Information Technology
Mina Foundation Appoints Daniel Schoenberger As General Counsel
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,
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,
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.
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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