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Esteban Ordano

Co-founder of Decentraland

EntrepreneurChief Technology Officer

Argentina

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Esteban Ordano is a software engineer and co-founder of Decentraland, along with Ari Meilic, in May 2017. This platform allows users to buy and sell virtual real estate while exploring and playing games, a decentralized virtual reality platform on the Ethereum blockchain. Quick Facts Full name Esteban Ordano Birth 1983, Argentina Nationality Argentine Education Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires Wife/Partner Married Net worth Estimated in millions Decentraland launched following a $24 million ICO in August 2017, with its closed beta in 2019 and public access in February 2020. It functions with two tokens: MANA and LAND. MANA, an ERC-20 token, must be burned to acquire LAND tokens. Esteban Ordano - Career Highlights & Events • 2014: Joined BitPay as a software engineer. • 2015: Developed open-source blockchain tools and libraries. • 2017: Co-founded Decentraland and launched the platform's vision. • 2018: Launched the MANA token on Ethereum. • 2020: Oversaw Decentraland’s public virtual world launch. • 2021: Helped Decentraland become a top metaverse platform. • 2022: Expanded Decentraland’s NFT and DAO integrations. • 2023: Advocated for open metaverse and digital sovereignty. Ordano was Decentraland’s CTO until April 2020, transitioning to an advisory role after it became a DAO. Meilich also holds an advisory role in the project despite his departure. He continues to contribute to the growth of the DeFi community. Useful Links to Connect With Esteban Ordano Platform Link X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/eordano LinkedIn profile https://uy.linkedin.com/in/eordano Decentraland https://decentraland.org GitHub https://github.com/eordano

Experience

Awards

  • Metaverse 2023 - Times Innovator of the Metaverse Era
  • CoinDesk2022 - Visionary in Virtual Real Estate
  • NFT NYC2021 - Most Influential in Web3
  • DeFi Summit 2020 - Pioneer of Decentralized Metaverses
  • Blockchain Awards2018 - Co-Founder of the Year (Blockchain)

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