collective: Potoc
member:
  name: Nikolaos Kontakis
  address: 15DCZocYEM2ThYCAj22QE4QENRvUNVrDtoLBVbCm5x4EQncr
  github: wirednkod
  email: "todo"
  matrix: niko
  rank: 1
date: 2024-04-12
about: "I am Nikolaos Kontakis, starting in the beginning of 2021 as a Parity employee and for 3 years, I was working on Polkadot related tools/projects, mainly on Substrate-Connect and Zombienet. In addition to my professional commitments, I have dedicated my free time to crafting a UI library for polkadot (polkadot-ui - https://polkadot-ui.info). Currently I am working with Polkadot Blockchain Academy. In PolkadotJS, I've made contributions to Apps and API, particularly in the context of the integration with substrate-connect and light clients;I am one of the top contributors of Substrate-connect, and Zombienet."
motivation: "My motivation is to build tools for making the web2 users to have an easier transition to web3 and find tools that will allow them faster to convert ideas to projects."
evidence:
- title: Substrate-Connect
  category: core_tooling
  tasks:
  - title: Creation and Maintenance (until late 2023)
    links:
    - https://github.com/paritytech/substrate-connect
- title: Zombienet v1
  category: core_tooling
  tasks:
  - title: Support until early 2023
    links:
    - https://github.com/paritytech/zombienet
- title: PolkadotJS apps
  category: d_app_tooling
  tasks:
  - title: Support
    links:
    - https://github.com/polkadot-js/apps
- title: Polkadot UI
  category: d_app_tooling
  tasks:
  - title: Creation and Maintenance
    links:
    - https://github.com/polkadot-ui/library