Meet our Dream Team
Proven experience architecting and building the most cutting edge blockchain solutions on the planet.
Leadership Team
Ed McNierney
Chief Technical Officer
Ed McNierney has served as a Chief Technology Officer and senior engineering executive at a wide range of technology companies, from two-person startups to the Fortune 100. He has commercialized innovations from high-end graphics hardware to multi-terabyte online mapping services and has been involved in the blockchain and cryptocurrency community since 2014. Most recently he led competition design and engineering at the XPRIZE Foundation, driving radical innovations in artificial intelligence, VR, robotic avatars, and machine learning. As CTO and VP of Engineering at the One Laptop per Child Foundation he managed the hardware and software teams that brought personal computing to millions of children in developing countries. Ed has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Dartmouth College.
John Lester
VP of Operations
John Lester is a community builder and fintech pioneer. He has led projects and teams from startups to Fortune 100 companies, and his background includes neuroscience, cryptocurrencies, metaverse and NFT development. John is an active member of leading NFT projects where he pioneers the use of NFTs in virtual words, fashion, decentralized identity, artist collectives, and fractionalized IP governance. As VP of Operations for Oneiro, he is focused on the development of ndau’s software infrastructure including next-generation versions of the ndau wallet app and expanding ndau’s validator node ecosystem.
Board of Directors
Rob Frasca
Managing Partner, COSIMO Ventures
Rob is an online pioneer, experienced entrepreneur that has built three venture-backed start-ups with successful exits, including Galt Technologies, sold to Intuit in 1995; WiseWire, acquired by Lycos in 1997; and Affinnova, which was acquired by Nielsen in 2015. He created the first commercially-available stock quote and portfolio management service on the Internet and served as Vice President and General Manager at a top 3 public Internet company with over 25 products and 350 employees. Rob has brought more than 50 products to market, including financial services, online clubs, search engines and AI platforms. Rob received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. He is also a decorated US Naval Flight Officer with 18 combat missions.
Ciarán Hynes
Managing Partner, COSIMO Ventures
Ciarán Hynes is co-founder and Managing Partner at COSIMO Ventures, a deep technology firm specializing in Blockchain. He is also a serial entrepreneur, investor and Board Director with companies including Gecko Governance, Locatible, Nova Leah and Oneiro. He has helped navigate and develop their U.S. infrastructure and expand into the U.S. market. He has over ten years of deep tech market experience and leverages his extensive network of investors, advisors, government agencies and business leaders throughout the U.S. to bring strategic benefits to these organizations. He has won international awards and has spoken at many prestigious international conferences and events.
Ken Lang
Managing Partner & CTO, COSIMO Ventures
Ken is a pioneer in AI and machine learning and invented search engine collaborative filtering. He holds more than 40 patents, two of which were proven to be responsible for more than 20% of Google’s ad revenue. Prior to COSIMO, he was COO of Keane Advisors, where he developed new algorithms and technology for trading and asset allocation. Before Keane, he served as CTO of Vringo while teaching as an adjunct professor at NYU. He also founded WiseWire, where he served as CEO and CTO (after WiseWire was sold to Lycos, he served as Lycos’ CTO). Ken graduated second in his class from Duke University with BAs in Electrical Engineering, CS, Mathematics, and Physics. Ken also has a Master’s in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.
nlighten Tasks
Updated: 9/6/2023
Each of these tasks can be completed 3 times at any time during the month of September. ndau rewards will be sent to your account with a 6-month lock period, earning ndau at a rate of 9% annualized (EAI).
NOTE: To complete any task, you must follow and like ndau on @ndaucollective, Dapp.com, CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko, join the main ndau Telegram group and follow @npayme_network.
- Become part of the npayme Beta Launch community and receive your NPAY Beta Tokens in order to carry out Task #2, #3 and #4.
- In order to receive your NPAY Beta Tokens you must complete all the following 4 steps.:
- Step 1) Sign up for the npayme Beta Launch. Fill out the Sign Up form on this page.
- Step 2) Download and install the MetaMask wallet. Go here and follow the instructions.
- Step 3) After you have MetaMask installed, go and find your Account's ETH address. Follow these instructions.
