Tempt tech talent in seven minutes or less

The critical step for attracting developers to your community is helping them compile the code. Here's the test: if a slightly interested end user could contribute something useful to your project within seven minutes, your community is growing. If not, you have a problem no amount of marketing can fix.

Case study — Ethereum & TRON

In the Ethereum community, we standardized how NFTs work (ERC-721), evangelized developers, and built the standards process — making NFTs the primary onramp for new blockchain developers. I also ran interactive workshops for TRON DAO Hackatron where participants with zero programming experience deployed a live smart contract. My work was sponsored in part by Ethereum Foundation, Microsoft/GitHub, and TRON.

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Practical playbooks & live advisory examples

Build better — the exact frameworks, audits, and strategies behind real advisory sessions.

Business plan & white paper reviews that actually get funded

Watch me dissect an entire airplane-leasing business plan in real time — securitization, revenue models, liquidation mechanics, and exactly which parts should be on-chain. This is the same deep-dive review you get in your first advisory session.

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Smart contract audits & zero-day protection

Before you ship, know the exact risks no one talks about: bad message signing, dApp admin takeovers, and browser zero-days that can kill your product overnight.

Treasure DAO: Bridgeworld Harvesters contract review →

Trading stocks in other people's accounts →

GitHub Pages wildcard vulnerability →

Compound Finance oracle error →

Scaled a remote professional-education platform

Scaled a remote-first professional-education platform. Company-published figures: 150,000+ enrollments and statewide Pennsylvania training contracts at 98%+ completion. Custom Moodle LMS, accessibility controls, and a distributed delivery team.

Pacific Medical Training case study →

Standards, regulation & pitch-ready compliance

From writing the ERC-721 standard to sitting directly with the new SEC Crypto Task Force — turn regulatory complexity into a competitive advantage that makes investors say "yes" faster.

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I sat down with the new SEC Crypto Task Force →

Private advisory for serious founders

White-paper review, code audit, market entry strategy, and weekly execution cadence with your CEO and CTO.

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Engagement model

  • Bring your white paper and review feasibility
  • Prepare your project pitch for internal sale/private investors
  • Benchmark your product plan against other market offerings
  • Review implementation, audit contracts, deliver attestation document
  • Fight to get and onboard your first customers
  • Weekly cadence with your CEO and CTO working on execution

Projects I've helped launch

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EY Airbus A³ TRON DAO Arianee TreasureDAO Dream Syndicate NFT.nyc Aleph Crypto Fund Pacific Medical Training

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Recent talks & regulatory work

SEC Crypto Task Force meeting

Met with the SEC Crypto Task Force, 10 Jun 2025.

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BananaConf Tallinn

BananaConf Tallinn

Baltic regulatory climate and the end of money laundering.

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NFT NYC 10 year plan

NFT.NYC

The NFT 10-year plan: three phases of NFTs from tech artists to physical products.

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China workshop

Hands-on developer workshop teaching blockchain and smart contract deployment.

IRS public comments

Public comments for IRS gross proceeds and basis reporting by brokers for digital asset transactions.

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Funding science research

DeSci NYC

Funding science research, inspired by the first data DAO in the 1900s.

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If your pricing page says 'call us,' you have not launched. I can get you to a first working product with a ruthless MVP.