Who is Fabian Vogelsteller?

Fabian Vogelsteller, is a programmer well known for his important work related to DApps and smart contracts on Ethereum.

De among the most prominent developers in the ecosystem Ethereum, Fabian Vogelsteller, is one of the brightest. A fact that has allowed him to be recognized as one of the great developers in the world of cryptocurrencies. But like many other protagonists of the crypto world, his private life is a complete secret.

From his personal data it is known that he was born in 1984, that he lives in the city of Berlin, Germany, and that he has a master's degree in Fine Arts from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

However, their work has resulted in valuable contributions to the Ethereum ecosystem. Contributions that have made it possible to boost the technological development of this blockchain in an extraordinary way. Especially in the area of development of DApps, smart contracts and the interfaces to develop them and interact with them.

Fabian Vogelsteller and his beginnings as a developer

Vogelsteller's first steps as a programmer started when he was just Age 14. Back then, with the Internet revolution, Vogelsteller began its journey programming in HTML, PHP, ActionScript and JavaScript. This approach to web technology would undoubtedly mark his career as a developer.

The first of his great works was sharpness, a CMS that was developed and presented in 2012. This CMS It works based on a series of text files, JavaScript and PHP code. The reason for this design contrary to other CMS, such as WordPress, it was simplicity and speed. This thanks to the fact that it does not need a database to function. A feature that takes a huge resource load off web servers using this CMS.

Thus, Feindura is intended to be used on servers with few resources and maintaining a simple construction.. To demonstrate its development capabilities, Vogelsteller designed Feindura's official website using its own software.

In addition, Fabian Vogelsteller released the Feindura code under a GPL license, making it accessible from his GitHub.

Interest in the crypto world

Although Bitcoin Came out to the public in 2008, Vogelsteller didn't meet him until 2013. At that time, he was captivated by its revolutionary technology and rich community.

However, his attention was focused even more on a project that was just in its infancy, Ethereum de Vitalik Buterin.

Ethereum was at the gates of its first official launch and it was a development that gave a lot to talk about. This attracted Vogelsteller who wanted to put his grain of sand in its development. That's why he decided to join the Ethereum Foundation in January 2015. At that point, Vogelsteller began building the first interfaces to interact with the smart contracts. A situation that facilitated the work of developers and encouraged new experiences for users.

At this point, his most prominent developments were MistBrowser, a browser for DApps enabled on the Ethereum network. This was one of the great advances that Vogelsteller's work brought to the community. Although it would later be shut down due to security issues related to the technology used to build it, the framework Electron.

At this point, Vogelsteller also collaborated with Ethereum wallet, the official Ethereum wallet. These two would be his initial creations, but they would not be the only ones and neither would they be the most revolutionary.

web3.js: a javascript builder for Ethereum

Another of Vogelsteller's great works in the Ethereum community was reflected in the creation of the web3.js. This is the most widely used JavaScript library in the Ethereum world. Thanks to it, the possibility of designing web applications that would integrate directly and securely with an Ethereum client was opened, such as geth o Parity.

web3.js opened up the possibility for a user to interact through the web browser with a local or remote Ethereum client. With this, developers can design DApps capable of directly interacting with users' clients.

Since then, the development of web3.js has not stopped, with an important flow of creation in source code.

The birth of the ERC-20 token

In November 2015, Fabian Vogelsteller and Vitalik Buterin presented the ERC-20 token. With this development they sought to facilitate the deployment of tokens and other utilities within Ethereum DApps.

The ERC-20 token allows creating a standard interface to easily deploy tokens over the Ethereum network. The result of the success of this structure was not long in coming. The avalanche of ICOs and new tokens on the Ethereum network was huge, giving a huge boost to Ethereum's growth. Companies and startups bet on Ethereum for their technological projects, thanks to the fact that this token format facilitated the work of carrying out ICOs and obtaining financing.

For this reason and thanks to its creator, Fabian Vogelsteller is known as "The Father of ICOs".

Sovereign Identity over Ethereum

In October 2017, Vogelsteller again attracted everyone's eyes with a new project. The presentation of a new EIP (Improvement Proposal for Ethereum), the EIP-725.

Under the name of Proxy Account, this improvement enabled the Ethereum network for the deployment of a sovereign identity system. This identity system is capable of describing people, communities, groups, objects and even machines. All of them interacting with each other through smart contracts.

As a result of this new development, the ERC-725 Alliance. In this organization, various developers led by Vogelsteller came together to carry out the idea and create real use cases for it. So far, the alliance brings together 43 developers and 27 companies that drive this development.

Lukso, a blockchain for fashion

Later in 2017, Fabian Vogelsteller together with Marjorie Hernández founded Lukso. It is a blockchain ecosystem focused on the fashion industry. Lukso's purpose is to enable the tokenization of the fashion industry. A process that goes through the opening of digital cabinets, ensuring the intellectual property rights and authenticity of the brands. In addition, it allows the creation of a decentralized economic ecosystem, which serves as the basis for financing fashion collections around the world.

Lukso uses a lot of the work done on Ethereum, since it is a compatible blockchain (thanks to the Ethereum Virtual Machine). Also, to speed up and improve its scalability, Lukso uses a Casper Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. Another innovation that Vogelsteller is working hard on in this blockchain is the launch of rICO (ICO Reversibles).

rICO is an enhanced version of the ERC-20 token, designed so that investors in an ICO can withdraw their funds at any time. A feature aimed at protecting them from projects that have lost their development focus or are clear scams.