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Life update: I'm stepping up as Co-Founder at @fuel_network alongside @IAmNickDodson and @voxelot. I joined Fuel in DevRel a little over two years ago and over time took on ownership across research, prototypes, product and ecosystem as the project evolved. We had infra that I still believe was ahead of its time, but made a lot of mistakes around the token and ecosystem. The last couple of years in crypto have shown that tech was never the moat. Turning it into products people actually want and figuring out distribution is. That thinking is a big part of why the last year at Fuel has looked very different. We started building @o2dotapp ourselves, got much closer to traders, and started thinking far more deeply about product, liquidity, UX and distribution. Building an exchange from scratch has been a wild ride, and there is still a lot we need to get right. I really like the team we have today and where we are going. Going forward, I’ll be owning product across o2 and Fuel: what we build, how quickly we ship and how it reaches users. We’re still figuring plenty out, but I’d rather be wrong quickly and in public than careful and slow. On a personal level, these two years have probably taught me more than any other period of my career. I’ve grown a lot through working closely with Nick, Brandon and @rubyto, and I have more conviction than ever in what Fuel can become from here. Expect a lot more from me around trading, product, what we are building at o2/Fuel, and probably a few things we get wrong along the way. Excited for this one.