Matt Hamilton

@hammertoe
Blockchain, AI/ML, Python Developer Advocate
Barbados
he/him

Software Engineering

Open Source

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Twitch Streamer

Conference Speaker

Mentor

Consultant

Advisor

Instructor

Networker

Conference Attendee

Machine Learning

Software Developer

Hi, I'm Matt. I'm a Developer and Developer Advocate. I'm currently based in Barbados, and able to travel and work remotely. I'm a big fan of learning in public, and have run a developer-based Twitch stream at my last two companies - Ripple and IBM. I'm interested in blockchains and cryptocurrencies (specifically XRP, the XRP Ledger, and the Internet of Value), Python and AI / machine learning.

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I'm open to

live streaming,

freelance roles,

partnering on side projects,

talking to journalists,

guest lecturing,

speaking on twitter spaces,

and speaking at events.

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Resume

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Aug 2022 - Present

Principal Developer Advocate, FVM, Protocol Labs

May 2022 - Jul 2022

Director of Developer Relations, Bittensor

Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

Director of Developer Relations, Ripple

Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

Developer Advocate - IBM Cloud AI/ML, IBM

Portfolio

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FIL Lisbon Swag Unboxing

https://www.twitch.tv/hammertoe_/clip/UgliestWiseJuiceArsonNoSexy-F7_w5Me9IzZqHWx4 Further live coding on the hackathon project to create an NFT Raffle system on the XRP Ledger using Hooks and XLS-...

Attended the Crypto By The Sea Meetup. A great crowd, and stunning venue. I spoke briefly about my journey in crypto and how I ended up at Bittensor.

Starting at Opentensor Foundation I’m really excited to announce that I have just accepted the role of Director of Developer Relations at the Opentensor Foundation. For those of you that know me, t...

Awards

I received an award for an internal hackathon I participated in last year. http://twitter.com/HammerToe/status/1512490164744036353

Speaking engagements

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Spoke at the Duke University Blockchain Club: Disrupting Finance through Decentralisation

Spoke at the We Are Developer World Congress 2021: The Developer Handbook: How to Build on The Blockchain

Spoke at Blockchain NYC: Building on the XRP Ledger

Spoke at the University of Zurich: Using Twitch for Live Coding and Education.

Videos

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Interview with Dietrich Ayala

FVM Team at LabWeek22

Apex: XRPL Dev Summit 2022 - IPFS: Interplanetary File Storage

I did a quick live coding session working through a tutorial on how to deploy a simple Solidity smart contract to the Filecoin Ethereum Virtual Machine (FEVM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOcaMa...

Articles and blogs

I wrote a blog post on issuing assets on the XRP Ledger for Ethereum developers. https://dev.to/hammertoe/issuing-assets-on-the-xrp-ledger-for-ethereum-developers-25e0

I wrote a blog post about debunking the myths around the XRP Ledger. https://dev.to/ripplexdev/debunking-the-myths-what-is-xrpl-1m0c