About Me
Driving growth in Web3 through on-chain analytics, partnerships, and community engagement.
Passionate about connecting blockchain technology with real users and building sustainable communities.
- B.S. & M.S. in Computer Science (POSTECH)
- Experience in blockchain core engineering and developer relations
- Focused on growth, partnerships, and marketing across Korea regions
Experience
Initia is a unified L1+L2 blockchain protocol that lets developers easily build custom rollups
- Worked as DevRel & Ecosystem Growth
- Led third-party onboarding, providing technical guidance and managing partnerships
- Produced technical and community-facing content (research articles, talks) to educate and grow the ecosystem (Mammothon)
- Organized community events, delivered presentations, and hosted developer sessions (ETHCC 2024)
- Authored comprehensive documentation and tutorials to accelerate developer adoption and user growth
- Worked as Core Engineer
- Contributed to the core development of the Initia blockchain protocol: Initia MoveVM, Initia Client
- Designed and implemented the VIP contract and supporting indexer, APIs, and bots
- Implemented the first version of OPinit bots for the Initia Optimistic bridging stack
- Built developer tools for seamless integration with Initia chains, including initia.js and initia-registry
Terra is a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins.
- Proficient in Cosmos SDK architecture, with hands-on experience in modules like staking, bank, and auth
- Developed and deployed smart contracts using CosmWasm
- Proposed and prototyped a novel storage fee mechanism
- Maintained and optimized ETL SDKs (Python and JavaScript) for Terra Mainnet analytics
- Participated in the migration process from Terra Classic to Terra 2.0
CryptoQuant
Backend Developer
2019.07 - 2020.01 (7 month)
https://cryptoquant.com/overview/btc-exchange-flows
Quant service startup for Blockchain investing.
Actionable on-chain data, charts, alerts for investors in $BTC, $ETH, $Stablecoins.
- Engineered backend systems for large-scale analysis of Ethereum and ERC-20 stablecoin on-chain data (> 4TB)
- Led migration of backend infrastructure from Elasticsearch to a relational database system
- Developed robust API services powering real-time quant tools and data visualization dashboards
- Acquired broad technical and market knowledge of the blockchain and crypto analytics industry
Projects
CURG (Crypto Users Research Group)
2024.03 ~
- CURG is Korea-based developer community of blockchain engineers and builders
- Contributed to the ecosystem through open-source projects, research, and collaborative building
- Organized seminars, meetups, and guest speaker sessions to promote blockchain adoption
- Hosted academic–industry networking events, engaging students, developers, and startup founders
- Served as a core organizer, managing community operations and coordinating initiatives
FastCampus Blockchain Lecture
2022.08 ~ 2022.11
- FastCampus is the most popular online education platform for adults in korea
- Lecture topic - Wallet, Bridge, Block Explorer etc.
- About 40 classes for 13 hours
- Class Link
Blockchain-based CBDC
2021.1 ~ 2021.11
- CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) system using Blockchain
- Collaboration with Hana Bank (Demo)
- Related Papers : Cos-CBDC: Design and Implementation of CBDC on Cosmos Blockchain
Education
POSTECH
MS Computer Science Engineering
2020.3 - 2022.2
Studied the latest blockchain industry and technical background. Interested in Defi and Cryptocurrencies.
- Distributed Processing & Network Management (DPNM) Lab
- MS Thesis : Design and Implementation of Central Bank Digital Currency using Blockchain
- Recipient of the POSTECH Alchemist Fellowship 2021 ($ 10,000)
- GPA 3.92/4.3
POSTECH
BS Computer Science Engineering
2013.3 - 2019.8
- 2014 ~ : Enlisted in the army
- 2016 ~ : Got scholarship in 2018 and Complete internship programs (SK C&C, Netmarble, EXEM, Fitogether)
Skills
Languages
- Korean: Native
- English: Business proficiency
- Japanese: Business proficiency