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Blockchain Interoperability
Designing light client protocols and trust-minimized bridges for cross-chain communication in heterogeneous blockchain ecosystems.
Verification · Interoperability · Distributed systems
Research should make a system easier to verify, not merely easier to describe.
I study how decentralized applications can preserve the trust model of the protocols beneath them. My current work centers on light clients, cross-chain verification, and the boundary between a protocol claim and the software that demonstrates it.
Research questions
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Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Applying ZK-SNARKs and ZK-STARKs to privacy-preserving transactions, identity, and scalable verification in decentralized networks.
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Decentralized Systems
Building resilient peer-to-peer networks, studying consensus mechanisms, and engineering fault-tolerant distributed applications.
Current work
Experiments →01
How a Polkadot light client verifies the chain
A source-led investigation of Smoldot’s networking, synchronization, GRANDPA finality, BABE block production, and the chain information required to verify state.
Technical study
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Integrating a light client into a Polkadot application
A practical path from chain specifications to Substrate Connect, Dedot, application context, and browser-side chain interaction.
Implementation note
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Voting escrow over an in-browser light client
A public implementation that connects account, transfer, staking, and voting surfaces to a Substrate-based chain through a local light client.
Prototype
Publications
I do not have a formal publication to list yet. Until that changes, I publish the technical notes and implementations above with their assumptions and current limits visible.