Nasdaq information security specialist Martin Holst Swende has officially joined the Ethereum Foundation as its full-time security lead.Despite it being one of his first days on the job, Swende was highly visible at Devcon2, the non-profit's annual conference, on Tuesday.
There, he moderated a panel on smart contract security and gave an overview of his view on the state of the blockchain-based decentralized application network.Offstage, Swende opened up about his new role, explaining that he doesn't believe it was a risk for him to move from the stock market giant to the nascent blockchain industry.
Swende told CoinDesk that his now former colleagues at Nasdaq (he wasn't involved in its blockchain work) were largely positive about the move, suggesting the stigma of leaving the financial industry for a blockchain startup may be dissipating. Nasdaq information security specialist Martin Holst Swende has officially joined the Ethereum Foundation as its full-time security lead.Despite it being one of his first days on the job, Swende was highly visible at Devcon2, the non-profit's annual conference, on Tuesday.