Back in 2015, just getting a blockchain application running was a much bigger challenge than it is today. So I went through some of @strato_net's early history, and there's quite a story behind the team building it. Kieren James-Lubin and Jim Hormuzdiar were working on Ethereum infrastructure back in 2014, before the network even launched. Their Haskell client became one of the six compatible clients at Ethereum's Frontier launch in 2015. A few months later, BlockApps helped bring Ethereum infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, making it easier for developers and businesses to experiment with blockchain applications. That experience eventually led the team into enterprise deployments and real-world asset tokenization. And now they're building STRATO around a different challenge. Instead of helping companies figure out how to run blockchain infrastructure, they're trying to make tokenized assets useful in everyday financial applications. Gold, silver, borrowing, savings and trading are all part of that direction. The connection between those two chapters makes sense to me. Building financial infrastructure requires more than launching a token. Someone has to deal with the less exciting parts, like reliability, integrations and making products work together. Having experienced engineers doesn't guarantee success, of course. But it's useful to know that STRATO's current approach comes from a team that has spent over a decade building blockchain systems, rather than starting from scratch. https://t.co/sgK62X2igo #STRATO #HardFi #Ethereum #RWA