#Team40

I am onboarded! 3 full weeks at the Bitpanda Vienna HQ and I didn’t feel like a “new employee” at all. My kick off was a bit different than usual. Every “newbie” gets a tight corporate onboarding schedule in week 1, mine got postponed to week 3. There was too much to do: I was thrown straight into all the topics I took over from Flo + a couple of new exciting things I get to plan myself. (Huge respect to HR for a schedule that makes everyone feel safe and comfortable, I just learned most of it by executing on day 1.) What got me excited this week: 1) We kicked off meetings (& Slack channels) to bring every department on board for Vision Chain. My first time presenting to different departments. And yes, as an ex-founder I can confirm: a company this size needs company-wide alignment, including the basics, to get EVERY department excited. 2) I love being in front of the camera, so I kicked off a format on “How to build a chain”: what really happens in a regulated company while executing a project like this. Will share the first episode with our community next week. Takeaway: my startup mindset + the Web3 team feels like a perfect match. The next months are going to be exciting, hehe :)) Thanks to everyone who made this start so special, I felt so welcomed 🤍 Now flying back to Berlin to start the official chapter “at home” (still no apartment haha).

On Tuesday, over 200 @Bitpanda colleagues joined a session on Vision Chain, a blockchain built on the OP Stack with the Optimism team, using OP Enterprise. Goal: explain the WHY and the HOW, in plain language. The WHY For a regulated platform, a blockchain is a balancing act. A private ledger gives you control but nobody to transact with, a public chain gives you reach but someone else sets the rules. And regulators must be able to verify the chain without trusting the operator. Vision Chain is an Ethereum layer 2: everything is posted to Ethereum for anyone to verify. Through OP Enterprise, Optimism runs and upgrades the infrastructure underneath as a fully managed deployment. Bitpanda, as co-owner and core developer, focuses on the products built on top. The HOW: 5 basics from session 1 1) A blockchain is a shared database that everyone can verify. 2) A rollup is fast thanks to one operator, and verifiable because everything lands on Ethereum. 3) The operator puts transactions in order, but can’t sign them for you or change your balance. 4) Anyone can run a node, even on a decent laptop. 5) A token only records who holds how much. Who issues it really matters. Which blockchain basic would you want explained next? Spoiler: I’m already working on an educational video series :D Big thanks to the @Optimism team (shoutout @ZakAyesh , @parkerjayp & @GregBresnitz)