Gerardo Nardelli is a Web3 security researcher and Solidity developer with a decade of software engineering experience, based in Santa Fe, Argentina. He has shipped production smart-contract work for notable projects like Aave V2 and Connext, focusing on cross-chain bridges, adapters, and gas- and test-focused hardhat improvements. His contributions combine practical security thinking (execution limits, block reward mechanics) with maintainability improvements such as contract inheritance and comprehensive unit tests. Previously a full-stack Ethereum developer and Solidity engineer at BootNode and ProtoFire, he brings end-to-end blockchain product experience from protocol integration to backend tooling. Now independent, he blends offensive/defensive research with hands-on Solidity development, and often surfaces non-obvious risks through rigorous testing and refactors.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Information Systems Engineering, Information Systems Engineering at Universidad Tecnol贸gica Nacional
Contributions:455 commits, 123 PRs, 292 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Gerardo primarily worked on smart contracts for a TokenBridge, focusing on features related to bridging tokens between different chains. The user added functionality such as an execution limit and a block reward implementation for a native-to-erc20 bridge. They also refactored the code base by introducing the inheritance of contracts to improve maintainability and code organization. Furthermore, the user updated contract versions and added unit tests to ensure the functionalities are implemented correctly.
Contributions summary:Gerardo's contributions focused on implementing and integrating Uniswap V2 adapters within the Aave Protocol V2. They developed adapters for swapping tokens, including a method for swapping and depositing tokens and another for repaying debt using flash loans. Unit tests were written for the new adapters. This involved writing Solidity code.
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Gerardo Nardelli - Web3 Security Researcher at Independent