Hello from a new steemer

**Hello Steemers! I opened my steam account about a year ago, but never actually used it and I thought that it's about time to change that. Probably I won't win the award for originality, but I decided to start with a simple introduction. **

My name is Arjan van Eersel. As my name probably reveals I'm Dutch, but currently living in Bulgaria and that already for 8 years. Before that I've also lived in Belgium and in Ukraine (sort of).

I joined Steem, because first of all I like the idea of a decentralized community platform. And of course it's also always nice to meet new people, share interests and contribute within my capabilities to this community. And maybe even become a code contributor to the Steem project.

So what to expect of me? My profession is also my passion, so I'll certainly post content about programming, #blockchain and self-sovereign identity. I'm quite active within the communities of the #Go and #Rust programming languages, recently discovered #Dart and started learning #Erlang. Also every once and a while I give lectures about the above mentioned topics.

Regarding blockchain I mainly deal with #Hyperledger frameworks at the moment. Also I'm an ambassador for the #aeternity blockchain. I'm very broadly interested in this area and always looking into new technologies and working to improve my skills. In my opinion the power of blockchain systems lays in how it uses blockchain technology for the particular purpose it was designed for. Steem is a very good example of that; It isn't just yet another crypto-currency, but a community platform using this technology in a unique and tailored way. That's why I find Steem also interesting from a technical perspective.

Other passions I have are brewing beer, which is something I picked up while living in Belgium. We Dutch know our cheeses, but nobody knows beer better than the Belgians. And I really enjoy cooking. There's so much good food and so many interesting kitchens that I can't even pick a favorite.

Another interest of me are languages. And this time I mean real languages, not programming languages. I speak Dutch, English, German and Bulgarian. And at the moment I'm giving Lithuanian a try. Why Lithuanian you might think? Well, because it's a fascinating language, as it's one of the oldest European languages and hasn't changed too much over time.

Hopefully that was a decent introduction. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or suggestions you'd like me to post about within my expertise.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day!