"I spotted a familiar face from the online chats — Gungner"

At the 0G meetup, I wasn’t expecting much more than good talks and maybe a few new connections. But in the middle of the crowd, I spotted a familiar face from the online chats — Gungner. We had only spoken through screens before, trading ideas and jokes in the community, but meeting in person was something else. The moment we shook hands, it felt like catching up with an old friend. We spent the evening exploring the demos together, debating every new concept we saw, and laughing over how far things had come since the early testnet days. By the end of the night, it wasn’t just a meetup anymore — it was the memory of finally meeting a friend who had been on the journey with me from the start.