Hacker Noon December 2, 2021
Ishan Pandey: Hi Max, welcome to our series “Behind the Startup.” Would you please tell us about yourself and the story behind peaq?
Max Thake:
My name’s Max and I’m one of the founders of peaq. I grew up in Malta before moving to Berlin in 2017, where I met Leo and Till, my co-founders.
Berlin was a hot spot for blockchain technology at the time. We were surrounded by a mix of experts, dreamers, enthusiasts – and people who thought we were totally crazy.
We all took our own trips ‘down the rabbit hole’, as we like to say in crypto, and quickly realised that blockchain technology had the potential to change everything.
I’ll never forget first hearing about...