2022-11-02
MetaMask is a cryptocurrency wallet that are using for cryptocurrency
applications and using for cryptoeconomy. Like Venmo is using in economy of the
United States.
MetaMask founded by Joseph Lupin.
Today people are buying and selling NFTs using MetaMask. People also lending
and borrowing cryptocurrencies using MetaMask. It is the most popular and
fastest growing cryptocurrency wallet.
ConsenSys founded
by Joseph Lupin is the developer and the owner of MetaMask. Lupin is also a
co-founder of Ethereum. He studied electrical engineering and computer science
from Princeton University. After graduated he go to work for Goldman Sachs.
He knew
about cryptocurrency after reading Bitcoin Whitepaper in 2011. He is one of the
eight co-founders of Ethereum.
Vitalik Buterin
the founder of Ethereum is currently developing Ethereum 2.0 to scale Ethereum’s
bottleneck transaction problem. Another founder Charles Hotkinson later founded
Cardano. Gavin Wood left Ethereum to pursue his own vision to build Polkadot. Whereas,
Joseph Lupin go to build MetaMask.
MetaMask
make it easy to store and transact cryptocurrencies. In 2022 there are 21
million active users for MataMask accounts. ConsenSys valuation is $3.2
billion.
In terms of earnings, MetaMask earns money
from swap fees of approximately 0.3-0.875% per transaction value.
Joseph Lupin is one of the success stories for cryptocurrency
community. His net worth is estimated at $5 billion.
References
- https://earthweb.com/metamask-statistics/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lubin_(entrepreneur)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConsenSys
