Hank Stoever is a software engineer with 14 years of experience building distributed applications and blockchain tooling, currently focused on unlocking Bitcoin-native apps through Stacks. He combines backend, DevOps, and frontend chops—contributing to core projects like stacks-core, Clarinet, and stacks.js—while improving developer UX through documentation and CLI enhancements. A former cofounder and long-time open-source contributor, Hank enjoys creating high-quality, maintainable systems and takes particular pleasure in refining developer tooling and docs that scale. Based in Bellingham, WA, he’s worked across startups and product teams (Hiro, Mechanism, Trust Machines, Stacks Labs) and brings practical experience shipping smart-contract testing, serialization, and logging features. Notably, his contributions span both low-level blockchain runtime commands and user-facing wallet/browser UX, revealing a rare full-stack fluency in the crypto stack.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA Economics, BA Economics at Seattle University
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science at Western Washington University
Gonzaga College High School
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration International Business, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration International Business at University of Dayton
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 572 commits in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Hank primarily contributed to the front-end of the Blockstack Browser, focusing on the user interface and user experience aspects. Their work includes implementing features related to user onboarding, such as username registration and handling different Gaia hub selections. Additionally, the user made changes to the settings and wallet pages, with code adjustments to the UI and user flows. The user also worked on the account backup page and related features.
JavaScript libraries for identity, auth, storage and transactions on the Stacks blockchain.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:18 reviews, 47 commits, 21 PRs in 3 years
Contributions summary:Hank added logging functionality to the project by introducing a logger and integrating it within various modules. This enhancement likely improved the project's ability to monitor its operations and troubleshoot potential issues. The changes included modifications to the `blockstack.js` and `auth/authMessages.js` files, indicating work on core authentication and communication flows within the Stacks.js library. The commit also included tests related to the changes.
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