Current Work

• Investing @Delta Blockchain Fund, an early stage crypto-native fund.
• VP-Web3 & Fintech @Duke Venture Community.
• Ambassador Pilot Program @Hyperlane, a permissionless interoperability protocol.

Research & Articles

What I learned from creating an Ethereum NFT, a Bitcoin NFT, an Ethscription, and a BRC-20 token?

The Ethereum NFT I own stores data off-chain on a centralized server, making it susceptible to changes but a new addition to the Ethereum…

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Why is Account Abstraction a game-changer and what I learned from creating an ERC-4337 smart…

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Using Chainlink Functions to access real-world data on the blockchain

A deep dive into why I used Chainlink Functions to create an on-chain royalty agreement between a music artist and a record label. This…

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What is Staking and what I learned from launching a Staking dApp?

What is Staking?

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An Investment Thesis on Blockchain Assets

Web1 was read. Web2 was read and write. Web3 is read, write and own.

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Lens: A Social Web3 Protocol

For the first time in our lives, we are at an interesting junction where our digital identities are almost as worthy as our physical…

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Vote Escrowed Tokenomics

Vote Escrowed Tokenization is the process of locking up the native governance token of the platform for a pre-determined time frame to reap…

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Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill

The “Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act” is the first broad bipartisan crypto bill introduced to the US Senate. The…

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What is an NFT Explorer and how to create one in ~4 mins

An NFT explorer is a website or app that allows users to track the ownership, history, and value of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The…

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• In Progress: A Podcast series, ‘Bots & Blocks’ covering various aspects of the Web3 ecosystem.

Other Projects

ETHGlobal New York Winner: F.A.S.T

F.A.S.T. is the fastest way to use the blockchain to interact between 2 users. Take a picture of yourself to sign up, and then snap a picture with someone else to interact with their address seamlessly.

zkApp on Mina Protocol

Deployed an off-chain prover and an on-chain verifier for a zkApp on the Mina testnet while interacting with the Explorer through GraphQL endpoint. Also deployed an instance of the app on the local blockchain.

zkSync Era Testnet

Created ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 tokens on zkSync Era testnet using Thirdweb npm package.

ERC-4337(Account Abstraction) Smart Account

Created a smart account and sent tokens using ERC-4337(Account Abstraction) through a bundler from Stackup.

Staking Dapp

Launched a staking dApp on the localhost using Scaffold-eth

NFT Explorer

Launched a full-stack dApp in ~4 mins using Alchemy’s npm package and API endpoints.

Dynamic NFTs

Deployed a Dynamic NFT on Polygon PoS which updates itself based on certain actions taken on-chain.

Chainlink 2023 Spring Hackathon

Using Chainlink Functions, created an on-chain royalty agreement between a music artist and a record label.

Bitcoin Ordinal & Ethscription

Converted my ERC-721 JPEG into a Bitcoin Ordinal, and created an Ethscription using Microsoft Designer AI

ERC-721 Smart Contract

Launched an ERC-721 Smart Contract on OpenSea Goerli Testnet using OpenZeppelin & IPFS Pinata

Near BOS

Launched my first Near BOS(Blockchain Operating System, a chain-agnostic customizable frontend) dApp. In progress: Adding ZK & SBT compatibility.

On-Chain Shenanigans

Previous Experience

• Product Marketing Manager @BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain company.
• Senior Analyst @BankDao, a DAO creating an on-chain neo-bank.
• Senior Business Analyst @Consagous, a custom software development provider.
• Equity Research Analyst @Arihant, a leading financial services company.
• Detailed Resume

Misc.

Conducted the first user testing and developer workshop for the STRATO Mercata Blockchain at the BlockApps HQ in Brooklyn.

Organized and moderated a panel on 'Interoperability in Web3’ in NYC. The panel composed of leading thought leaders from the ecosystem such as Brent Xu, Bo Du, Yorke Rhodes IV, Sam T., and Maghnus Mareneck. We discussed the current challenges, standards, and the future potential of Blockchain Interoperability.

ETHGlobal New York Winner: Along with my amazing team members, Shriank K, Aditya Dargan, and Liam Faruq, we developed a Telegram Bot called FAST that facilitates gasless crypto transactions through facial recognition. We were in the top 13 out of 300+ teams and won multiple prizes from various protocols. More details on the project can be found here.

I was on a panel on ‘Intersection of AI & Web3’ as a part of the ‘Web3 Builders’ series hosted by Station3 in NYC.