Gianluigi Davassi is a fintech and Web3 entrepreneur with 11 years of engineering and leadership experience, currently co-founding Inframarkets to build the world’s first institutional-grade prediction market. He blends hands-on systems engineering—contributions to core blockchain clients like ethereumj and IOTA—with executive roles as CTO and founder across Europe, the US and now Dubai. His background includes architecting core banking systems at N26 and launching AI-driven credit products at Faire.ai, demonstrating depth in payments, credit, and scalable backend architecture. A Polkadot Blockchain Academy alumnus skilled in Rust, game theory and crypto substrate, he pairs algorithmic thinking with product-led execution. International stints across the UK, Germany, Italy, California and Mexico inform his cross-border approach to regulated financial infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Graduated, Graduated at Polkadot Blockchain Academy
Master's degree Information Technology, Master's degree Information Technology at Università di Pisa
Contributions:2 releases, 83 commits, 17 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Gianluigi's contributions focused on refactoring and mavenizing the IOTA Reference Implementation. They worked on the core components such as the PearlDiver, indicating involvement in the core transaction processing logic. Additionally, the commits show modifications to API files and the introduction of undertow, suggesting changes to the network's communication layer.
DEPRECATED! Java implementation of the Ethereum yellowpaper. For JSON-RPC and other client features check Ethereum Harmony
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Contributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Gianluigi primarily focused on improving the thread-safety and data structures within the EthereumJ core. They modified several Java files, including `WorldManager`, `EthereumImpl`, `Blockchain`, and `PeerDiscovery`, suggesting a focus on core functionalities. The changes included refactoring existing code to use thread-safe data structures, which improved the stability and performance of the system.
rpcethereumharmonyjson-rpcjava
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