Hunter Eaṩt
Senior Protocol Engineer at CryptoQuick Consulting
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHunter Eaṩt is a CTO and Rust-focused software engineer with 13 years of experience building Bitcoin-native, privacy-first products and protocols. He leads engineering efforts and research into quantum-resistant and Taproot-enabled systems, sponsors open-source Rust contributions to LNP/BP and RGB, and has shipped wallet and browser-extension work at DIBA. A prolific contributor to high-profile projects like ChainSafe’s Forest (Rust Filecoin node) and InfluxData’s Chronograf and InfluxDB front-end, he blends low-level protocol engineering with full-stack product delivery. Hunter runs a consulting practice that explores Rust-to-WASM, device-native UIs, and Lightning/RGB applications while also publishing technical and opinion writing on Bitcoin’s technology and social impact. Based in Denver, he mentors newcomers with strong, intentionally biased guidance toward Bitcoin-native architectures and declines engagement with alternative-coin projects. An unusual mix of practical engineering, cryptographic interest, and indie technical writing gives him both product chops and a public voice in the Bitcoin developer community.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Metropolitan State University of Denver
javascript, rust, typescript
Stackoverflow
781reputation
26kreached
8answers
12questions
gcloud
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Github Skills (30)
json-rpc10
javascript10
storybook10
user-interface10
ui-design10
uid10
filecoin10
front-end-development10
blockchain10
rust10
react10
api-design9
apidoc9
gcloud9
websocket9
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
influxdata/chronograf
Dec 2016 - Jan 2018
Open source monitoring and visualization UI for the TICK stack
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:434 commits, 111 PRs, 372 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Hunter made several code changes related to adding and enhancing features within the InfluxData Chronograf UI. This involved adding support for "within range" and "out of range" operators, which required modifications to the UI components, API calls, and backend configurations (chronograf.go). The user also implemented features like a React Storybook and refactored UI components, demonstrating a strong focus on front-end development.
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ChainSafe/forest
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
🌲 Rust Filecoin Node Implementation
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:207 reviews, 17 commits, 51 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Hunter primarily worked on implementing and refactoring the Filecoin node implementation's RPC API. Their contributions involved adding new RPC methods, improving error handling, and implementing JWT validation for security. Key changes included the refactoring of JSON-RPC server handlers, support for both HTTP and WebSocket connections, and improvements to the overall API's structure and functionality.
filecoinrustp2pblockchainnodejs
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