Tahir Mahmood
@Tahir_Mahmood
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CTMO & co-founder of @KRNL_xyz with over 40 years in technology that started with @Microsoft in 1989 as the lead for Operating Systems and Programming Languages
Joined April 2009
We hosted the @trgcapi Infracon event at our @KRNL_xyz HQ in Bangkok yesterday where @prodigykang from @JamboTechnology did one of the coolest announcements of the release of their v2 phone. I guess being a former k-pop star has some advantages š¤©
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Yesterday team @KRNL_xyz got to attend a Consensus event at @EthereumDenver where we got to listen to @ethereumJoseph. Luck had it, we got to meet with him in person and @0xanonymeow was over the moon.
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When I started learning to code in the 1980s, we didn't have YouTube, Google, or things like Coursera/Udemy. We learned to code from manuals. How did you learn to code?š„ø.
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Startups arenāt a quick buck. Theyāre long hours, grinding through thin savings, living lean. Youāre on the breadline some days, and the payoffās not guaranteed. Ask yourself: Whatās your risk appetite?. How much are you willing to bleed for it?. Entrepreneurs who thrive have.
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Being out here in person cuts through the noise. I'm not some agent or salesperson pitching a script, l'm the technical co-founder, showing up to build real relationships. That's how you drive adoption. We're human-to-human.
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Next stop? Paris to Lisbon in Portugal. I decided to use some of my air miles and book business class for this short flight.
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Here's a kernel of wisdom for new devs. Fall in love with what you do.Too many chase money, but tech demands passion. It takes effort, time, and deep focus. If you're not in it for the love of coding, you'll end up as the dog's dinnerš„ š.
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Come along now. Let's peek behind-the-scenes at my mission to build a universal cross-chain solution. A š§µ.
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Hey everyone!.Iām Tahir, Co-founder of @KRNL_xyz, I just turned 59 and decided to travel around the world in 80 days. š . And so, for the next (almost) three months, Iāll be traveling across the world, meeting developers, speaking at conferences and universities, and diving deep
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Take a basic client-server EVM contract. Simple, right?. We supercharge it. Imagine the cloud as a toolbox: every service is pre-staged, ready to roll. You donāt need to code it from scratch; you just plug in. Transactions become atomic. When they hit a KRNL node, we handle.
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About to attend the AI Agents in Web3: Building the Decentralised Intelligence Layer at the Edge & Node House of Web3, Building 103, 103 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94129, USA.
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My co-founder @asim_eth and I are jetting off together to Dubai from Manchester to attend the TOKEN 2049 event. Pray for us š
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ETH Denver so far:. 1ļøā£ AI in Web3 is inevitable. Sat through panels on AI web agents & DeFi staking, some solid ideas, but most are still early. The ones who truly get it will leave the rest scrambling. 2ļøā£ Metamask & EIP-7702? Asked Joe Lubin directly instead of waiting for
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Devs are stuck thinking the only way to build an app or a smart contract is by cobbling together existing libraries and oracles. Web2 oracles are slow, expensive, and glued to consensus mechanisms. KRNL has the solution.
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Completely agree and itās why we implemented a solution that relies on pure proven cryptography.
1/ Beware the hype: while SNARKs and zkVMs show immense promise, theyāre not ready for complex, high-stakes deployments. Bugs are everywhere, formal verification is nascent, and proofs can be hundreds of thousands of times slower than native execution.
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Smart contracts are stuck in the past. Heāreās how we are fixing that š
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Just pitched @KRNL_xyz at @ParisBlockWeek! š«š·. Brilliant to see so many familiar faces and quality projects in attendance. Thank you for selecting us in the top 12 of Start In Block. See you next year!
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The next stop on my 80 days trip to meet with developers and builders around the world is going to be Bogota, Columbia. Bye bye SĆ£o Paulo šāāļø and Brazil.
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Stop for a moment. Think about penicillin. Fleming changed humanity, saved millions, and didnāt get rich. Tesla? Died broke, but his inventions power the world we live in. Those guys built something real, something that outlasted them. Then youāve got the TikTokers, the.
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KRNL could be that one company that solves artificial and superficial divides between Web2 and Web3. Itās all just technology doing its job. Web2, Web3, itās all one beast.
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Youāve heard of synergy, right?. One of the first companies I saw nailed it: grab people with different strengths, throw them at a problem, and watch them build something bigger than any one brain could.
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Here's how they take a break when they do a hackathon in Argentina.
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Flew from San Francisco to New York last night and thanks to Aidan Iām working out of @gauntlet_xyzās office in the heart of Manhattan š„°.
