I've always wanted to build something great. It's why I became a programmer.
When
@renprotocol was abandoned and left for dead, and the community refused to let it die, we had to figure out what to do for v2. We had to decide whether to make incremental tweaks to an unsustainable v1, or risk it all to build something new — without knowing what it would even be but hoping we'd come up with something.
We decided to go for something new. It felt like jumping off a cliff and trying to build a plane on the way down, because we'd inherited the remnants of a bankruptcy and broken community without a product.
Quietly and relentlessly, all day, every day, we did the work. When we weren't heard from in public, we were researching, tinkering, experimenting, and getting feedback from other projects. After enough time, we came up with something that we became obsessed with. It's great, it's uniquely Ren, and it's our baby.
I can't think of anything more fulfilling than to build something of your own with a great team, share it with an open community of people and users from all around the world, and help grow it into an essential piece of the global financial infrastructure.
That's what motivates me.