# 🎙Danny Ryan | Layer Zero

*Author: David Hoffman*
*Published: Oct 19, 2021*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/danny-ryan-layer-zero*

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**Danny Ryan** is an Ethereum 2.0 researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, but he is also a cat owner, husband, and outdoors enthusiast. With some of the longest hair in crypto, Danny is solving extremely difficult and important problems at the protocol level for Ethereum. He is a communicator and a thinker—he is technical but also personable.

Danny is a human at the center of this movement, navigating through high-stakes subjective decisions and surrounded by smart, passionate people. This conversation  also covers what it’s like working for a protocol. What’s it like working without a boss and concrete job description?

Danny’s answer? He cares a lot.

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#### RESOURCES
- [Danny on Twitter](https://twitter.com/dannyryan?s=20)

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