Part 2: Marcus Vinicius, Content Creator
Marcus is also one of our much appreciated long-term community members! He has done great contributions in spreading the Cardano lovelaces in Brazil! A great help and Cardano evangelist, indeed!
(Marcus, in Dexter T-shirt, with other blockchain enthusiasts at an event called ‘Colaboramerica’
1) Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background?
My name is Marcus Vinícius, I’m from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I work with finance and with one-to-one Physics classes to make some extra money. I have a cat named Xandica and my hobby is photography.
(Marcus’ cat ‘Xandica’)
After elementary school, I worked for a few years with one-to-one Physics classes on my own, as I found the subject interesting. With this experience I was able to be selected for Physics classes in a great preparatory course in Rio de Janeiro called “pH”, where I’ve worked for about 1 year. But I did not have a higher education degree and felt that I did not have many growth prospects.
I’ve started a degree in Economics in 2010. Since then, I have changed my professional profile, graduated and worked with finance in sectors such as Consulting, Oil and Gas, Services and Finance.
2) How did you get interested and involved with Blockchain/Crypto?
I discovered Bitcoin in 2014, in Economic Sciences discussion groups. But I became more interested in 2016, when I was looking for options for offshore investments options. I’ve studied its technology and usability. I found it very interesting! From there on I decided to research further and I met alternative projects like Ethereum, Litecoin, etc. So I got to know the Cardano project, already at an early stage, in 2017.
3) Why Cardano?
The work with Physics taught me to value the scientific method and to have more parsimony with the “common sense”. This point caught my attention in the Cardano project. The philosophy of researching before implementing. Also the process of “Formal Specification & verification”. Another point was its community: I met and saw members with more down to earth, balanced and interesting ideas.
4) How are you contributing to the Cardano Ecosystem as an Ambassador?
I have participated in Blockchain events since 2018. Where I was able to meet a lot of nice people, which opened many doors for me. I created a Brazilian Public Group about Cardano on Telegram and today we have about 1,100 members (@ADABrasil). We had great help from the moderator Gean (@MrBrinker) and incentive from Niels (@Katsumoto). We also get help from content creators in Brazil like “Aprendizado Cripto” (@Chess).
I was able to participate in more than 50 events spreading the word of the project and performing 6 interventions (meetups, pitches, etc) about Cardano. I have also participated in interviews on some YouTube channels.
(Marcus being interviewed during an event by Edilson Lauro from “Investimentos Digitais”, talking about Cardano!)
The Brazilian community I met was very fond of the Cardano project and wanted to get involved. We implemented ADA support in a 100% Brazilian multi-currency wallet called Cashu.
5) What is your future vision for the Cardano Ecosystem?
I think the Cardano project can be adopted as official Blockchain infrastructure in large projects. Because its network is proven to be safe, its academic philosophy and its great partnerships (Runtime Verification, Emurgo Academy India, etc). Exponential network effects can lead to mass adoption of the Cardano project technology.
Cardano must offer one of the best services in the industry. With greater degree of security and predictability.
6 ) What is your personal message to the Cardano community?
My message is to remain confident in the most careful method and scientific philosophy of the project. The Cardano project has one of the most organized workflows in the industry. In addition to a very active developer community. Keep track of the work of other ecosystem employees like Sebastien (@SebastienGllmt) and Ambassadors such as Philippe (@philpa)!
I also believe that it will not be necessary to force any convincing about the project nor to feed the Trolls by responding too much to FUD. The product, the method and the deliveries will convince. This project will enter into the history of Computing. Mark my words!
Don’t forget to like, follow, share Marcus’ hard work! He can be followed on the Cardano Forum, Telegram and Twitter!
–The End of Part 2–
Such motivated community members we have in our ecosystem! Thank you all for reading, and don’t forget to leave your comments/likes and give our Ambassadors some Cardano community 
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Until next week, with new people and new Ambassador Stories! 