- Step 4) Fill out the nlighten task completion form so we can send you your NPAY beta tokens and your NDAU reward for this task. All steps are required to complete this task.
- Please note this task can only be completed once. Your NPAY beta tokens will be sent to you on September 13.
- Promote npayme on Twitter - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Tweet a link to the npayme webpage.
- You must also tag @npayme_network and @ndaucollective in your Tweet and include the hashtags #ndau and #npayme.
- You are required to have an active twitter following. We reserve the right to reject any tweet for any reason.
- Create a new YouTube Video in any language that teaches people about npayme - Reward: 5 NDAU
- Create a new YouTube video and share it in the ndau Telegram group. Video must be at least 3 minutes long and you must be visible on your webcam in the video while you speak. You must share something of value about npayme and the ndau ecosystem. We encourage the use of the ndau and npayme logos and visuals. Only videos created during the month of September will be accepted. We reserve the right to reject any video for any reason.
- Example Topic #1: "npayme and the ndau ecosystem"
The topic of this video must be about npayme and the ndau ecosystem, beginning with how npayme is designed to leverage both Web3 and social media to amplify the creator economy by enabling creators and organizations of all kinds to directly connect with and incentivize their audience, influencers, and affiliates in a way that is inherently viral. Use the npayme whitepaper and the npayme website for reference. - Example Topic #2: "What is npayme?"
The topic of this video must be about npayme, beginning with how npayme is designed to leverage both Web3 and social media to amplify the creator economy by enabling creators and organizations of all kinds to directly connect with and incentivize their audience, influencers, and affiliates in a way that is inherently viral. Use the npayme whitepaper and the npayme website for reference. - Example Topic #3: "Key Features of npayme"
The topic of this video must be about Key Features of npayme, outlining the wide range of features that enable creators, organizations, and individuals to seamlessly interact and transact on the web3 platform, including Share & Earn - Viral Flywheel, Multi-Currency Support andUser-friendly Interface. Use the npayme whitepaper and the npayme website for reference. - BONUS for 3,000 views: 5 NDAU (Email support@oneiro.freshdesk.com and notify us of the # of views your video received and include a direct link to your video in your email. NOTE: you must notify us by August 31.)
- Tweet one of our videos from our YouTube Playlist - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Subscribe to ndau's YouTube Channel and share one of the videos from this playlist on Twitter. You must also tag @npayme_network and @ndaucollective in your Tweet and include the hashtags #ndau, #npayme, #adaptive and #cryptocurrency.
- Create a unique npayme meme and Tweet it and post it in the ndau subreddit - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Join /r/ndau and post a new message with an original meme in your post, then Tweet your meme tagging @npayme_network and @ndaucollective in your Tweet and the hashtags #ndau, #adaptive, #npayme and #cryptocurrency.
- You are required to have an active twitter following. We reserve the right to reject any tweet for any reason.
- BONUS for visual impact and creativity (as determined by our Oneiro team): 4 NDAU
- Tweet a recent article in the press about ndau - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- You must also tag @npayme_network and @ndaucollective in your Tweet and include the hashtags #ndau, #adaptive, #npayme and #cryptocurrency.
- You are required to have an active twitter following. We reserve the right to reject any tweet for any reason.
- Quote Tweet and Like a recent tweet from npayme's Twitter Account @npayme_network - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Follow @ndaucollective and @npayme_network and quote tweet and like a recent tweet from @npayme_network.
- You must also tag @ndaucollective and @npayme_network in your Quote Tweet and include the hashtags #ndau, #adaptive, #npayme and #cryptocurrency.
- You are required to have an active twitter following. We reserve the right to reject any tweet for any reason.
- Join and post a comment or question in the npayme Community Discord - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Join the npayme Communty Discord and post a new comment or question. Suggested topics include discussing your favorite npayme use case or new features you would like to see in npayme.
- Join /r/zksync and comment + upvote the npayme thread - Reward: 0.5 NDAU
- Join /r/zksync and go to this thread: npayme: Payment and Promotion for Web3
- Upvote the thread then Add a meaningful comment or question (at least 30 words).
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