About

Yen-Lin (mashbean) Huang

Fascinated by the deep structure of the internet and social networks, I left clinical practice and now focus on bringing cypherpunk values into Taiwan’s digital society. I am a member of the Ethereum advisory group Silviculture Society and a 2025 visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), working on democracy renovation. I previously worked at Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs on decentralized technology, and currently serve at Matters, an anti-censorship content platform. I also participate in FAB DAO, a web3 civic-tech community supporting Taiwanese nonprofits through blockchain-based coordination, with work exhibited at Ars Electronica.

Antifragile
Asymmetric
Decentralized
Counter-hegemonic

Governmental Experience

Ministry of Digital Affairs, Taiwan · Decentralized Architect

Taiwan · Feb 2023 - Apr 2025

Led the newly established Section of Plurality for decentralized technologies and digital civic infrastructure.
Managed cumulative budgets exceeding USD 9M and delivered Taiwan’s first digital public infrastructure initiatives.
Pioneered Taiwan Digital Identity Wallet and AI-assisted open-source deliberation in Alignment Assemblies.

Executive Yuan Youth Advisory Committee · Advisory Board Member

Taiwan · Oct 2022 - Oct 2024

Advanced digital democracy and institutional reform, pushing 10+ inter-ministerial proposals.

Center for Technology, Democracy and Society (DSET) · Correspondent

Taiwan · Jun 2025 - Present

Supports national think tanks in localizing international digital identity policy frameworks.

Socio-technical Systems Experience

Harvard Kennedy School · Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Policy Fellow

Non-resident · Aug 2025 - Jul 2026

Conducts applied research on democracy renovation with a focus on digital identity.

International Strategy Forum (SCSP: Special Competitive Studies Project) · Fellow

Global · 2026

Contributes to cross-border strategy dialogue on democratic resilience, technology governance, and geopolitics.

Ethereum Foundation · The Next Billion Fellowship

Remote · Jun 2025 - Nov 2025

Embeds privacy-enhancing technologies into public digital data services and drafts policy blueprints.

Matters · General Manager

Remote · May 2025 - Present

Leads transformation of a Chinese-language anti-censorship content platform with a nonprofit infrastructure model.

Digital Trust Association in Taiwan · Advisor

Taiwan · May 2025 - Present

Leads the Digital Identity Governance Interest Group and Taiwan’s multi-stakeholder governance design.

Civil Society and Cultural Practice

Formosa Art Bank (FAB DAO) · Founder

Taiwan · Dec 2021 - Present

Founded Taiwan’s first nonprofit DAO and supported 20+ NGOs and advocacy groups.
Raised USD 140K through a cooperative crowdfunding model; exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival (2022).

g0v (gov-zero) · Contributor

Taiwan · Mar 2022 - Present

Collaborates in decentralized tech community work, including co-organizing g0v Summit 2024.

Independent Art Critic · Columnist / Speaker / Translator

Dec 2021 - Present

Columnist for ARTouch, with 20+ articles and 30+ talks annually across RightsCon, Harvard, University of Tokyo, TEDx, and ENCATC.
Co-author and translator of Autonomous Worlds (2024) and Plurality (2023).

Education, Clinical Practice, and Honors

Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH) · Resident Physician

Taiwan · Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

China Medical University · Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Taiwan · Jul 2020

Honorable Mention, APRSAF Young Scholar Essay Competition (2023)
Inter-Asian Studies publication on identity autonomy (2025)
Inventor, U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2024/0285913 A1
Winner, Stanford Design Challenge Asia (2019)
Grand Prize, Smart City Hackathon, Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau (2016)