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Nitya Subramanian: Products and Protocol

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June 17, 2020

Nitya Subramanian, product manager at Celo, discusses “Protocols and Products,” focusing on how building products is different in blockchain vs. more traditional centralized products. The key question for builders: What is the need I’m meeting, and who are the users? For projects seeking control over the end-user experience, such as with cryptocurrency wallets, typically the goal is to build the full stack, so that every layer can be changed to meet new use cases and find product-market fit. For products built for developers, such as decentralized lending protocols, the focus should be on identifying a range of objectives that will bring developers to your platform while giving them the flexibility to customize and innovate. No matter the end user, the rigorous focus at all times should be on what will bring people to your product and avoiding a “build it and they will come” mentality. As an example of the full stack approach, she closes with a case study of the digital payments system Celo, which includes a blockchain forked from Ethereum that includes a native asset, topped by a layer of native smart contracts encoding a stablecoin, with a wallet and a developer SDK at the top of the stack. While each layer of the project has separate development roadmaps, having the application layer allows Celo to identify issues with user experience and informs the development of lower layers of the stack.

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June 17, 2020 at 9:12 pm

Great presentation!

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June 17, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Great presentation!

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June 17, 2020 at 5:12 pm

Great presentation!

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Chiqui OJ

August 20, 2020 at 6:46 am

❤ CELO

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August 20, 2020 at 2:46 am

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mike wazowski

September 21, 2020 at 4:34 pm

so good <3 thanks Nitya!

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September 21, 2020 at 12:34 pm

so good <3 thanks Nitya!

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Ram Kumar

May 15, 2021 at 12:45 pm

Great Presentation. Am I the only person who thinks she looks like Balaji Srinivasan

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May 15, 2021 at 8:45 am

Great Presentation. Am I the only person who thinks she looks like Balaji Srinivasan

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Henry Quillin

October 15, 2021 at 1:29 am

She looks absolutely blazed

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October 14, 2021 at 9:29 pm

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