Federico Tenga
Contractor at Bitfinex
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolFederico Tenga is a crypto-focused engineer and operator with eight years of experience building payments and blockchain products, currently doing R&D at Bitfinex from Dubai. As co-founder and COO of Chainside he designed merchant-facing Bitcoin payment infrastructure that abstracts blockchain complexity for businesses. He has advised Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development on national blockchain strategy and mentored master’s students on crypto theses, blending policy, education, and product experience. His background spans startups, consultancy and venture development, including founding BEN Italia to grow university crypto communities. Comfortable at the intersection of finance and distributed systems, he combines a finance degree and international management studies with hands-on product and operational delivery. A practical builder rather than a pure theorist, he often bridges technical teams and commercial partners to turn complex crypto concepts into usable services.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master of Science (MSc), Business Administration and Management, Master’s Degree, Master of Science (MSc), Business Administration and Management at City University LondonMaster’s Degree, Master in Management, Master’s Degree, Master in Management at ESCP EuropeBachelor's Degree, Finance - Banking and Stock Markets, Bachelor's Degree, Finance - Banking and Stock Markets at Università degli Studi di Torino
English, Italian
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
0answers
0questions
Github Skills (55)
transaction10
client-side-validation10
bitcoin10
segwit10
cryptocurrency10
cryptography10
rgb10
lightning-network9
core-library9
staging9
lightning9
validation9
blockchain9
p2p9
smart-contracts9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
fedsten/rgb-resources
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes in 2 months
fedsten/spec
Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
RGB Protocol specifications for Bitcoin-based digital assets
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes in 10 months
base58bitcoindprotocolc99rgb
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.