| Name | Portfolio/Site | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mf (Michiel Degruytere) | https://michiel.degruytere.com | https://x.com/0x_m_f |
Mf as CZG Committee member
Good afternoon everyone,
With this post, I’d like to put myself forward as your CZG Committee member.
Online, I’m known as Mf, and since a few years post-doxxing, you can also find my information under my real name: Michiel Degruytere.
I believe I would be a valuable addition to the committee due to my extensive practical and theoretical contributions in this space. Often behind the scenes, while also having taken the spotlight to push the conversation towards the importance of privacy and its culture. This allows me to understand the current narrative, while also staying aligned to our roots.
Not only have I created and successfully executed grant proposals on both a delegation and production scale, but I’ve also served as a judge for them. This gave me practical insight into costs, feasibility, and relevance.
My goals within the ZCG committee are to have a neutral agenda, favouring objective analysis of a proposal, and aligning that with the relevant long-term ZCash needs. The power of ZCG lies in the community coming up with its ideas and perspectives; I would want to maintain ZCG’s current capability to make reasonable choices while also incentivising extended community input.
@zerodartz invited me to apply for this round, as we discussed it for the 2025 Elections. I had already written my application, and the recent news makes my proposal even more relevant. I’m someone who brings positive forward momentum. Where in an average time space I would definitely be valuable, I tend to be priceless.
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In an age of overload of information, I value the 5-paragraph request, and as such I’d invite both the community and the election committee to post their questions and comments for more information below
About me
Talks
You might have seen my talks about “A New Cypherpunk Culture” (which you can watch again here), for which I was invited to:
- Devcon (Bangkok),
- ProtocolBerg,
- Web3Summit,
- ETHcc,
- ETHPrague,
- EthDam,
- ETHCluj,
Organising
Or you might have visited the events I was (co-)organising or contributing to, such as:
- DWebCamp,
- CypherPunk Congress,
- CypheRave (1&2),
- W3PN_Hacks,
- Blockravers(IYKYK),
- SubZero (Buenos Aires),
- DevConnect (Privacy Hub, Buenos Aires),
- Logos Offline,
- DevCon(Hacktivism Hub, Bangkok)
- ETHcc Occupy
- Full List here
Hackathons
Next to talking and producing, I’m also hacking and creating privacy solutions. Currently, with my team, I’m on a 6-consecutive-hackathon win streak; you can find more details here
- ETHBerlin 04 (Carnation.fm)
- ETHPrague
- Infinite Bogota
- Othentic Brussels
- EthGlobal
– Brussels
– Buenos Aires
– Prague
– NYC
Work
Over the past years, I’ve been working independently on cryptographic, security, and open-source projects, mainly in decentralised tech. I’ve had the privilege to work with giants such as David Chaum. From creating technology to distributing technology.
Some names include;
- xx.network
- Logos (Status.im / Institution of Free Technology)
- Web3Privacy Now
- Radicle.xyz
- Full list here