Sandra H, Head of Metaverse and NFTs at Zilliqa and Co-founder of Metapolis, talks about avatars and identity in the evolving Metaverse. 

Discussion points:

·        How to identify ourselves in the metaverse 

·        How to link physical and digital worlds 

·        How avatars link to a person’s identity 

·        Can a single avatar be compatible across multiple platforms? 

Guest

Sandra H is a futurist with in-depth knowledge spanning across traditional and digital platforms. Sandra leads Zilliqa’s NFT and Metaverse projects across partnerships, strategy, marketing, and conceptualization perspectives. Her global experience across Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East will enable her to deliver a customized suite of digital asset products to Zilliqa’s existing and ever-growing global community. Sandra is committed to enriching Zilliqa’s creator economy and ecosystem growth.

Company

Zilliqa is a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. Developed through academic research and helmed by a team of experienced scientists, engineers, venture creators and leaders in the financial services, Zilliqa addresses limitations in scalability and security, enabling real-world usability across a variety of industries, including finance, digital advertising, and gaming. In 2019, Zilliqa became the first public blockchain platform to be built on sharded architecture, with smart contracts written in the platform’s secure-by-design programming language, Scilla.

What's on the Block? is hosted by Maxine Ewing.