Anshu Jalan

Senior Blockchain Engineer @Nethermind

Shipping Rollup and Defi infrastructure that moves real volume

RustSolidityEthereumDefi ProtocolsRollup ProtocolsSmart Contracts
Timeline

Every ship, every milestone.

  1. Nethermind

    Launch of Surge Stack

    The first synchronously composable rollup stack - a modular Based Rollup built on Taiko with same-slot L1↔L2 composability.

    Announcement
  2. Taiko

    Preconfirmations Live on Taiko Mainnet

    Shipped the Based Preconfirmation system to Taiko - cutting block time from 12s to 2s and powering $300M+ TVL.

    Mainnet launch
  3. Ethereum Foundation

    Blob Sharing for Based Rollups

    Published research on a minimal protocol for sharing blobs across rollups using EIP-7702 - part of Ethereum Foundation academic grant.

    ethresear.ch
  4. Devcon

    Devcon Bangkok - Workshop Talk

    Presented "Designing an End-to-End Solution for Based Preconfirmations" to the Ethereum core developer community.

    Watch talk
  5. Nethermind

    Joined Nethermind

    Moved from DeFi into the Ethereum protocol layer to work on Rollup protocol design and infrastructure.

    Announcement
  6. Plenty Labs

    350+ Smart Contracts Deployed on Tezos

    Crossed 350 production contracts across Plenty V2, V3 and the broader ecosystem - making Plenty the most deployed DeFi stack on Tezos.

    On-chain stats
  7. Plenty Labs

    Launch of Plenty V3

    Shipped the largest concentrated liquidity DEX on Tezos - with architectural improvements over Uniswap V3 and a clean security review.

    Launch post
  8. Plenty Labs

    $100M Lifetime Volume on Plenty

    Plenty Network crossed $100M in cumulative volume - the largest DeFi protocol ever built on Tezos.

    On-chain stats
  9. Plenty Labs

    Launch of Plenty Network

    Launched Plenty V2 AMM with vote escrow - 30K+ daily interactions and Tezos' flagship DEX.

    Launch video
  10. Plenty Labs

    Joined Plenty Labs

    Moved into DeFi full-time to lead a 10-engineer team building Plenty Network from the ground up.

  11. Kickflow

    Founded Kickflow

    Built and launched Kickflow - a quadratic-funding crypto crowdfunding platform on Tezos that distributed $40K+ in grants.

    PR Newswire
About

Engineering the protocol layer.

Six years building the protocol layer of Ethereum and Tezos - from DeFi primitives processing $100M+ in lifetime volume to Based Rollup infrastructure powering 2-second block times on Taiko mainnet. Most recently, lead engineer on Surge, the first synchronously composable rollup stack.

Open Source

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