Emiliano Bonassi - Candidate for Security Council

Hello everyone,

I’m Emiliano, looking to run as a candidate in the upcoming election. I am currently serving on the Arbitrum Security Council.

Experience

  • Rollup Eng Lead at Conduit: powering the majority of Ethereum rollups (60+ mainnets, 3B+ tx, $4B secured)

  • 2+ years with Arbitrum Nitro Rollups: deployments, upgrades, customizations, security

  • Day by day collaboration with the team developing Arbitrum Nitro; identified critical issues preventing reorgs/frozen funds

  • Worked on deployments for projects like Proof of Play, AnimeChain by Azuki and Ethena

Security Work

  • Whitehat since 2020: discovered bugs in Yearn, Synthetix, Curve, and many other protocols, preventing losses of $10M+

  • Recovery ops beyond web3, e.g. Convex DNS exploit with AWS support

  • Former Head of Research at Immunefi

  • Part of the initial group forming Seal911 for rapid incident response

  • Led complex escalations for enterprise customers at AWS, including recovery from critical security incidents

Selected Discoveries

Contributions

Why Vote for Me

  • Deep technical knowledge of rollup smart contracts and node infrastructure

  • Proven crisis management in high-pressure incidents

  • Ability to connect dots rapidly, assess implications, and coordinate effective recovery plans

Thank you,
Emiliano

Disclosure: I also serve in the Optimism Security Council and Sherlock Protocol Claims Committee.

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