11-15, 09:45–11:15 (Asia/Bangkok), Breakout 1
UX has been at the forefront of Ethereum recently, as standards for Account and Chain Abstraction have been gaining significant traction in the space.
Join us (literally! This panel will be “fishbowl style”) as we discuss the challenges that we will need to figure out first, such as cross-L2 key management, asset handling and transactions; avoiding fragmentation (liquidity, network, users); coordinating standards across L2s and wallets; and more
Founder of WalletConnect and developing Ethereum wallet infrastructure since 2018. Additionally a founding member of Chain Agnostic Standards Alliance (CASA) and authored of several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) focused wallet interoperability.
PM @ Ethereum Foundation, Account Abstraction Team (ERC-4337)
Previously CEO & co-founder of Portis (acquired by ShapeShift)
X: @tomteman
Niharika is a technical product manager in the account abstraction space. Currently at Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe), she advances the development of the Safe{Core} stack securing over $100 billion in smart contracts. She excels in validating features through hands-on research, analyzing success metrics, and collaborating with external partners to enhance product offerings. She also has experience in tokenization of securities in Switzerland.
Derek is the founder and CEO of ZeroDev -- an embedded smart wallet that is powering over 50% of all AA volume in DeFi today. He is also a co-author of several AA standards including 7679, 7710, and 7715.
Prior to crypto, Derek worked extensively on distributed systems, including cloud orchestration platforms (Pachyderm) and P2P networks (Consul).
