What I Do

I'm a team lead at o1labs, working on Mina Protocol and leading the o1js team. I work across distributed systems, cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs and SDKs - with a focus on making privacy-preserving technology accessible to real developers, not just researchers. I care a lot about engineering culture: growing strong engineers, building products we’re proud of, and shipping things that actually get used.

• Privacy is Becoming Non-Negotiable
  Essay · Substack

  A perspective on why privacy is moving from a nice-to-have to a baseline requirement across modern crypto apps.

• MESA Hardfork: Increase On-Chain State Size Limit
  Protocol proposal · Mina Forum

  Proposal to expand zkApp account storage so protocol designers can model richer state without brittle packing tricks.

• zkApps on Mina and o1js
  Product article · o1Labs blog

  Introductory tour through building zero-knowledge applications on Mina with o1js, written for engineers who want pragmatic guardrails.

• The Many Saints of Privacy: Nullifiers in o1js
  Privacy note · o1Labs blog

  Deep dive into privacy-preserving primitives in o1js and how nullifiers keep commitments honest without leaking context.

• Introducing o1js v2
  Release note · o1Labs blog

  Release notes for the second major version of o1js focused on performance, DX, and better onboarding for product teams.

• Zeko: Fractal scaling of ZK applications using a Shared Sequencer L2 Stack
  Litepaper · Zeko

  Litepaper on Zeko, a shared sequencer design for zero-knowledge applications that need layered throughput.

• Unlocking the Power of Privacy
  Essay · o1Labs blog

  How developers can pair homomorphic encryption with zero-knowledge proofs to keep UX smooth while preserving privacy.

• Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Voting
  Architecture note · o1Labs blog

  Reference architecture for private voting systems that mix zk proofs, off-chain logic, and distributed key generation.

• An Introduction to zk-Rollups on Mina
  Explainer · Medium

  Explainer on scaling Mina with zk-rollups and how to reason about succinct proofs at the edges.

• India Blockchain Week 2025 — Zero-Knowledge Application Patterns
  2025 · Conference session

  Practical design kit for combining off-chain computation with on-chain proofs so builders can escape “everything on-chain.”

• NoirCon0 — From Complexity to Clarity: The o1js Approach to zkDSLs
  2024 · Talk

  Talk on the principles behind o1js and how we keep a zk-focused DSL approachable for product teams.

• NoirCon0 — From Code to ZKP: Exploring zkDSLs
  2024 · Panel

  Panel with the Aztec crew covering language ergonomics, developer education, and constraints that shape zk DSLs.

• Builders Hangout with o1Labs
  2024 · Community livestream

  Community session about the o1js roadmap, developer experience, and where Mina’s ecosystem investment is headed.

• Programmable Cryptography Istanbul — ZK Co-processors & Decentralized Computing
  2023 · Conference session

  Session on zk co-processors, TypeScript-friendly tooling, and how we see programmable crypto evolving.

• zkHack Istanbul — Exploring o1js: Build Web-Native zk Applications with Ease
  2023 · Workshop

  Workshop on bringing web-native dev practices to zero-knowledge through o1js.

• ZuConnect Istanbul — Scalable Decentralized Computing
  2023 · Summit talk

  Talk on threading zero-knowledge proofs through decentralized compute stacks for human-scale UX.

• zkDay Paris — The Programmable zkVM
  2023 · Panel

  Panel on zkVM directions hosted by Manta Network, covering programmability and developer ergonomics.

• Blockchance 2023 — Unlocking the Power of Programmable Privacy
  2023 · Talk

  Exploring Mina + SnarkyJS patterns for programmable privacy that respect real-world UX.

• Privacy in Cosmos — Prague 2023
  2023 · Fireside

  Conversation on the future of privacy across Cosmos, IBC, and how zk tech stitches across ecosystems.

• zkIgnite — Mina zkApp Architecture Workshop
  2022 · Workshop

  Hands-on walkthrough of a zk voting app architecture to show how the pieces fit together.

• OFR Lisbon — Could zkEVM be the Endgame of Scalability?
  2022 · Panel

  Panel debate on scaling, rollups, and how generalized zkVMs may (or may not) land.

• StarkNET CC Lisbon — Implementing High Level Languages on Rollups
  2022 · Talk

  Discussion on language design decisions for rollups and what builders expect from compilers.

• Rollup Day Bogotá — zkVerse: App-Specific Rollups with Mina’s zkVM
  2022 · Talk

  Session on application-specific rollups built atop Mina’s prover stack.

• Blockchain Autumn School — Mina and the world of zkSNARKs
  2022 · Lecture

  Lecture on the fundamentals of Mina and hands-on approaches to zkSNARK-backed apps.