my work

Liam Zebedee · founder/consultant

Who am I? I'm an independent consultant and researcher, specialising in crypto, product design and the forefront of new technology (zero knowledge proofs, blockchains, generative AI).

Hard skills:

• Frontend. React, JS, Next.js.
• Backend. Any, mostly JS/TS, Go, Python.
• Systems. Bash, Docker, Python, Unix.
• Software architecture. Monorepos, software design [1], good modularity.
• Data science. IPython/Jupyter, Matplotlib, Numpy.
• Smart contracts. Solidity, Foundry, Cairo, Tendermint/Cosmos.
• Cryptography. ZK proofs, ZK circuits, SNARKs, STARKs, MPC, homomorphic encryption.
• Protocol engineering. libp2p. Cross-chain architecture & state transfer.
• Cryptoeconomics. Token design, game theory, incentives, simulation.
• Distributed systems. Consensus, databases, RPC, networking, DHT’s.

Soft skills:

• Design. Typography, colour theory, UI, UX, user interviews, prototyping at various fidelities (wireframes, Figma).
• Writing.
• Product.
• Branding and storytelling. Creating a good meme, brand, and narrative.
• Innovation.

Unique capabilities:

• Obsessive learner. In 2022, I wanted to build a social network. I went from knowing 0 about ZK STARK’s to becoming an expert on the technology, in around 6mo.
• A wordcel and a shape rotator.

Experience:

I’ve done work with Ethereum Foundation, Keep Network, Synthetix, Chainflip, Herodotus.

• Founder. In Q4 2022, I launched 3 products - Mergeswap, Dappnet, and Take. Dappnet went viral, and I was featured in The Block, The Daily Gwei, and raised $50k from the NFT sale.
• Engineer. I’ve developed smart contracts which have processed over $500M of value, such as Synthetix’s EtherWrapper and the core contracts of tBTC v1. I helped with Synthetix’s simulated liquidity in SIP-181.
• Pioneering. In 2019, we built the first-ever ZKDAO POC at ETHBerlin II.

Niche things:

• I enjoy Lisp, functional programming, mathematics.