Mario Schraepen
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Mario Schraepen
@MarioSchraepen
Serial Entrepreneur - changing ownership of vehicle data with blockchain.
Belgium Katılım Temmuz 2009
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@alice_und_bob I know who it is - we mentored them. They are great !
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I gave away 4 months of work for free.
Late 2022 I built a tax calculator tool for Polkadot. It was the perfect business case. Many asked for it, no one offered it.
I spent 4 months, 4 evenings per week of my free time to build my big product idea.
Spent 5k EUR on lawyers to write the terms and conditions. Earned 550 USD with my first two customers.
Then I dropped it. 3 complete code refactorings in. It ran in Google Cloud with orchestration and everything. I just hit another roadblock and had to do a fourth refactoring. It was too much. I had no team and was exhausted of 4 months with almost no free time.
Since then, no one picked up the idea. Until the recent PBA cohort 6 and a new team wants to approach taxes in Polkadot.
This should be a common good. So I gave them access to my private GitHub repo with 4 months of my life for free to use for reference.
I hope they succeed!
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Global Community Call #50
💡 Topic: Founders Get Started on Polkadot
Hey founders, and builders in the Polkadot ecosystem!
We're back with another Community Call - this time, teaming up with @Chris_Nift and @MarioSchraepen from @PolkaBiz, a program to help Web3 founders connect, grow, and pitch their way to success in the Polkadot ecosystem.
We’ll dive deep into the real questions founders face today:
✅ Pitch tips
✅ VC insights
✅ Bootstrapping: How to start smart before funding
If you’re building in Polkadot, this is your sign to join in.
Let’s get you equipped, inspired, and connected.

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@MarioSchraepen Sighted🙂
Thumbs for your work and commitments over the years Ser✨
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@dgreatanda Cool - my T-shirt with Polkadot logo nice in the middle :-)
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📢 Permanence DAO April’25 OpenGov Report 🗳
⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 34 referenda voted on | 242 off-chain votes
🤖 7 auto-voted | 🛠 27 member-voted
📈 90% avg. member participation (+7% vs. March)
💬 85% feedback rate (+14% vs. March) | 229 pieces of feedback
🐦 Kusama:
🗳 9 referenda voted on | 76 off-chain votes
🤖 1 auto-voted | 🛠 8 member-voted
📈 95% avg. member participation
💬 85% feedback rate | 68 pieces of feedback

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@TheKusamarian You voted No last minute and want to give some feedback about the proposal ? Please reach out to me.
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Congrats to these 4 teams and particularly to @cognidex who have a PBA student here in Lucerne and a PBA Alumnus from Singapore in the team. 👏
They came through the Pitch & Mentor program in Singapore, and the next @PolkaBiz Pitch & Mentor finals are happening on the 10th of April here at PBA Campus Lucerne.🏆
Excited to see new breakthrough projects built on @Polkadot!
@MarioSchraepen @Chris_Nift
Scytale Digital@scytaledigital
Welcome to the @PolimecProtocol x Scytale Academy! 80+ talented teams applied - 4 secured their spot. Congratulations to CognideX, Colb Finance, Joinn Finance, and Roam Network! Real teams building real products on @Polkadot.
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🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #8
What are the 3️⃣ things Max Rebol (@harbour_ind_cap) from Harbour Industrial Capital loves about #Polkadot? Check out this short teaser from our interview with him 👇
The full interview will be available later this week with more insights into the ecosystem & investment outlook!
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👀 Permanence DAO has applied to be on the 4th cohort of @Web3foundation's Decentralized Voices program. Check out our application on the #Polkadot Forum👇
forum.polkadot.network/t/decentralize…
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🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #7
🔥 The community saw heated discussions over @ConorDaly22's proposal.
🏎 @mark_cachia_ from Scytale, who was publicly targeted by the proposers, spoke with Conor’s team and shared his concerns about the campaign's effectiveness.
🔄 His words were misrepresented.
⚖️ Mark calls for responsible decision-making by DVs.
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@Austin_d_gr8 @Veesion8 @peaq @WagoiEU I fully agree on this Austin. Give us some time to address this and we’ll get it right. Thanks for the feedback
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@MarioSchraepen @Veesion8 @peaq @WagoiEU The website should be on the projects Twitter profile.
A community should be created to ensure better communication with users and also feedback regarding the project. It will help in the growth and development of the project.
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Welcome to the peaqosystem, @WagoiEU 🚗
WAGOI is a mobility DePIN enabling you to take back ownership over your car’s data — without the need for dedicated hardware
Your connected car collects about 25GB worth of data on you every hour, and it’s all up for sale — whether you like it or not
By connecting your vehicle (now known as Physical AI?) to WAGOI, you get to choose if you want to share your data with businesses, from insurance companies to tyre shops — and get rewarded for it 🦾
WAGOI will use peaq IDs for the connected vehicles, leverage peaq's vast enterprise reach, and bring smart cars into the Machine Economy
“96% of all cars are connected, yet drivers have zero control over their own data. With the EU Data Act taking effect in November 2025, you can now reclaim control over your vehicle data. peaq, the home of DePIN, is the perfect place to bring this vision to life.” — @MarioSchraepen, founder of WAGOI
WAGOI is a corporate partner of @fisitahq, a global mobility tech organisation, and a member of @INATBA_org, an international blockchain advocacy group
Join the waiting list: #join" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">wagoi.eu/#join
WAGOI will ⬇️
▫️ Mint its $WAGOI token natively on peaq
▫️ Leverage peaq’s Modular DePIN Functions
▫️ Use peaq ID for the connected cars on the DePIN
▫️ Leverage network effects with peaq DePINs
▫️ Launch into a community of DePIN users
▫️ Implement its token reward system on peaq
GIF
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🎥 Urgent Discussion on Root Proposal 1424 🚨
We discussed with Vincent Di Giambattista the Emergency Response Plan for securing 200k DOT. The @ParallelFi team has only a few days left. If no action is taken, the funds will remain at risk of being taken by the attacker.⏳
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