Austin Williams
Founder at FlashBots
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Williams is a mathematician-turned-founder with 11 years of experience applying rigorous math, security research, and software development to blockchain systems. Based in Boulder, he runs One Way Function LLC providing selective MEV-extraction and security consulting, and was an early contributor and searcher with FlashBots where he helped shape MEV ethics and detection tooling. His background spans applied cryptography, smart-contract audits at OpenZeppelin, mechanism design for oracle systems, and formal algorithmic work from an academic math career. He combines deep theoretical training (MSc in Mathematics) with hands-on offensive and defensive blockchain engineering, able to both discover vulnerabilities and design MEV-minimizing patterns. Notably, he balances private consulting with public-minded contributions to MEV inspection and ethical discussion rather than broad social profiles.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc) Mathematics at Portland State UniversityAssociate of Science (A.S.) Mathematics, Associate of Science (A.S.) Mathematics at Clatsop Community College
Github Skills (83)
contract10
security10
smart-contracts10
solidity10
openzeppelin10
tor10
zcash10
evm10
ethereum10
blockchain10
crypto9
torrent9
sensor9
realtime9
internet9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Austin-Williams/OB-notes
Jun 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
javaopenbazaarthoughts
Austin-Williams/uniswap-flash-swapper
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021
Boiler plate for Uniswap v2 flash loans (and flash swaps)
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 30 pushes in 7 months
uniswapethereumboiler-plateplateuniswap-v2
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