Dylan Kawalec

Confidential compute (TEE) platform: Phala Cloud / dstack workflows

• Wrote Phala Cloud dstack/TEE documentation and reference flows that moved partner teams from evaluation to production confidential-compute deployment.
• Led confidential AI rollout by deploying private agents inside Intel TDX via dstack with attestation-backed execution guarantees.
• Implemented DI Solidity ERC-8004 contracts and built Warp Engine for private terminal-agent orchestration.
• Presented dstack/TEE workflows at the Confidential Computing Consortium and onboarded partners, supporting Linux Foundation acceptance through a 17/17 vote.
• Grew dstack repository visibility from 34 to 400+ GitHub stars in six months through docs, demos, and integration support.

Confidential R&D: zero-trust verification, ZK authentication, deterministic AI safeguards (high-level public synopsis)

• Designed zero-trust authentication architecture for human and AI access, combining TEE-only execution, remote attestation, and ZK verification boundaries.
• Authored and handed over a provisional patent package, private codebase, demonstrations, and confidential research materials at the end of the engagement.
• Wrote 24+ private research papers that formalized systems and methods for zero-trust authentication and verification under confidentiality constraints.
• Built passwordless verifier prototypes and supported a $168K friends-and-family raise through technical narrative, architecture reviews, and demos.

Cosmos infra R&D: decentralized front ends, enclave deployments, signing/neutrality

• Delivered defe as a Rust CLI with Fortanix SGX workflows for secure, repeatable decentralized front-end provisioning.
• Implemented enclave TLS key issuance and threshold-signing partitioning to reduce single-operator trust assumptions in Osmosis front-end operations.
• Authored SGX deployment guidance for edge operations, giving Cosmos teams a direct path from prototype setups to production-style environments.

BTC L2 enablement: docs, integrations, workshops

• Authored GOAT Network technical documentation for zkMIPS, sequencer APIs, and EVM/Solidity integration paths for BTC L2 teams.
• Delivered the Founders Club MVP and onboarded 100+ founders through structured deployment workflows.
• Built and managed 40+ ecosystem partnerships, including major infrastructure providers listed in the GOAT ecosystem directory.
• Led BTC L2 workshops at BTC Nashville and Staking Summit Singapore, then translated workshop feedback into integration runbooks.

Confidential EVM + ecosystem growth

• Led DevRel for Findora's confidential EVM stack, delivering validator, bridging, and privacy workflow education for global ecosystem teams.
• Onboarded 80+ validators into Findora node operations through direct setup support, strengthening network participation during Series A visibility.
• Supported ETHAmsterdam launch narrative during a $12M+ token raise window, alongside Yellow Submarine and FairySwap ecosystem rollouts.

Substrate + privacy rail R&D; developer monetization tooling

• Built the Invo platform for game-economy monetization and analytics, giving studios tooling for revenue and player-economy visibility.
• Designed a privacy-preserving exchange concept for gaming economies using Substrate architecture, Aleo privacy rails, and EVM interoperability requirements.
• Designed AIMBC / Yor Bridge and implemented Solidity contract interfaces for MP-HTLC settlement with OAP attestations and Aleo-mediated verification.
• Led POEMS (ZK--TEE research) implementation, which won Aleo Best Tech 2023 and supported a $50K Aleo Foundation grant.

C-Corp for R&D, solutions architecture, DevRel contracts

• Ran a contract studio for 6+ month engagements across blockchain teams, covering security architecture, integrations, and developer platform enablement.
• Delivered MPC/threshold-signing custody patterns and key-management hardening to reduce operational key exposure in production digital-asset systems.