Ignazio Bovo

Blockchain Engineer

Shadowy Coders

February 2024 - Present

• Hired as Rust consultant to lead Substream-based indexing for EVM DeFi protocols, guaranteeing avarage block processing of 200 blocks/s throughput .
• Advanced the backend framework using Diesel, Tokio, and gRPC, directly contributing to operational efficiency and faster development cycles.

Blockchain Engineer

Datura.ai

August 2024 - February 2025

• Joined as a short-term consultant to design and implement a secure multi-relayer bridge between Bittensor and Ethereum Mainnet. Architected a robust solution utilizing custodian Solidity contracts and a Golang-based relayer with threshold signatures, significantly enhancing cross-chain interoperability and transaction security.

Distributed Systems Engineer

Joystream DAO

November 2023 - August 2024

• Continuously improved Substrate-based pallets, after mainnet supporting tens of thousand daily active wallets
• Develop and maintain distributed system for media content storage and distribution, guaranteeing reliable 300 block/sec throughput for heavy blockchain block processing.
• Maintaned and monitoring ecosystem CDN guaranting average 200 ms latency and 50 Mbit/s bandwith (stack included Google Cloud, docker, Grafana)

Blockchain Backend Engineer

Jsgenesis AS

May 2021 - Present

Joystream network:

• Led the creation of the on-chain creator token subsystem, including a Bonding Curve mechanism for liquidity (now in production)
• Led the creation of the on-chain content system responsible for keeping track of content creator, channels and video assets the protocol TLV peaked at around 2 millions USD in Dec '23

Joystream orion:

• Developed and deployed an indexing solution using the SubSquid framework for mapping Substrate chain events to a SQL database allowyng 200 block/sec throughput as well as sustaining up to 400,000 DAUs at peak poularity