GENEVA, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mina
Foundation, a public benefit corporation servicing zero-knowledge
(ZK) blockchain Mina Protocol, today announces the appointment of
deep-tech lawyer and senior legal executive Daniel Schoenberger to General Counsel at Mina
Foundation, effective immediately.
Schoenberger brings over two decades of legal and policy
experience from across Web2 enterprise, Web3, and education
sectors. Schoenberger joins Mina Foundation from the Web3
Foundation where he served as Chief Legal Officer, overseeing legal
and regulatory requirements for development teams across the
Polkadot ecosystem. Schoenberger led numerous public policy
initiatives on behalf of Polkadot, including testifying before
the United States House of
Representatives on the benefits of blockchain and decentralized
technology and helping to shape the Financial Innovation and
Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT 21).
Before his time within Web3, Schoenberger held the roles of Head
of Legal Switzerland & Austria
and EMEA Legal Lead for AI Policy at Google, serving as lead
attorney and heading up Google's legal department for Switzerland and Austria, as well as co-drafting Google's AI
policy.
Speaking on his appointment, Schoenberger said, "I am
thrilled to join the extremely talented team at Mina Foundation at
such a pivotal stage in the project's journey. Following the
completion of its recent major mainnet upgrade, Mina Protocol is
poised to capitalize on years of diligent groundwork to launch
programmable zero knowledge applications. Mina Protocol's universal
ZK proof layer will have a major impact on how we approach multiple
areas that I have a keen interest in such as data protection,
regulation, and proof of identity. Having always worked at the edge
of emerging technologies, I'm excited to help Mina Foundation and
the Mina Protocol community advance a new era of a secure, private,
and verifiable internet."
Coinciding with this hire, Mina Foundation is also announcing
the appointment of former CEO, Evan
Shapiro, as Chief Product and Strategy Officer (CPSO).
Having moved from CEO to the roles of chairman of the board and
advisor to the Mina Foundation in 2023, Shapiro will return in
order to work closely with the Foundation and projects across the
Mina community to help enable the growth and development of useful
applications built on Mina with ZK.
Welcoming Schoenberger and commenting on his own appointment,
Shapiro said, "We are thrilled to have someone of Daniel's
caliber join the Mina Foundation team. With a wealth of knowledge
in key areas such as the intersection of AI and blockchain, data
protection, crypto assets, and market regulation, Daniel's
experience and guidance will be invaluable in Mina Protocol's
continued journey. As I step into a more hands-on role steering ZK
product development that makes an impact, momentum is building in
the Mina ecosystem with users primed to experience the benefits of
ZK tech for the first time in a meaningful way."
Daniel Schoenberger and
Evan Shapiro of the Mina Foundation
are available for comment.
About Mina Protocol
Mina Protocol is a next-gen zero-knowledge (ZK) blockchain.
Rather than apply brute computing force, Mina uses advanced
cryptography and recursive zk-SNARKs to design an entire
blockchain that is fixed at 22KB, the size of a couple of tweets.
Lightweight and accessible, Mina enables efficient implementation
and easy programmability of zero-knowledge smart contracts
(zkApps). With Mina's enhanced privacy features and off-chain
execution model, developers can build novel applications that
bridge the real world and crypto— bringing us closer to the secure,
democratic future we all deserve.
About Mina Foundation
Mina Foundation aims to advance the goal of creating a
secure web3 with zero knowledge proofs powered by Mina Protocol —
ushering in a new era of private and scalable applications — by
administering grants, fostering community growth, and championing
Mina Protocol in the wider world. Mina Foundation is domiciled in
Geneva, Switzerland.
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