'We realized that blockchains as open sources of data were a total game changer. Soon, however, they switched tracks to building and offering tools that remove the complexity of building a dashboard, allowing anybody to build one. Initially, Haga and Olsen set out to build dashboards. In other words, blockchains don't provide the friendliest UI experience. He realized that the blockchain is excellent for inputting and confirming data, but it's not built to be read. Haga took this time as an opportunity to examine the problems people faced when building smart contracts. When the hype died in 2018, we were still big believers.” “We did a bunch of experiments: built smart contracts on Ethereum, some prototypes and hackathons. This is where he met his co-founder, Mats Olsen. He started working on crypto for a big company (Schibsted Media Group in Oslo) during the 2017 ICO hype cycle. Haga, however, is calm and cool without appearing distant. Many people in this industry exude an air of over-eagerness, an exaggerated excitement. We offer to buy his latte, but he insists on paying for his own. When Haga first walks in, we don’t recognize him, as he is dressed like an average Denverite who has just come back from a leisurely hike in the Rockies.

We’ve been running around Rino for the past few days, scrambling from venue to venue, booth to booth, street to hotel. We meet Haga at a coffee shop in Denver’s Rino (River North) district, ground zero of ETH Denver 2023.

It was at this event where Digital Asset met with Fredrik Haga, co-founder and CEO of Dune Analytics. ETH Denver, the world's largest gathering of blockchain and web 3 developers, was held in Denver, Colorado, from Feb.

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