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@kuphjr
It feels like it has finally come full circle. 🙏 I started working on what became Tunnl 4 years ago… That was before I had ever written a single line of JavaScript. But when I first learned what smart contracts were, I immediately saw the potential of using them to facilitate agreements, especially for influencer marketing. When I was running my eCommerce business, I saw how powerful influencer marketing could be, but I knew how difficult it was for small businesses like mine due to the lack of trust. Creators demanded upfront payments, which is a risk I was unwilling to take. What if there was a way to guarantee creators would be paid only after they posted the required content? While smart contracts solve the problem of escrowing funds, they had no access to the internet and could not fetch or verify social media content.
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M⬡rgan Builds 🛠️
@kuphjr
Then I saw Sergey Nazarov on the Lex Fridman podcast and my mind opened to the possibility of using oracles to bring real-world data onchain. The only problem was, Chainlink data was still restricted to only a handful of data feeds; there was no way to fetch arbitrary data via a decentralized oracle network. So, in fall of 2021 I joined the Chainlink hackathon. I built the initial proof of concept which allowed developers to fetch data from any API for their smart contracts. I was lucky enough to win a prize, get in touch with the Chainlink Labs team, and land my first job as a software engineer! After continuing to work on the concept on my own time, I kept pitching the idea internally until eventually I was placed on a team with 3 other engineers to build Chainlink Functions.
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Jen
@jroe
I agree. When I decided to transition into Web3, smart contracts where the catalyst. This is a great use case.
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Cheta Of All Trades
@chetaofalltrade
Tunnl has grown and will keep growing, happy for what you are building in the space
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