In this episode, Mike Townsend speaks to Suji Yan, who is the founder and CEO of Dimension & Mask Network. Dropped out of UIUC (the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Computer Engineering Department to start a business. Former independent reporter of Qdaily & Caixin Media, former engineer of the autonomous driving company; currently a mentor of RadicalxChange Fellowship; co-authored articles by amateur and “Radical Market” / RadicalxChange, and other economists and legal scholars; once published by Wired, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and so on. At present, individuals mainly focus on open source, encryption, and privacy protection (product: mask.io).

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• Mike Townsend:   / townsendmike  

Guest:
• Suji Yan:   / tedkoyan  

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0:00 Introduction: Suji Yan, Founder of Mask Network
1:56 Prior to Starting Mask Network
5:51 Being a Journalist
8:47 Mask is the bridge between Web2 and Web3
10:55 Mask Network's milestone
12:38 2019: Mask Network 1.0
13:48 A Red Pocket from Vitalik
16:42 Raised Funds
17:11 Decentralization of Protocol
18:31 2021: Launched Mask Token
19:32 Token Air Drop on Twitter
22:10 Future Features in the Project
26:19 Manpower
26:40 The Foundation
29:36 The Process of Screening the Developers
36:33 Users Choosing a Solution
40:32 Decentralized Identity
42:12 The Society and The Technology
46:57 Synchronization of Government and the Blockchain Technology
53:42 Distribution of Government Power
59:18 Facebook and Twitter
1:04:13 Meta
1:06:19 Twitter: @suji_yan

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