DRep Profile
Kylix
My objectives fall under 3 main categories: Technical/Development Focused, Ecosystem Growth and Governance & Community. Technical/Development Focused: - Supporting open-source development - Ensuring best practices that build the foundation for higher security dApp development - Promoting developer experience improvements that lower the entry-barrier to build on Cardano Ecosystem Growth: - Advancing DeFi protocols and financial inclusion - Supporting projects that increase Cardano adoption, which I believe primarily consist in: 1. Stablecoin liquidity and variety 2. L1/L2 scaling solutions, like Ouroboros Leios and Midgard 3. Low entry-barrier open-source tooling 4. Innovative dApps, DeFi platforms and protocols Governance & Community: - Ensuring transparent and accountable treasury spending - Supporting community-driven initiatives - Promoting inclusive participation in governance - Ensuring that technical expertise and developer perspectives are meaningfully represented
Objectives
My objectives fall under 3 main categories: Technical/Development Focused, Ecosystem Growth and Governance & Community. Technical/Development Focused: - Supporting open-source development - Ensuring best practices that build the foundation for higher security dApp development - Promoting developer experience improvements that lower the entry-barrier to build on Cardano Ecosystem Growth: - Advancing DeFi protocols and financial inclusion - Supporting projects that increase Cardano adoption, which I believe primarily consist in: 1. Stablecoin liquidity and variety 2. L1/L2 scaling solutions, like Ouroboros Leios and Midgard 3. Low entry-barrier open-source tooling 4. Innovative dApps, DeFi platforms and protocols Governance & Community: - Ensuring transparent and accountable treasury spending - Supporting community-driven initiatives - Promoting inclusive participation in governance - Ensuring that technical expertise and developer perspectives are meaningfully represented
Motivations
My motivation is rooted in being deeply invested, both professionally and personally, in Cardano's success, and I believe my hands-on experience building DeFi protocols and open-source tools provides me with unique insights that can help ensure treasury resources are allocated to projects that truly advance our ecosystem's technical capabilities, growth and real-world impact.
Qualifications
My qualifications are: - 2+ years Cardano-focused software development experience - Bachelor's degree in Software and Systems Engineering at Coimbra Institute of Engineering, which lays the foundation for who I am as a software engineer today - Experience leading the development of complex projects as Technical Project Manager at Liqwid Labs - Co-founder of Artifex Labs, experience delivering fully open-source community-oriented projects like OpenDJED (formerly named ReverseDJED)
Payment Address
addr1q8wsw2q8n4hkeqhdkneacufnnx4yw3ea2qxncgrs9gu0fxgvq2c7l5clrw54a20zt3kdya37dh9whlvpxpgxjgjm9s6qzurea6
Metadata Hash
69a762681cac277c29215bf1c58dfce6496f5b055893af7b072906f02699227f
Cardano Constitutional Dept Workstreams
This proposal establishes a Governance Workstream Consortium which establishes decentralized execution framework, ROM Multisig Model, to support the delivery of constitutional dept workstreams in Cardano. Its core aim is to ensure that budgeted governance tasks are completed verifiably, transparently, and without relying on a single administrator.
Safer, Smarter Cardano: From Personal Loss to Community Protections
In my early crypto journey, I fell for a scam that cost me $1,700—a loss born not from ignorance, but misplaced confidence. I believed I could outwit deception by changing the script. I couldn’t. That moment taught me that even intelligent users are vulnerable in a system that offers no safety net. What kept me grounded was Cardano: its mission of research, patience, and principled design. That mission is why I stayed. Yet Cardano’s openness and decentralization, while empowering, also expose users to hidden dangers: cloned tokens, misleading branding, and overhyped projects. This proposal introduces a framework for improving wallet-layer safety and trust, including UI enhancements, opt-in transparency tools, and a community-reviewed case study examining the breakdown of post-ISO trust.
Ironlight: Tokenization Marketplace for Traditional Finance
Ironlight is bringing Tokenization to TradFi. This is done by creating a fully regulated secondary trading venue for tokenized Real World Assets (RWA). The RWAs are private market funds, company equity and real estate. Ironlight is different from most other players in 3 major aspects: 1. Liquidity: Ironlight has secured 4 major institutions to backstop trading. Additionally, RIAs & Wealth Advisors from the major banks are market participants. 2. Sponsor Access Model: The Alternative Trading System (ATS) allows for trading & settling between anyone in the US financial system not just within it’s own network. This allows for dramatically more participants and thus facilitates liquidity. 3. Institutional Grade Technology: Built from the ground up, the technology can process 2 million messages per second at 20 microseconds per transaction. Additionally, built under Reg SCI. The technology was built at the same standard Wall Street expects for Public Market ATS/Exchanges.
Are You Ready to Participate?
Building Together to Drive Cardano Forward.