Fernando Toledano is a cybersecurity specialist and founding member of Red4Sec with 11 years of experience combining deep security expertise and hands-on software development across desktop, mobile and blockchain systems. Based in Madrid, he serves as a NEO Core Developer and security auditor for the NEO ecosystem, contributing performance and reliability improvements to core projects like neo-vm and neo-node and adding robust tests and CI integrations. He routinely performs code audits, bug bounty research and infrastructure reviews, and has hardened projects such as IPBan by improving DNS resolution and error handling. Known for blending cryptography-aware backend engineering with DevOps practices, he also brings an uncommon background as a professional magician, reflecting strong presentation skills and creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Grado superior de Diseño de aplicaciones Informáticas, Computer Programming/Programmer, General, Grado superior de Diseño de aplicaciones Informáticas, Computer Programming/Programmer, General at IES Ribera del Tajo
Curso de Hacking Ético, Hacking Ético, Sobresaliente, Curso de Hacking Ético, Hacking Ético, Sobresaliente at The Security Sentinel
Contributions:3197 reviews, 286 commits, 1491 PRs in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Fernando's contributions focused on optimizing the performance of the NEO blockchain project, specifically involving speed improvements for transaction deserialization and implementing changes to enhance the codebase's structure. These improvements included refactoring for performance, introducing new concepts, and updating existing code modules. The user also worked on various parts of the project, including the blockchain's core components and the memory pool, demonstrating experience across different layers of the system.
Contributions:125 reviews, 86 commits, 245 PRs in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Fernando made several contributions focused on improving the NEO Virtual Machine. These contributions included refactoring the code to use `TryGetValue` instead of `ContainsKey` and `Get`, optimizing performance by caching `ScriptHash`, and adding unit tests with Travis integration. Furthermore, the user implemented exception handling and improved the build process, showcasing expertise in both back-end development and build automation.
neovirtual-machine
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