I go by Matto. I'll keep this succinct and relevant to this project. I have an MFA in Film and Computer Animation. Although I first started to code when I was like, 5, things got interesting when I discovered processing in the early 2000s when trying to create generative visuals for films.
I worked in education from 2003-2015, and besides that whole out-of-college being an adult, I kept a low profile socially. In 2015 I published some novels and started making custom board games.
Then NFTs happened. I had the seed of the idea for Chainlife in 2018, and in 2020 I started to experiment and learn the skills needed to make it a reality. Since then, I...
* discovered Art Blocks and released [Enso](https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/34) and [FOCUS](https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/181)...
* tried to co-found a next-gen minting platform to support Chainlife (it didn't work out)...
* retaught myself solidity and launched [BLONKS](https://blonks.xyz/)...
* experimented with smart contract composability / interactivity and launched [deFOCUSed](https://matto.xyz/project/defocused/) and [Texture and Hues](https://matto.xyz/project/texture-and-hues/)...
* and finally, with a talented [dev. team](https://www.drakewest.dev/), I'm launching [Chainlife](https://chainlife.xyz/) on my own next-gen platform!
(I'll write more about the platform later, but yeah - I'm literally just getting started here!)
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