mashbean
Bio
Yen-Lin Huang (mashbean) is a Policy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and a Next Billion Fellow at the Ethereum Foundation. A former medical doctor turned digital governance advocate, his work integrates cypherpunk ideals with democratic innovation in Taiwan’s digital society.
From 2023 to 2025, he served at Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, leading projects on decentralized digital infrastructure, including digital identity wallets and open web standards, and participating in W3C communities. He is also a member of the Silviculture Society from Ethereum, advising on the social applications of blockchain, and an active contributor to TWSIG and Taiwan’s internet governance initiatives.
Yen-Lin founded FAB DAO, a civic tech Web3 collective supporting Taiwanese nonprofits, with works exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival. He also writes a digital arts column for ARTouch and translates on participatory art and digital activism.
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