Stephen is a token engineer, developer and designer in the blockchain industry. He has been developing applications for the web since 1999 and is excited about the potential that web3 has to revolutionize the way co-ordinate online. He co-founded South African cryptocurrency platform Coindirect and has spent the majority of his career in fin-tech at 22Seven and Allan Gray among others. His current interests lie in applying token engineering practices to designing minimally extractive protocols and on-chain funding for the arts.