Dusan Stanivukovic is a software engineer with six years of experience building backend systems in Rust and C++, currently contributing to Cowswap at Gnosis. He is a former core developer on the OpenEthereum client and was a principal implementer of EIP-1559, adding new transaction types, base fee calculations, and effective gas price handling to a widely used Ethereum client. His background spans embedded and systems work—from ticket vending machine software to transmission power network modeling—bringing a systems-minded approach to blockchain protocol engineering. Based in Novi Sad, Serbia, he combines protocol-level insight with pragmatic backend development, and his contributions to a prominent open-source Ethereum client reflect a deep understanding of gas mechanics and RPC internals.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Faculty of Technical Science N
Master's degree, Master's degree at Faculty of Technical Science Novi Sad
(deprecated) The fast, light, and robust client for the Ethereum mainnet.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:52 reviews, 40 commits, 45 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Dusan primarily contributed to the `openethereum/openethereum` repository, which is related to Ethereum mainnet. Their commits focused on modifications to the RPC module, including reverting and adding RPC functionalities. Moreover, the user added support for EIP2930 ethereum tests, and implemented EIP1559 hard fork activation including adding a new transaction type, and base fee calculation. Further contributions include implementing gas price substitution and adding effectiveGasPrice to transaction receipt structure.
Contributions:1 release, 22 reviews, 24 commits in 3 months
ethereumrustblockchaincryptocurrencyliquidity
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