Sponsorship for Sub0 Thailand 2024

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Name: Yan Luiz
Country/Region: Brazil/LATAM
Github and Other Social: @nomadbitcoin

About Me and Motivations:
I discovered Bitcoin in 2013 and began learning Computer Science in 2014. I left college after discussing the possibility of adding blockchain-related subjects to the curriculum with the Course Manager, who rejected the idea. Since then, I’ve been teaching myself.

I also created the first comprehensive Portuguese course on Solidity and EVM development. For the past 3-4 years, I’ve been working full-time in Web3. Initially, I spent around three years focused entirely on EVM-based development. However, after diving into Polkadot’s technology, I shifted my focus to Rust and Substrate development.

A few months ago, I took over leadership at WEB3DEV, a community of around 10k developers. We offer free education on Web3 and open-source software development. I’m fully committed to the Polkadot community and am currently restructuring our entire course curriculum and resources to focus on Rust and Substrate.

My Most Recent Contributions to the Ecosystem:

  1. Rust State Machine Bootcamp: Organized a bootcamp on Substrate basics at WEB3DEV, which attracted over 500 developers in the first cohort. The second cohort is already scheduled for October 16. This bootcamp covered the fundamentals of Rust and blockchain, significantly contributing to the growth of Rust and blockchain knowledge within the community.
  2. Graduated from the developer track at PBA4 Hong Kong, gaining deeper insights into Substrate and the Polkadot ecosystem.
  3. Conducted workshops on OpenGov at WEB3DEV Study Groups, focusing on DAOs and governance.
  4. Consistently creating technical content on Polkadot and Substrate via Twitter.
  5. Since assuming leadership at WEB3DEV, I’ve been driving more and more activity toward Polkadot and Rust developers.

Polkadot Threads with Technical Content:

  1. Thread about RWA on Polkadot: x.com
  2. Snowbridge: x.com
  3. PolkaVM: x.com
  4. Polkadot State Q2: x.com
  5. JAM: x.com
  6. Coretime: x.com
  7. Agile Coretime: x.com
  8. Asynchronous Backing: x.com
  9. HydraDX: x.com
  10. Ink! Smart Contracts: x.com
  11. Hyperbridge: x.com

Many more posts about DOT can be found in my x.com

Live Sessions on Substrate-based Courses, Polkadot, and PBA:

We will also be hosting two additional live sessions about the Substrate Bootcamp.

Another Live on PBA4: https://www.youtube.com/live/88KwUwzPCMA?si=Cj1_nnRCUqdpy4re

Polkadot Stack PBA Summary: PBA Hong Kong Content Summary - HackMD

Proposal Accepted on OpenGov: Proposal for Polkadot OpenGov Funding: WEB3DEV Bootcamp for Rust and Pallets Learning | Polkassembly

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