Ernesto Boado
Co-founder at BGD labs
Antarctica
Summary
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Top SchoolErnesto Boado is a blockchain engineer and co-founder with nine years of experience building and leading DeFi infrastructure, currently co-leading development for the Aave protocol and co-founding BGD Labs. He brings deep Solidity and protocol-level expertise demonstrated by core contributions to Aave V2 and V3—fixing reserve and liquidity calculations, edge-case tests, and implementing flash loans and adapters. As former CTO of Aave, he combines hands-on smart contract development with product and governance thinking across token economics and interoperability. Based in Antarctica, he maintains a strong grasp of general software architecture while focusing on secure, auditable DeFi primitives that power large-scale liquidity protocols.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Grado en Ingeniería Informática en Sistemas de Información Informática, Grado en Ingeniería Informática en Sistemas de Información Informática at Universidad de Salamanca
Spanish, English, French, Galician
Github Skills (6)
smart-contracts10
solidity10
ethereum10
blockchain10
testing10
uniswap9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aave/protocol-v2
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Aave Protocol V2
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 292 commits, 19 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Ernesto implemented core smart contract logic for the Aave Protocol V2. Their contributions include adding contracts from the original V1 protocol. Key areas of focus include implementing core functionalities such as deposits, withdrawals, and asset swaps. Furthermore, the user worked on implementing a Flash Loan function and creating Uniswap adapters, all vital functionalities for the lending protocol.
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aave/aave-v3-core
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
This repository contains the core smart contracts of the Aave V3 protocol.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:30 reviews, 19 commits, 7 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ernesto focused on core smart contract development within the Aave V3 protocol, specifically addressing and fixing issues related to reserve factors and liquidity index calculations. Their work involved modifying Solidity code to optimize calculations, correct flash loan fee imprecisions, and refine validations. They also contributed to improving test suites related to edge cases within the protocol, demonstrating a focus on code correctness and reliability.
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