Zak Hap
measure once, cut twice — m1c2 product studio

Zak Hap is a programmer based in NYC. He studied computer science and music composition at Columbia University.

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Daylight

Tech Lead at Hit One

October 2025–Present. Solo-built a 1000x leverage trading platform on MegaETH. $600M+ traded in its first three weeks live.

Product Lead at Common

Five years. Helped build one of DAO governance's foundational platforms. $1B+ in token value governed across 300+ communities, including dYdX and NEAR.

Co-founder at Odefi

One year. Built a MakerDAO-native smart contract layer splitting leveraged risk from stablecoin stability, out of Columbia's blockchain accelerator. Directionally right; too early.

Co-founder at Liminal Media

One year. Shot commercials, ghostwrote whitepapers. Helped blockchain founders raise ~$50M by making their protocols make sense to investors.

Figure drawing from art class

Something I drew in Minerva's art class

Bro how the Fuck do Bitcoins Work

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You must wonder what else this person does with their time.

Moonlight

Cohost of Study Hall

A creative building series on Monday nights in New York, with Charlie Freiberg, since 2025. Past venues include Lincoln Center, Collaborative Fund, NYC Resistor.

Board member at Qubit

A contemporary music and performance art initiative founded in 2010. Past venues include DiMenna Center, Center for Performance Research, BAM Fisher - Fishman Space.

Zak playing the Shō

He also plays
the Shō.

Some writings
Studio Practice Tenets Latent Space as Medium Signatures The Tyranny of Pre-digestion
Some app musings
Z-Index: Book Recommendation Engine Glass Bead Game Orange Shrine

Some very important past speaking and thinking gigs:

"Real-time Composable Finance," MegaETH MegaArcade, Seoul, South Korea — May 2026

"Product Development for DAOs" (Panel), ETHCC Paris, France — July 2023

"State of DAOs" (Panel), DAO Tokyo, Japan — April 2023

"Future of DAOs," NEARCON Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY — July 2022

Blockchain for Impact Global Summit convened by the Blockchain Commission for Sustainable Development, United Nations, NY — June 2018

And so he turned, eager to see her, forgetting his promise

I was one told about a woman living in Paris—a descendant of Scriabin—who spent her entire life writing music not meant to be heard. What it is, and how she does it, is not very clear; but I have always envied this woman. I envy her insanity, her impracticality.

Mivos Quartet at Project Q, 2018

psychology professor has discovered the secret to unlimited human potential is either:
yoga, a nervous breakdown, or getting shot at

Hey! What's wrong with my muse? She's in bed!

soup is
a vegetable
in tea form,
meat ancillary

Yet they have created a climate that
has brought the intellectual
activity of an entire nation
down to a middle-grade level.

Why do we assume we are the exception?