Ed Marquez, Developer Relations Engineer for Hedera, on Blockchain Scalability and more

Ed Marquez is a Developer Relations Engineer for Hedera at Swirlds Labs. He is passionate about helping developers get on board with Web 3 and the Hedera network. In addition to distributed ledger technology (DLT), Ed has worked on Model-Based Design and development of control algorithms for embedded systems. Ed holds a MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and is currently pursuing a MS in Business Management at Harvard.

In this conversation, we discuss:

- Swirlds Labs’ role within the Hedera ecosystem
- Developer Relations
- Hedera’s recent integration of ChatGPT’s plugin
- Blockchain scalability
- HBAR Foundation
- Blockchain economy bolstered by AI
- AI language models within Web3
- The future of Blockchain x AI
- FedNow instant payments