Shytoshi Kusama Introduces Core SHIB Dev Who Contributed to Alpha Layer

Shiba Inu’s marketing lead, known to the community as Lucie, has published the contents of the new episode of the podcast hosted by the mysterious SHIB lead Shytoshi Kusama.

The podcast is called “Shy Speaks Shib” and Kusama invites various guests there to interview them. This time, the guest is a pseudonymous core developer from the SHIB team — “Jon Doe.”

Lucie announced that episode 5 of this podcast is now live on Spotify.

Mysterious new SHIB core dev introduced by Kusama

The core SHIB developer introduced by Kusama works under the pseudonym “Jon Doe,” a fictitious name often used for an unknown or pseudonymous person in the U.S. (typically with an “h” in John). Lucie tweeted that this dev has kept a low profile, while making important contributions to SHIB’s technical future in real time.

Along with other developers, he has been working on the foundational tools of Dev Portal, as well as on the Alpha Layer, which is currently running in beta. The Alpha Layer of Shibarium allows any user to create a custom blockchain in merely minutes and offers many other opportunities.

“His work is unlocking new possibilities for developers at every level,” Lucie’s tweet says.

The two SHIB developers compared the achievements and development milestones (in engineering, agriculture, knowledge-sharing) of ancient civilizations, namely, ancient Egypt and early Mesoamerican societies, to the modern Web3 movement. The profound idea expressed by Kusama was: “When the moment is right, the right idea always arrives.”

New SHIB milestone announced by Shytoshi Kusama

During the podcast, Shytoshi Kusama revealed that the SHIB team has recently released a new hub for developers on Telegram. It consists of roughly 300 developers who created “a live, active forum for sharing ideas, solving technical challenges, and brainstorming future projects.”

Besides, Lucie reminded the SHIB community about the current milestones achieved by the SHIB team by now — the creation of the layer-2 network Shibarium, which allows developers to launch new dApps, games, or a DeFi protocol easily with low transaction fees and a high speed.

The launch of the developer portal called Tools with Zero Barriers was also covered, with the details shared regarding what this portal offers: private RPC endpoints, free faucet access for BONE, ready-to-use API keys, etc. They discussed the Alpha Layer as well.