Dylan Kawalec

Confidential compute (TEE) platform: Phala Cloud / dstack workflows

• Authored Phala Cloud + dstack documentation and reference deployment flows that moved 12+ partner teams from evaluation to production confidential-compute deployments.
• Led Confidential AI rollout by deploying private agents in Intel TDX via dstack, using remote attestation to provide execution guarantees.
• Implemented DI Solidity ERC-8004 contracts and built Warp Engine for private terminal-agent orchestration; co-authored the Trustless Cloud Agents specification with the Ethereum Foundation.
• Presented dstack/TEE workflows to the Confidential Computing Consortium, onboarded partners, and supported Linux Foundation acceptance (17/17 vote).
• Grew dstack repo visibility from 34 to 400+ GitHub stars in 6 months through docs, demos, integrations, and community programs (community calls and SF Bay Area meetups with Flashbots, tee.fail, Secret Network, and others).

Confidential R&D: zero-trust verification, zero-knowledge authentication, deterministic verification, replay-resistant transcripts (public synopsis)

• Designed a zero-trust access architecture using trusted execution environment–only execution, remote attestation, and a cryptographic proof boundary for human and agent access.
• Built verifier prototypes in Python and C++, implementing commitment-based authentication and challenge–response verification flows with hardened transcripts.
• Wrote formal system specifications and threat models, then translated them into test harnesses and reference implementations for reproducible verification.
• Produced the engagement handoff (provisional patent package, private codebase, demos, and 24+ internal papers) and supported a $168K friends-and-family raise through architecture reviews and technical demos.

BTC L2 enablement: docs, integrations, workshops

• Authored GOAT Network technical documentation for zkMIPS, sequencer APIs, and EVM/Solidity integration paths for BTC L2 teams.
• Delivered the Founders Club MVP and onboarded 100+ founders through structured deployment workflows.
• Built and managed 40+ ecosystem partnerships, including major infrastructure providers listed in the GOAT ecosystem directory.
• Led BTC L2 workshops at BTC Nashville and Staking Summit Singapore, then translated workshop feedback into integration runbooks.

Cosmos infra R&D: decentralized front-ends, Fortanix SGX enclave deployment, validator signing/neutrality

• Built and shipped defe, a production-grade Rust CLI that automates Fortanix SGX build/sign/enclave workflows for secure, reproducible decentralized front-end provisioning.
• Implemented enclave-native ACME/Certbot TLS issuance and key lifecycle automation (generation, sealing, rotation) to keep private material inside SGX while enabling public HTTPS endpoints.
• Designed threshold-signing partitioning for operational signing paths to reduce single-operator trust and improve neutrality guarantees for Osmosis front-end operations.
• Wrote end-to-end SGX deployment and ops documentation (attestation, secrets handling, edge rollout) to move Cosmos teams from prototype setups to production-style environments.

Substrate + privacy rail R&D; developer monetization tooling

• Built the initial Invo platform MVP for game-economy monetization and player-economy analytics.
• Designed a privacy-preserving decentralized exchange using Parity's (Substrate Blockchain Framework) for game-to-game token transfers (written in Rust), Aleo zkOS privacy rails, and other EVM interoperability requirements.
• Designed an interoperable Token Bridge in Solidity, creating smart contract interfaces for a multi-party Hash Time Lock Contract (MP-HTLC) settlement system. Used AES, OpenSSL, and TLS to secure CI/CD pipelines, maintain audit logs, manage revocations, and enable on-device remote attestations via Aleo zkVM-mediated verification.
• Led implementation of POEMS (Proof of the Effective Majority Staked) — an on/off-chain Schnorr signature scheme; won Aleo Best Tech 2023 and supported a $50K Aleo Foundation grant. Built the commitment–challenge–response authentication flow integrated with PostgreSQL and wallet infrastructure to secure in-game INVO token operations (deposits, transfers, revocations) across Unity/Unreal wallets, with Aleo privacy interoperability to prove on-chain/in-game event validity and protect asset custody.

Confidential Ethereum Virtual Machine Auditing & Developer Enablement + Leading ecosystem growth

• Delivering validator, bridging, and privacy workflow education for global ecosystem teams.
• Onboarded 80+ validators into Findora node operations through direct setup support, strengthening network participation during Series A visibility.
• Supported ETHAmsterdam launch narrative during a $12M+ token raise window, alongside Yellow Submarine and FairySwap ecosystem rollouts.

Single Member LLC for R&D, solutions architecture, Developer Relations contracts

• Ran a contract studio for 6+ month engagements across blockchain teams, covering security architecture, integrations, and developer platform enablement.
• Delivered MPC/threshold-signing custody patterns and key-management hardening to reduce operational key exposure in production digital-asset systems.
• ZKM Partnership with Kevin Liu (CEO of ZKM) to build ZKM Documentation for the Bitcoin Layer 2 ecosystem.