Early Days of Ethereum

Preserving the history and stories of the people who built Ethereum.

Gustav Simonssen was a Go developer who built a key manager implementation in go-ethereum (Geth). He was one of many developers drawn to the Berlin ETHDEV office, which functioned as an informal Ethereum hub in 2015.

Fabian Vogelsteller recalled Gustav as one of the people who "just showed up" at the Berlin office and became friends with the team:

"People that I met that like really became friends. Gustav Simonssen who built a key manager implementation in go-ethereum." — Fabian Vogelsteller (Episode 12)

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