Hein Dauven
Chief Technology Officer at Dusk
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolHein Dauven is a blockchain-focused technology leader and CTO with 11 years of engineering experience and a deep track record in layered blockchain systems, privacy tech and ZK proofs. Starting as a teen co-founder of ExoSoft, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset and hands-on fluency in Svelte, JavaScript, Solidity and Rust to roles spanning core development, SDK/bridge engineering and CBDC work. At Nahmii he shipped the first Nahmii dApp and bridge tooling, and at Dusk he led the Incentivized Testnet with 600+ active nodes before moving into development and executive leadership. He pairs applied research—authoring a paper on upgrading and managing smart contracts—with product delivery for real-world clients including a Norwegian central bank sandbox. Based in Rotterdam, he combines system-level architecture with community engagement and occasional writing on privacy and zero-knowledge technology.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Information Technology Computer Software Engineering at Fontys University of Applied SciencesHAVO Diploma higher general continued education, HAVO Diploma higher general continued education at Lyceum Schondeln
Github Skills (100)
elliptic-curve10
contract10
bank10
remix10
smart-contracts10
solidity10
remix-ide10
hash10
vyper10
cryptanalysis10
verification10
solc10
sat-solver10
hash-algorithm10
curve10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nahmii/nb-sandbox-frontend
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Frontend for the Norges Bank CBDC sandbox
Contributions:264 commits in 1 month
reactsandboxfrontendbankcbdc
nahmii-community/bridge
Oct 2021 - Oct 2023
The Nahmii gateway, for bridging assets between L1 <-> L2.
Contributions:3 reviews, 37 PRs, 99 pushes in 2 years
assetsnahmiigateway
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