RYAN ZERNACH

Senior AI Systems Engineer

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💍 Marriage DAO: Miami Hack Week 2023 Hackathon

Officiating marriage on blockchain with a mobile-first Web3 experience built during Miami Hack Week 2023.

💍 Marriage DAO: Miami Hack Week 2023 Hackathon
💍 Marriage DAO: Miami Hack Week 2023 Hackathon
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What The Project Was

Marriage DAO explored a simple question: what would it look like if a marriage ceremony could be coordinated, verified, and celebrated with blockchain-native tooling? The answer was a mobile app concept that blended ceremony, identity, and a memorable demo experience.

Wedding On Chain

Miami Hack Week 2023

Project Artifacts

Summary

Marriage DAO was a hackathon concept for making the marriage ceremony and related records feel native to the blockchain era. The project focused on a clean mobile experience, MetaMask-powered onboarding, and a playful but serious Web3 narrative around committing a marriage on-chain.

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Why It Matters

  • Marriage DAO sits at the intersection of experimental product design and Web3 storytelling, demonstrating the ability to turn a surprising idea into a coherent mobile demo.
  • It is a strong portfolio piece because it demonstrates the ability to turn a surprising idea into a coherent mobile demo with clear narrative, technical ambition, and presentation polish.
  • The project also captures a useful engineering pattern: start with an unusual idea, reduce it to a demoable core, and build the experience around one memorable user journey.