Sergey Potekhin, Senior Blockchain Engineer
I'm a blockchain engineer based in Abu Dhabi with 8 years of experience. Vast, unexplored potential of blockchain technology is my passion. I find zero-knowledge technology fascinating and have been actively engaging with it since the beginning of 2023. As a true geek, I spend a lot of time at tech meetups and on open-source projects.
Achievements
• Smart contracts received outstanding results from an audit by Certik, Hacken and =nil; Foundation (link, link, link) • Secured over 200 million dollars in historical volume (Dune link) • Top 11% of ethereum.stackexchange.com users (link) • Two-time winner of ZK Hack 9 (link) • HMAC implementation on RISC0 • AMM emulator built on Polygon Miden assembly
Experience
Team Lead Broxus (core team behind Everscale & Venom blockchains) | Abu Dhabi, UAE 🇦🇪 | 2023 – present
• Managed a team of 5 to 10 members for effective project completion. • Participated in the development of the company's core products: Venom and Octus bridges. • Personally wrote the majority of the smart contracts • Prepared and executed Wrapped Venom token upgrade • Streamlined wrapping / unwrapping • 1.6m smart contracts upgraded • Managed a research project that involved integrating modern consensus algorithms (Narwhal & Bullshark DAG consensus) into an existing virtual machine Blockchain Engineer Broxus | Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸 | 2019 – 2022
• Developed WEVER smart contract - Everscale WETH alternative (Code, Explorer) • Built the most popular TVM testing framework - locklift • Actively participated in the development of Everscale’s standards (TIP-3, TIP-6) Co-founder & CEO Softblocks | Talinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 | 2018 - 2019
• Led a compact team of 5 members, overseeing project coordination • Executed various blockchain projects, including NFT games and smart contract systems • Co-founded and served as CEO, driving business growth and technical execution
Co-founder & CTO Revain | 2018 - 2019
• Established a ground breaking company by providing a variety of services for company growth from scratch • Led the technical and engineering department, from designing strategy to team building, and setting up infrastructure • Developed a system to accept 20+ cryptocurrencies for our ICO, raising over $5 million
Personal projects
• VibeProof is a web3 event management app, tailored to create personalized experiences for the community
• Using zero-knowledge proofs
• Providing the ability to prove certain facts towards themselves, without revealing any personal information
• Newforum identity hackathon participant, Sismo grant winner (link)
• Github
• Backend built with feathers.js for REST API and knex.js as an SQL query builder
• Frontend built with React , viem and wagmi. ZK proofs are made via sismo.io
• All the events and applications are duplicated on IPFS and S3
• Zk prove that your FID (Farcaster ID) ≤ 10001 and cast on the @33bits feed without revealing personal information
• Built with the intention to provoke open dialogues and explore how the Farcaster community will use or abuse their privacy
• Github
• Written in Typescript, backend uses express.js and knex.js as an SQL query builder
• Frontend is built with React and viem. ZK circuits are written in Noir DSL.
• Application hosted on DigitalOcean Apps platform
Contact
(+971) 56 1490036 Abu Dhabi, UAE (GMT +4) [email protected] github.com/pavlovdog warpcast.com/fastfourier.eth twitter.com/potekhin_sergey
Education
Higher School of Economics | HSE BSc in Computer Science Applied Mathematics and Informatics 2015 – 2019
Stack
• Fluent in Typescript • Smart contracts development • Solidity • Vyper • Hardhat • DevOps experience • Ansible • Docker • Experience with databases • PostgreSQL • MongoDB • React
Skills
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology • Consensus algorithms • Virtual machines • Cryptography • Zero Knowledge understanding • Noir • Circom • Groth16 • Computer science • Algorithms & Data Structures • OOP • Systems Design • Project management • Problem solving • Tennis, both 🎾 and 🏓
Professional education
• Devconnect 23 attendee • ETH CC 23 attendee • ZK Lisbon attendee • ZK Hack 9 winner • ETH Dubai attendee
Goals
• Seeking a senior engineering position • Interested in relocation to Europe/US or remote work opportunities • Seeking opportunities to take part in conferences and actively be involved in the company's public presence • Seeking strong educational and professional development opportunities