Kevin Steven Kihata

Authored ERC-8054 as a new standard for forkable tokens. Built contract implementations in Solidity using Foundry.

Architected multi-chain restaking protocol with $300M TVL supporting Cosmos and Ethereum ecosystems. Implemented ERC-7540 and ERC-4626 vaults with UUPS proxy. Designed decentralised slashing mechanism in Solidity and CosmWasm. Built LST contract on Babylon Genesis. Integrated LayerZero, Pendle. Built developer tooling in TypeScript and Go. Engineered TDD infrastructure using test-containers, wasmd, and Foundry. Proposed on-chain rewards mechanism using merkle proofs. Built EVM indexer with TypeScript, Drizzle and PostgreSQL.

Built high-throughput Bitcoin NFT marketplace handling concurrent minting with Ordinals inscription protocol and Runes integration. Optimized PostgreSQL/Prisma query performance reducing DB load by 40-50%. Enhanced caching with Redis distributed locking and pub/sub. Led user engagement platform with leaderboards, quests, and referral programs. Implemented PSBTs for permissionless trading. Set up local dev environment with Docker.

Led engineering team of 3 through agile cycles delivering cross-chain bridge product features. Implemented SAML SSO, JWT authorization, and RBAC. Developed Quantum Bridge for ERC-20 to DeFiChain token swaps using wagmi and web3 libraries.

Developed internal developer platforms including experimentation dashboard reducing developer iteration time by 30%. Built CLI tooling for CI/CD pipelines and dependency management in federated monorepo. Enhanced UI/UX through A/B testing.