Emmanuel Awosika *

Writing for publications,
teams, and clients.

I write deeply researched technical content for tech companies, open-source education projects, and research organizations. I also contribute editorial pieces to publications on technology, finance, and industry. This page is a selection of past work, updated regularly.

Rialo (Subzero Labs)

Subzero Labs is the developer behind Rialo, a high-performance blockchain backed by Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Mysten Labs. I wrote technical documentation covering distributed systems, protocol design, cryptoeconomics, cryptography, and consumer finance infrastructure.

Selected work

  1. Upgrading the Consumer Lending Stack 
  2. How to Bring Private Credit Onchain 
  3. A Practical Guide to Consistency in Distributed Systems 
  4. Rethinking Protocol Upgrades with Gauss 
  5. Supermodularity and Blockchain Integration 
  6. Supermodularity and System Welfare: The Economics of Integration 
  7. Building Blocks of Threshold Cryptography: DKG 
  8. We Need Better Multisig Infrastructure 

ConsenSys

ConsenSys is an Ethereum software development company behind MetaMask, the world’s most widely used crypto wallet, and other products including Infura, Diligence, and Linea. I wrote technical content covering software security, vulnerability management, developer infrastructure, cryptography, and account abstraction.

Selected work

  1. Account Abstraction: Past, Present, Future 
  2. Charting the Web3 Security Landscape 
  3. Why Your Web3 Project Needs a Bug Bounty Program 
  4. Diligence Security Tooling Guide: What to Use and When (whitepaper) 

Ethereum.org

Ethereum.org is the official website and developer resource for the Ethereum blockchain, maintained by the Ethereum Foundation. I contributed multiple original pages to the developer documentation, covering smart contract security, formal verification, scaling solutions, blockchain infrastructure, protocol design, cryptography, and more.

Selected work

  1. Formal Verification of Smart Contracts 
  2. Smart Contract Security 
  3. Smart Contract Testing 
  4. Upgrading Smart Contracts 
  5. Blockchain Oracles 
  6. Zero-Knowledge Proofs 
  7. View all contributions 

Lagrange Labs

Lagrange Labs builds zero-knowledge infrastructure for cross-chain interoperability. I wrote two long-form technical pieces covering zero-knowledge cryptography, protocol design, cryptoeconomics, and cross-chain communication.

Selected work

  1. Interoperability For Modular Blockchains: The Lagrange Thesis 
  2. Harnessing Shared Security For Secure Cross-Chain Interoperability 

Halborn

Halborn is a leading blockchain cybersecurity firm with clients including Solana, Coinbase, Polygon, and Avalanche. I ghostwrote technical content covering software security, vulnerability management, security operations, and governance.

Selected work

  1. How to Create a Security Incident Plan 
  2. Best Practices for Secure DeFi Governance 
  3. Vulnerability Disclosure Programs vs Bug Bounties: Which Should You Choose? 
  4. What Is a Bug Bounty Program? 

IEEE

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the world’s largest technical professional organization. I co-authored a paper presented at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain in Copenhagen, researching fair transaction ordering policies and cryptoeconomic mechanism design as tools for reducing MEV on rollup networks. Funded by Flashbots Research Proposal FRP-25. Co-authored with Zeinab Alipanahloo and Kaiwen Zhang at École de technologie supérieure.

Selected work

  1. Quantifying Fairness Granularity as a Fair Ordering Policy to Reduce MEV on Rollups 

Department of Product

Department of Product is a publication and resource hub for product managers. I contributed an editorial piece introducing web3 and the crypto ecosystem to a product management audience, covering blockchain fundamentals, decentralized applications, and the basics of how product thinking applies in web3.

Selected work

  1. Web3 for Product Managers: A Guide for the Crypto Curious