Crypto-native author (former degen) with 5 published novels and a collection of poetry at major Dutch publishing houses
Literary recognition: my previous crypto novel 0xBlixa was shortlisted for Dutch prestigious BNG Bank Literature Prize
Media coverage: every book I published got featured in major Dutch & Belgian newspapers, radio interviews and TV
International interest: Flanders Literature created an English translation sample for London Book Fair (big international interest from over 30 publishing houses, but no translation yet)
Cultural bridge: translating crypto concepts for mainstream European audiences
Academic background: PhD in surrealism at Royal Conservatory Antwerp
Cultural impact: first Dutch novelist to seriously engage with crypto themes
Read more here about 0xblixa : https://www.flandersliterature.be/books-and-authors/book/0xblixa
My goal with this novel was to make CT-culture accessible for normies in a way even my aunt could understand. Very happy with the result and even more stoked when it got praise in the MSM and was shortlisted for one of the three big literary prizes of the Netherlands. On the go I introduced them to basic blockchain concepts like seed phrase, CT, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum etc.
Flanders Literature paid a translator to create an English sample text so if you’re curious what it looks like, make sure to check it out in the link below ☀
Paul, the protagonist from 0xBlixa, has survived the chaos of the previous story, but the world around him has transformed into a surveillance dystopia. The European Union, now dominated by authoritarian technocrats, has systematically dismantled digital privacy under the guise of public safety. The infamous "Chat Control" legislation has become the cornerstone of a totalitarian surveillance state, where every digital interaction is monitored, analyzed, and weaponized against citizens.
After the events of the first story, Paul lives in the shadows of this new reality. The decentralized web he once championed has been largely crushed under the weight of government regulation and corporate compliance. Privacy has become a relic of the past, and anonymity is treated as a criminal act. Paul becomes the target of a massive manhunt. his former friend and collaborator Matti, who had betrayed Paul earlier by emptying their shared Ethereum wallets, has been using those very wallets to purchase disturbing and illegal content on the dark web. When authorities trace the blockchain transactions, all evidence points directly to Paul as the wallet owner. Paul makes contact with the Hashrate Collective—an underground network of hackers, cryptographers, and digital rights activists operating in the shadows of the surveillance state. Led by a mysterious figure known only as "Genesis Block," the group has been planning something unprecedented. The Collective has discovered that the authoritarian leaders have been using the very surveillance infrastructure they created to engage in massive corruption, blackmail, and human rights abuses. They've compiled evidence of what they call "EUPrivacyGate"—a scandal that could bring down the entire technocratic regime once exposed.