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I arrived in Paris on Monday morning from Mexico and after attending the @Cointelegraph Longitude event at the Shanghai La Paris hotel, I got to walk along the river Seine. Itās all hands on at @ParisBlockWeek the next few days.
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Mentorshipās a big deal at KRNL, itās not just some buzzword. Weāve got seasoned people, folks with years of battle scars from building. Thatās a goldmine of knowledge & experience, but itās not a one-way street. Itās about passing down your learnings and keeping your ears.
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I was at an event recently, and this woman I met pointed out something mind-blowing. The data we use to train AI? Itās peanuts compared to whatās needed to match a human brain. She was talking about MRIs, neural scansā¦ the data from one brainās workings dwarfs EVERYTHING on the.
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Team @Blue7_io and me at their founders economy event last night where they invited āHis Excellence Mr.Maher Al Kaabiā to speak.
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No matter how many times @asim_eth and I meet @sreeramkannan, it was feels like we have a bond. Our technologies are intertwined š¤©
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Weāve baked cryptography (private key pairs) right into KRNL to enforce trust and prove it works. No fluff, just tech doing the heavy lifting.
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Money matters, but itās never the full story. My co-founder @Asim_eth brought more than cash to the table; he brought a network and decades of know-how. Thatās the real fuel. Itās let us punch above our weight and, more importantly, give back to the community.
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I'm at ETH SF, and I'm buzzing from what l've picked up. People here are pushing me to nail how I explain KRNL. Why it's a game-changer. Why builders should jump on board. Not just tossing out tech terms or hype, but landing it in a way that clicks, something they can feel.
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No matter how sharp you are, youāre still betting on people. Probation periods exist for a reason. Test the pudding before youāre stuck with it.
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A real pleasure to be able to meet the founders of @easya_app @dom_kwok and @kwok_phil in person and arrange a meeting in Denver to explore opportunities.
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Just landed in Mexico City. Itās the last LATAM country Iāll be visiting on this trip to meet people from the Web3 community before I head off to Paris.
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Off to Miami but then on to xx. Can you guess my next stop?
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I'll be representing @KRNL_xyz at @ParisBlockWeek this week. We are proud to be recognized as one of the top 12 startups in the blockchain space. I'll be on-site meeting with builders, potential partners, and industry leaders focused on the advancement of interoperability. If
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I love to share what weāre building, ask what people need, and get raw feedback on what they could create with us. People get the oracle problem the second they see a solution, and weāre one of the sharpest out there. We need to dream bigger.
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Want word-of-mouth? Want the network effect to kick in?. I'm convinced IRL is the way to do it. You don't spark a movement from a distance. You start it face-to-face.
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That brings an end to my trip to Mexico City, Mexico. Iām heading of to Paris for the @ParisBlockWeek where Iāll be pitching @KRNL_xyz .
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I decided to try out this special spa whilst in Hanoi, Vietnam and this lady did her magic!
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Iāve met young devs at places like ETHDenver + ETHSF. Sharp, hungry people who want to know what to build, how to build it, and how to stand out. Theyāre chasing success, a competitive edge, something to differentiate them in a crowded market. KRNL can help.
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Time to energise India!.
š®š³Builders of India, we're coming to you!. KRNL DeKoded is hitting 6 cities in 3 weeks. Live demos, hands-on workshops, and real builders connecting IRL. First event kicks off on May 24th. Signup below š.
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Iāve been back in my home city of Manchester, U.K. for a few days before I head off to Dubai later today for TOKEN 2049. How do you know you are actually in the north of England š¤
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From Argentina to Paris, hereās what 30+ days of meeting Web3 builders taught me š. Nobody talks about it enough, but LATAM is quietly becoming one of the most electric regions in Web3. I spent weeks meeting real builders on the ground, and hereās what the world is sleeping on
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The @KRNL_xyz Company Culture: My secret Formula š§¾. The right culture isnāt really about trust or empowerment, itās about creating a place where people want to come to work, not because they have to, but because theyāre excited to excel (even if hybrid or remote). No gimmicks.
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Mentoring isnāt about preaching; itās about guiding these devs to solve real problems, build smarter, and cut through the noise. Thatās how weāve grown, and thatās how weāre helping others do the same.
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Today is my last night in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and I had to go up to see the Cristo Redentor monument. @KRNL_xyz now has a footprint in Brazil!
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About to board a flight from San Francisco to Denver to attend the ETHDenver event and be a speaker. #ETHDenver
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About to leave Lisbon for my next destination. Can you guess which one? This morning I got to meet with the guys from Gaimin who run @GaiminGladiator. Their new HQ is out of Star Trek.
