Adrian Hope-bailie
Founder at fynbos.
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolAdrian Hope-bailie is a founder and payments engineer with 12 years of experience building open-standards-driven financial systems, now focused on creating South Africa’s best Tax Free Savings Account at fynbos. He helped shape Interledger and represented firms like Ripple and Coil at W3C/IETF, blending protocol design with product delivery across payments, open payments, and financial inclusion initiatives. Equally comfortable shipping front-end UX improvements—such as contributions to the WICG/webmonetization UI—and steering cross-organizational standards work, he brings a rare mix of technical craft and standards diplomacy. Based in the Western Cape, Adrian pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep industry expertise in payments infrastructure and a practical habit of turning complex standards into usable products.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Science Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Science Information Systems at University of Cape Town
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javascript10
front-end-development10
web-mining10
react10
sql9
sql-server9
html8
css7
tcp6
vps6
twitter-bootstrap6
kendo-ui6
hyperledger6
dns6
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
WICG/webmonetization
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Proposed Web Monetization standard
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:34 reviews, 29 commits, 37 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Adrian primarily focused on updating the user interface of the website, specifically improving the display and content related to the Web Monetization project. They modified the `Index.js` file to update links, and add/rearrange sections with links to specification, explainer, providers, browsers, and tools. The user also updated component files and added new resources to help with the project.
monetizationweb-monetization
interledger-deprecated/java-crypto-conditions
Jul 2016 - Nov 2017
WE'VE MOVED: This project has moved to Hyperledger Quilt
Contributions:3 releases, 31 commits, 35 PRs in 1 year 3 months
hyperledgerblockchainquilthyperledger-fabric
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