dan hassan (he/him) is a queer white-passing descendent of indo-caribbean indenture and founder of blockades.org [UK]. He’s an opensource hacker with solarpunk tendencies active in autonomous co-operatives, blockchain research/development & big (enough) data analytics. currently building dark crystal, a fun decent(ralised) peer-to-peer utility for securing secrets with friends in cypherspace and beyond. he is a member of dyne.org think &do tank [NL], a non-profit foundation with more than 15 years of expertise in social and technical innovation.