and was privileged to do so. I really care for this ecosystem, being Cardano, I left a cushy role to be in the weeds with the many and carve things from the ground up then be stuck in an ivory tower. I accomplished my goal at Intersect, IOG, and Voltaire, gave over something the community should run and left a foot in the door in the TSC to help propel things forward. I do consult and do work for free for on a few Cardano projects as they can attest to and hopefully they find it valuable, they're success is our success. And now I'm hoping to help with the commercial side. And yes, I joined Filecoin to support the missing pillar in many ecosystems and to attack the most centralized part of the world outside of banking, being data storage. This is where web3 will first be proven outside privacy domains and banking. So I am proud to be on this mission and advance it. I also am doing my best to support Midnight as time allows as well, but that has it's own force going on now and doesn't need much assistance. But I hope none of the entities here or leadership or community find me atrocious, just speaking out what I believe is needed and imploring for change or action as best as I can, I'm just a frog on a Lilypad floating in a big pond. Do know nothing I say has malice, just passion behind it 😅