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šļø Weāre thrilled to welcome Asim Ahmad @asim_eth to #SEABW2025!. As Co-Founder at @KRNL_xyz, Asim brings over 15 years of experience in investment and a deep understanding of Web3 since 2016. Previously a Founding Partner at Eterna Capital, Asim is also a CFA Charterholder with
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Letās be real, the goal is to raise more than enough cash to play with. Experiment, test proofs of concept, build MVPs. Youāre going to burn through a lot before that vaporware solidifies. You might spend double what some scrappy team did without a narrative, but who cares?.
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So who guessed my final destination for the next week is Buenos Aires in Argentina. My first trip ever to anywhere in Latin America. Taking @KRNL_xyz to new territories where Web3 is flourishing š„°
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Hereās what nobody tells you about crypto (but I will). 1ļøā£ Hong Kong (Consensus HK): Feels like TradFiās last stronghold. If you're in crypto for regulation-friendly adoption, go to Singapore instead. Hong Kong is still figuring it out. Also, cash is king, pretty ironic for a
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About to fly from Rio De Janeiro to Sau Paulo, the capital and financial center of Brazil. #brazil
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Looking forward to supporting this amazing team.
Omo! The Road to ETH Nigeria 2025 don start oh! .Join us for the first stop on this journey:.š¢ Web3 Gatekeeping - Wetin Developers Go Do?.šļø Speakers: @Tahir_Mahmood , @Em_Etok , @Divine_Vessel , @developeruche .@EseMonday1, @Fingersofgods .š X Space:
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I might die penniless, but Iāll leave a mark. Thatās what matters.
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You donāt need to know how a car engine works to drive one. Similarly, users *shouldnāt* need to understand blockchain to use Web3 either!Ā . Letās say KRNL is building the ādriverless carā of Web3 > simple, powerful, accessible.šŖš».
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Hope you can join us and me on this panel.
šļøBridging Physical and Digital Worlds with Blockchain. Join us today with:.@insider0x of @rarible.@mawariXR.@decentraland.@iotex_io.@PlaySapien.@OVRtheReality.@TDXbiz.@DiffuseFi.@Tahir_Mahmood of @KRNL_xyz. ā° When? 3 PM UTC.
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Few takeaways from ETH Denver : . 1ļøā£ Gave my speech, met solid builders. The energy in the room was real. Builders arenāt slowing down. 2ļøā£ ZK & bridges are heating up. Had good convos with @zkpedrongmi from Aztec, some interesting ideas brewing around bridging. 3ļøā£ Oracle
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My lead developer @0xanonymeow and I landed in Denver yesterday. Our colleagues @KissoSelvan and @Mike_Zendo met with us in our KRNL house where we started the morning with a huddle and celebrated Kissoās new laptop. @EthereumDenver here we come!
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Marketing is relentless. It's all about stacking those impressions, weaving the story from start to finish, keeping it rolling. You don't just drop it once and call it a day; you make it stick,.I'm fired up to do just that. to get KRNL in their heads, front and center.
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You canāt know everything. The older you get, the more you see it. Young folks, less experienced ones, theyāll come to you hungry to learn. On the flip side, everyoneās got something they can teach you, no matter who they are. Growing older gracefully means ditching the idea.
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Crazy to see how real-world crypto adoption looks on the ground, two cafĆ©s in Buenos Aires casually accepting crypto for coffee ā, no friction, no hype.
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Whatever problem youāre solving, however youāre solving it, someone else is probably in the mix too. Maybe theyāre doing it the same way, maybe tweaking it a bit. So how do you stand out as the one who invented it, the one who owns the idea?. Itās about grabbing that first.
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Devs are stuck thinking the only way to build an app or a smart contract is by cobbling together existing libraries and oracles. Web2 oracles are slow, expensive, and glued to consensus mechanisms. KRNL has the solution.
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My first day in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Iām at a founders breakfast getting the low down about the community and the opportunities.
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The hard truths to swallow in crypto (part 2). 6ļøā£ ETHDenver, Stanford AI Summit: Crypto is bad at storytelling. Execution sharding, modular chains, and cross-chain infra are game-changers, but no one's selling it right. If you can package it, you win. 7ļøā£ ETH SF & Silicon
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In Web3, weāve had a lot of shit. ICOs, memecoins, altcoins, Trump Coin, Melania Coin, whatever. Youāve got to ask: whatās your legacy?. What are you leaving behind?. Something that adds value, something that sticks?.
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Qubits are stacking up. Microsoftās got a qubit machine that can simulate the multiverse, like something Doctor Strange would geek out over. Toss a coin, it lands heads here, tails in another universe. Thatās the kind of wild leap weāre seeing right now.
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I stay hands on in dev. With 40+ years as a Chief Architect across tech, telecoms, banking, & applying make-up, l tackle the toughest problems myself. Why? My experience gives me the depth to guide teams effectively + the humility to step back when they're ready to take over.
