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I build systems between protocols and people.

Independent full-stack developer working where product engineering, blockchain systems, and applied research meet.

Ovidiu Miclea
Ovidiu Miclea · micovi
Working across
TypeScript
React
Next.js
Node.js
Solidity
Go
AO
Arweave
PostgreSQL
Open source

Selected work

Products and developer tools across tokenized investment vaults, blockchain infrastructure, staking, and protocol interfaces.

ZEIT.FINANCE tokenized prediction-market vaults
01
Next.js
TypeScript
Solidity
Multi-chain

ZEIT.FINANCE

A tokenized investment-vault product that packages prediction-market strategies into liquid tokens. Built across zeit.finance and app.zeit.finance, including multi-chain contract integrations, investor deposit and redemption flows, vault-position interfaces, and the web2 services supporting vault operations. The live product includes strategies that trade Polymarket markets.

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CoinMaker token creation interface
02
React
Lua
AO
Arweave

CoinMaker

A focused interface for creating and listing a coin on AO Network in minutes. Guides a creator from token setup through deployment, liquidity-pool creation, and liquidity locking without spreading the workflow across separate tools.

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Faucetino multi-chain testnet faucet interface
03
Next.js
TypeScript
NestJS
Solidity

Faucetino

A multi-chain faucet service for requesting testnet tokens across different blockchain environments. Brings network selection, wallet input, eligibility feedback, and token requests into one developer-oriented flow, backed by services and contract integrations across supported chains.

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create-ao-dapp website and command-line documentation
04
CLI
AO
Arweave

create-ao-dapp

A command-line starting point for launching a full-stack permadApp on AO and Arweave with one command. Packages the initial project structure and setup path into a repeatable developer experience so builders can move from an empty directory to an AO-ready application quickly.

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01Node Ethereum staking platform interface
05
Next.js
Go
Solidity
TypeScript

Staking.01node.com

An Ethereum staking product built around SSV technology and a clear pool-participation flow. Turns validator infrastructure, staking participation, security context, and reward information into a product experience that can be followed without working directly with protocol tooling.

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Vanity Forge command-line tool documentation
06
Go
Tendermint
CLI

Vanity Forge

A Go command-line tool for efficiently generating vanity addresses for Tendermint-based chains. Provides a focused CLI for defining a desired address pattern and running the generation process without needing to assemble low-level chain tooling by hand.

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Ceres local Zilliqa development application
07
Vue
TypeScript
Docker

Ceres

A local development application for developers building on Zilliqa. Brings the working pieces of a local Zilliqa environment into one desktop interface, reducing the friction of setting up, running, and inspecting an application during development.

Project record

More shipped work

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Work history

A decade of building web applications, protocol tooling, internal systems, and developer-facing products.

Remote

Full Stack Developer · Contractor

Autonomous.Finance

Built ZEIT.FINANCE’s tokenized investment-vault platform end to end, spanning multi-chain smart-contract integrations, investor-facing product flows, and the web2 infrastructure supporting vault operations.

TypeScript
Next.js
Solidity
Go
Lua

Remote

Full Stack Developer · Contractor

01Node

Built full-stack products for staking and multi-chain developer infrastructure, moving between user-facing flows, backend services, smart-contract integrations, and operational tooling.

React
NestJS
PostgreSQL
Solidity
Go

Remote

Full Stack Developer

AltLayer

Contributed full-stack product engineering within a blockchain infrastructure team, working across web interfaces, application services, data flows, and smart-contract integrations.

TypeScript
React
Next.js
MongoDB
Solidity

Remote

JavaScript Engineer

Zilliqa

Built developer-facing tools and web interfaces for the Zilliqa ecosystem, covering local development, contract workflows, command-line access, and account coordination.

JavaScript
Vue
React
Scilla
Solidity

Bucharest, Romania

Full Stack Developer · Contractor

01Node

Developed internal tools for interacting with Tendermint-based blockchains and made recurring operator workflows accessible through focused web and command-line utilities.

Node.js
React
MongoDB
Tendermint
Go

Bucharest, Romania

Web Developer

Fixmypc Romania

Built and maintained the company website and the internal tools used to support day-to-day operations.

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
PHP
MySQL

Research notes

Implementation write-ups and field notes from working with web platforms, wallets, MDX, AO, and Arweave.

16 min read

Running a Modern Hash Function on a 20-Year-Old Chip Design

A lab notebook on implementing BLAKE2b in pure JavaCard bytecode—and the 144-millisecond price of taking a 64-bit hash function off-menu.

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17 min read

The Card Was The Money

A history of Mondex, bearer hardware money, privacy-preserving ledgers, and the unresolved challenge of building digital cash ordinary people can actually use.

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18 min read

Programming Like It's 1999: JavaCard Development in 2026

The platform guarding your SIM card, bank card, and passport runs a dialect of Java frozen around the turn of the millennium—and many of its constraints look like 2026 best practice.

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