2018 has been the birth year of Scrypt.Media, and it has been an interesting ride so far.
There were a lot of firsts for us this year. Working with our first customers, first time collaborations, first contacts, first conferences as a company, first speaking engagements, and publishing our first blog posts (if you want to enjoy a read over the holidays, check out our posts about digitalidentity, ethical supply chains or GDPR!).
We tried to disregard the hype, focus on projects that truly matter, and find our focus in applying blockchain to impactful use cases. For the first part of the year, we were busy with our overall setup and helping our first customers. In the second part of the year, we also started to scale our network and attend events all over Europe.
For us, the year was mainly filled with a lot of interesting people we met, collaborations built, and a lot of new insights and learnings on the way. Making new connections and strengthening old ones, working on new ideas, and the spirit of change that comes with working in emerging tech has been the absolute highlight of theyear. A big thank you to everyone we got the chance to meet, everyone that decided to work with us, and everyone that helped us on our way!
On the other hand, this year has also been a year of an emerging close-minded world sceptic of diversity that does not really fit well with our experiences otherwise. We hope that for the next year, we can make a bigger impact to changing these perceptions on a larger scale, and to actively contribute to many exciting use cases in the blockchain and emerging tech space.
Watch out for our exciting updates in the new year!
Maike Gericke
Maike Gericke is an experienced designer, strategist, innovator and marketer. Her passion for emerging technologies and social / environmental impact led her to start the innovation studio Scrypt with Khalid. Together, they rethink, research, build and teach the use of new technologies for impact.