Who Are the Founders of DIA?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\nThe DIA association was co-founded by a group of a dozen people, though Paul Claudius, Michael Weber and Samuel Brack are the leaders.<\/span><\/p>\nClaudius is the face of the project and its lead advocate, sometimes also mentioned as a CBO. He has a master\u2019s degree in international management from ESCP Europe and a bachelors in business and economics from Passau University. Apart from working on DIA, he is also a co-founder and CEO of BlockState AG and c ventures. Before crypto, he had worked as director for a nutrition company called nu3.<\/span><\/p>\nMichael Weber is DIA’s Founder and Association President. He holds degrees in management from ESCP Business School and an economics and physics from University of Cologne, Germany.<\/span><\/p>\nHe has worked in several banks and financial institutions before turning to crypto, where he founded such projects as Goodcoin, myLucy and BlockState.<\/span><\/p>\nSamuel Brack serves DIA in the role of CTO. Like both Claudius and Weber, he shares the same position at BlockState. He has a master\u2019s degree in computer science from Humboldt University of Berlin, where as of January 2020, he is still studying for his PhD.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat Makes DIA Unique?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\nDIA aims to become the Wikipedia of financial data. It specifically addresses the problem of dated\/unverified\/hard to access data in the world of finance and crypto, especially\u00a0<\/span>DeFi, while proposing to solve it via a system of financial incentives for users to keep the flow of open-source, validated data streams to the\u00a0<\/span>oracles up and running. The current design of oracles, DIA argues, is non-transparent, difficult to scale and vulnerable to attack.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_text_color=”#ff8f00″ header_3_font_size=”18px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]\nDIA development updates in 2023<\/h2>\n
In 2023, DIA (Decentralised Information Asset), an open-source oracle platform, has advanced its capabilities and expanded its reach in the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) sectors. Here are the key developments:<\/p>\n
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Cross-Chain Oracle Expansion<\/strong>: DIA has broadened its oracle availability across multiple blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, Celo, Polygon zkEVM, zkSync, Aleph Zero, Metis, Evmos, Neon, Boba, Fantom, Polygon, Solana, OKXChain, Acala, Near, Avalanche, Moonbeam, Moonriver, Fuse, Telos, Astar, Aurora, BNB Chain, Wanchain, Clover, Shiden, Nervos, and Gnosis Chain. This expansion enhances DIA’s ability to provide decentralized and transparent data feeds for smart contracts across a diverse range of blockchains\u200b