RedStone oracles co-founder, reliable data feeds for DeFi & RWA ETHWarsaw co-founder | Forbes 30 under 30 🇵🇱
In 2020, a well-respected Polish engineer approached me with a problem that changed my career trajectory. Jakub Wojciechowski had been building at a New York hackathon. His product needed specific oracle data that simply didn't exist. The infrastructure gap was blocking him from launching. Most people would have pivoted or given up. Instead, we followed the problem. Poland's blockchain ecosystem was tiny then—maybe 50-100 serious builders total. But small ecosystems have advantages: problems spread fast, and solutions do too. Jakub saw what was coming: DeFi would explode beyond Ethereum. Dozens of chains would need oracle infrastructure. The monolithic approach wouldn't scale. That hackathon blocker became our RedStone Oracles thesis. Five years later: -Top 3 oracle provider globally -Supporting 110+ chains -Serving everyone from major banks to DeFi protocols -Recently solved a $500M value leakage problem affecting the entire industry The lesson isn't about oracles or crypto specifically. It's about following problems to their logical conclusion. When builders hit real infrastructure gaps, that's usually where the biggest opportunities hide. Don't just solve your immediate problem. Ask: "What does this tell us about where the entire system is heading?" Sometimes the thing blocking your hackathon project is actually the foundation of your next decade.
