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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Zak Hap is a programmer based in NYC. He studied computer science and music composition at Columbia University.
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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.
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.
A creative building series on Monday nights in New York, with Charlie Freiberg, since 2025. Past venues include Lincoln Center, Collaborative Fund, NYC Resistor.
A contemporary music and performance art initiative founded in 2010. Past venues include DiMenna Center, Center for Performance Research, BAM Fisher - Fishman Space.
He also plays
the Shō.
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.
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?
