Eric Schmidt, an American businessman and software engineer, now is an advisor at Chainlink Labs, which stands behind the development of the popular open-source blockchain platform Chainlink. Schmidt has an impressive career history.
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Previously he was CEO and executive chairman of Google.Eric Schmidt is now an advisor helping build #Chainlink.
— Chainlink - Official Channel (@chainlink) December 7, 2021
Former Google CEO @ericschmidt supports a world powered by truth: “Chainlink is a secret ingredient to unlocking the potential of smart contract platforms and revolutionizing business and society.” https://t.co/AKGtfFisuq pic.twitter.com/di1v07QbWp
In 2017, Schmidt co-founded a venture facility for public benefit, Schmidt Future with his wife Wendy Schmidt. The business leader also writes books on computer science.
Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said that Eric's experience and knowledge around developing next-gen software platforms will be vital.Talking about the industry, Eric Schmidt said that blockchains and smart contracts play a huge role in building of new business models. Also, he mentioned the need to be connected to the outside sources. Schmidt says Chainlink is a secret ingredient that unlocks the power of smart contracts. He shared his excitement to join the platform and help to build a world powered by truth.
The number of various blockchain-based protocols using Chainlink's solutions, to access off-chain data, has been growing.
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Currently, Chainlink's native token LINK is the 21st largest crypto with over $9.8 bln market cap. In the past 24 hours, the token's price grew by over 10.2% and now is about $20.5.