Alex The Entreprenerd
sr
@GalloDaSballo
DeFi Developer, Security Researcher, Judge at Code4rena
Biography
Achievements
- Top 20 on Code4rena in 2023
- Top 20 by earning on Sherlock
- Top 150 on Immunefi
- Cofounder of getrecon.xyz
- First Place in Tapioca C4 Contest (3rd highest Contest Pot ever)
- Multiple Top 5 Finishes on Liquity Fork Security Contests
- Developer for eBTC and Yield Strategies for Badger
- Multiple Hackathon Prize Wins (EthGlobal, theGraph, AAVE, Polygon, Badger)
Security Researcher
- SR at Spearbit, 3 Security Reviews done
- Judge at Code4rena, 26 contests judged (tied for first place)
- Extensive experience in Modelling Economic Attacks against CDPs, LPs and Vaults
Developer
- Lead Dev for Vaults 1.5 - Yield Farming Vaults with Analytics and different types of fees
- Creator of the RewardsManager a generalized contract to release many to many rewards
- Main Dev for bveCVX and bveAURA, most popular and most copied Tokenized Lockers
- Creator of the BribesProcessor, a trust minimized way to perform onChain orders to Cowswap (way before Milkman)
Startup Experience
- UI dev for Polymarket, helped them build their first 2 versions of the UI, leading to them raising $4M
- Solo Developer for a Cannabis Delivery Startup (E-commerce, Order Backend, Shipping, Payments), that raised over $700k
- Over 500 clients on Codementor
Recent engagements
Security portfolio
Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Top 3 - Ethos Reserve | Found multiple economic attacks as well as some unique issues regarding oracles and Yield Farming Strategies. Sent a 30+ points QA Report to help improve the project | Read more |
Code4rena Judge | 26 Contests judged, tied for #1 most prolific judge | Read more |
Mathematical Modelling | I singlehandedly wrote my own Simulations for CDP systems as well as Lending Protocols to Model Risk, Profitability of Attacks as well as Security parameters | Read more |
Wardens OSS Club Founder | Founded the OSS Club as an initiative to develop open source software for security researchers | Read more |
Interview with Proof of Podcast | Read more | |
Bug Bounties | - Top 30 C4 - Top 20 Sherlock by Payouts - Top 150 on Immunefi Multiple undisclosed high severities | Read more |
Interview with Andy Li | Alex shares stories from his early career and freelancing days to how he got into web3. Giving business advice and an inside look on internal security practices. | Read more |
Educator - DeFi | I hosted multiple Hackathons for Badger, in which I taught students how to code DeFi strategies | Read more |
OP Contest on Sherlock | I placed top 10 on Sherlock, finding multiple unique findings (some of which were deemed Low Severity but implemented) I was invited to Judge the Follow up contest | Read more |