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If youāre one of those companies that raised a ton of cash on a slick narrative, congrats. Your ideaās what sold, not your product. Call it vaporware if you want. That doesnāt mean itās doomed to stay intangible, it just means you canāt touch it today. The story clicked with.
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You canāt just throw money at marketing, cold-call everyone, or take a scattergun approach. Thatās lazy. It makes you blind to the real problems people face in their territories. Regulation, compliance, all the messy stuff that varies place to place. Go there, see it for.
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The best thing about attending Web3 events is you get to meet some of the most interesting people. @kashviETH has been involved in an incredible project named @worldofwomenxyz
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Spent 7 hours travelling from the @KRNL_xyz office to the north of Bangkok to celebrate the graduation of one of our devs. We go that extra mile for our team.
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š Academia Falls Short >> Education vs. Real-World Experience. Academia often fails to prepare people for the real world. Iāve never done an MBA, but Iāve read the books. While MBAs teach finance, marketing, and management, they canāt teach what only experience delivers. In.
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Thatās the end of @EthereumDenver 2025. The @KRNL_xyz team is all packed and ready to fly out.
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At @KRNL_xyz, we donāt just chase influencers, we get stuck in with hardcore developers on the ground. Understanding a community's needs, direction and aspirations requires being there, not taking shortcuts. That's how you make proper connections.
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A few weeks ago I saw a post by @chris_t_omalley (Compuware's President & CEO) on here about DevOps with MainFrames and a picture of a t-shirt. I sent a connection request then commented that I would love to have one and was happy to arrange a courierā¦
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We are in the top 12 in the AI track at @ParisBlockWeek where I will be presenting @KRNL_xyz.
š Amplifi (@Amplifi_Fi): Agentic Intelligence.for Digital Wealth. š Almanax (@AlmanaxAI): An AI Security Engineer fixing security vulnerabilities in blockchain code. š GenieAI (@genieaiofficial): Agentic portfolio and risk management for digital asset managers. šKRNL Labs
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Hey everyone!. I'm documenting my journey going "around the world in 80 days". Inspired by Jules Verne's classic novel, I'll travel across different lands, immerse myself in various dev communities, and share my experiences with you. KGMI (@KRNL_xyzās gonna make it).
ā80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLDā š. My boss @Tahir_Mahmood is going 80 days around the world to . - Meet developers.- Speak at conferences .- Dive into local tech communities .- Make web3 dev work for everyone. I have asked him 3 quick questions around his trip : . - What Sparked this
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Heading off to attend a few meetings, but as my hotel is right round the corner from Times Square, I had to take a short video of this landmark.
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I keep reiterating ālocal execution with a global visionā. Hereās why. Itās core to how KRNL is scaling internationally. Strategies are big-picture - global brand, global product. The execution? Thatās local, boots-on-the-ground stuff.
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I love to share what weāre building, ask what people need, and get raw feedback on what they could create with us. People get the oracle problem the second they see a solution, and weāre one of the sharpest out there. We need to dream bigger.
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The future of tech is thrilling. AI, quantum computing, Neuralink > imagine a world where you just think and it happens. No keyboards, no voice commands. Just seamless integration with tech. Actually, the future is closer than we think. Are you excited or scared?š
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When Iām back in my home country, yes, thatās England. Iāve got to have the traditional fish and chips on a Friday.
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Tip: surround yourself with breadth and depth. If youāre swinging the same hammer at every nail, youāre stuck. The best ideas come from mixing it up and blending perspectives.
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You should all follow the journey of our newest and youngest kernelās that going to pop š„ as she builds in public at @KRNL_xyz .
DAY 1 OF BUILDING @KRNL_xyz!āØš. - Sorted out the content calendar and outlined a detailed action plan for the next month. - Went through multiple technical integration docs for deep understanding .- Team brainstorming session on action plan of Mainnet and TGE. - we announced a
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As i say, at @KRNL_xyz weāre building a culture where imposter syndrome and anxiety donāt stand a chance. Work should be a place where you thrive, not just survive.
Blessed to have a founder like @Tahir_Mahmood, who genuinely supports my content creation journey š«¶š». Thanks a ton!
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I think the future of tech requires the power of culture. No culture = no tech. No tech = no culture. This is a symbiosis that people rarely chat about. For example, Iām genuinely excited about emerging technologies like AI, quantum computing, and Neuralink. Itās their.
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I cannot express how proud I am of my little sister Talat Afzal who was invited to the Conference of Parties (COPs) in Geneva, Switzerland last week onwards. She addressed the nations of the world and presented the work she is involved in with the Unitedā¦
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