I operate at the edge of privacy, AI, and markets.
As AI makes software abundant, I'm focused on what still holds real value — private money, tangible markets, and human health.
Lore
I spent my early career building crypto platforms and protocols at meaningful scale — wallets, privacy systems, and DeFi — used by over a million people, securing significant value and enabling billions in volume. I've ethically disclosed critical vulnerabilities in late-stage protocols. I still angel invest, but most of my exposure is through public markets. These days I build where value persists as software gets cheap — private rails, tangible markets, and health. The specifics are below.
Most of what matters sits offline — family, being a dad, time on the road, and whatever physical project I'm currently in over my head on.
Experience
Builder & portfolio · Present
NowLive projects — Senddy, Lone Star Coins, CoinDuffle, Vero — plus active portfolio management around my macro thesis: private money, scarce hard assets, and where value sticks as AI commoditizes software.
Founder / CTO · Koi Finance
2021 – 2024ZK DEX, yield, and bonds on zkSync — $10M+ revenue, 50M+ txs, $2B+ volume in year one.
Co-founder & CTO · Flare Wallet
2020 – 2021Bitcoin / multi-chain wallet & DeFi platform — acquired.
Product Engineer & Advisor · Chainworks
2018 – 2020Enterprise blockchain platform; Bitcoin & chain advisory.
Founder & Lead Dev · NIX Platform
2017 – 2019Privacy chain on Bitcoin protocol — ZK atomic swaps BTC to alts.
Current Focus
- Private money and stablecoin rails
- Tangible markets — gold, silver, bullion
- AI health tools and embodied value
- How AI reallocates trust and attention (GEO)
Live Projects
Writing
View allI write about AI search, private money, and where value sticks as software becomes abundant.