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Just saw that Eugene Shen, co-founder and CTO of Plume Network, passed away earlier this week. Really sad to hear about this. He was only with the team since January 2024, but apparently made a huge impact on the RWA chain project they're building.
From what I'm reading, Eugene Shen had a solid background - graduated from UBC in engineering physics, spent time at Robinhood and dydx before joining Plume. Even his former manager at Robinhood spoke highly of him, calling him one of the core members of their crypto engineering team who could handle high-pressure work. Seems like he was the type of engineer who actually cared about helping others level up too.
The Plume team posted that they're in mourning right now, which makes sense. They're saying they want to keep pushing forward with the work Eugene Shen helped create and continue building on-chain infrastructure. A lot of projects in the space are leaving condolences in the comments, which shows he was respected across the community.
It's rough when someone talented and passionate like that is gone. The whole thing hits different when you realize how much one person can contribute in such a short time. RIP Eugene Shen.