Hello everyone,
Iām Emiliano, looking to run as a candidate in the upcoming election. I am currently serving on the Arbitrum Security Council.
Experience
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Rollup Eng Lead at Conduit: powering the majority of Ethereum rollups (60+ mainnets, 3B+ tx, $4B secured)
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2+ years with Arbitrum Nitro Rollups: deployments, upgrades, customizations, security
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Day by day collaboration with the team developing Arbitrum Nitro; identified critical issues preventing reorgs/frozen funds
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Worked on deployments for projects like Proof of Play, AnimeChain by Azuki and Ethena
Security Work
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Whitehat since 2020: discovered bugs in Yearn, Synthetix, Curve, and many other protocols, preventing losses of $10M+
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Recovery ops beyond web3, e.g. Convex DNS exploit with AWS support
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Former Head of Research at Immunefi
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Part of the initial group forming Seal911 for rapid incident response
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Led complex escalations for enterprise customers at AWS, including recovery from critical security incidents
Selected Discoveries
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Inside the War Room That Saved Primitive Finance - https://medium.com/immunefi/inside-the-war-room-that-saved-primitive-finance-6509e2188c86
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Synthetix multi-collateral loans bug ā https://x.com/synthetix_io/status/1348500227838251011
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Curve/Idle Finance bug ā https://x.com/emilianobonassi/status/1342882847716237318
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Yearn EvilGauge bug ā https://x.com/bantg/status/1315288079356366848
Contributions
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Revoke Safe Module ā https://x.com/emilianobonassi/status/1645361260794347520
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Whitehacks Kit ā https://x.com/emilianobonassi/status/1687185641845456897
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Invited speaker at Stanford and other venues on security practices
Why Vote for Me
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Deep technical knowledge of rollup smart contracts and node infrastructure
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Proven crisis management in high-pressure incidents
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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.