Abdullahi Yunus
Software Engineer at Btrust
Kaduna State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolAbdullahi Yunus is a software engineer based in Kaduna State, Nigeria, with six years of experience building backend systems and a current role at Btrust. He brings practical expertise in Bitcoin and Lightning Network development, contributing to the widely used lnd (Lightning Network Daemon) by adding paginated transaction retrieval and wallet interface improvements. Trained as an electrical engineer at Ahmadu Bello University, he combines systems thinking with low-level protocol work to improve efficiency and observability in payment systems. Known for pragmatic open-source contributions, Abdullahi focuses on making complex distributed-finance features more controllable and developer-friendly.
6 years of coding experience
Electrical Engineering, Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Electrical at Ahmadu Bello University
English, Hausa
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Github Skills (14)
cryptocurrency10
bitcoin10
protocols10
go10
bitcoins10
lightning-network10
blockchain10
protobuffer9
protobuf9
grpc9
html6
css6
background-image6
image6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
lightningnetwork/lnd
Nov 2023 - Jul 2026
Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:135 reviews, 15 PRs, 203 comments in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Abdullahi primarily focused on modifying the parameters and functionality related to transaction retrieval within the lnrpc (Lightning Network RPC) and lnwallet packages. They introduced new parameters like `index_offset` and `max_transactions` to allow for pagination and filtering of transactions. Furthermore, the user made changes to several files, including protobuf definitions and wallet interface implementations, to support the new transaction retrieval features. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the efficiency and control over transaction data within the Lightning Network Daemon.
lightning-networkbitcoinblockchainmicropaymentslightning
Abdulkbk/Blog-api
May 2022 - Jul 2022
A Blog API built with Django
Contributions:28 commits, 14 PRs, 19 pushes in 2 months
django
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