Kim Kyungup
Chief Executive Officer at Open Asset Inc.
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolKim Kyungup is the founder and CEO of Open Asset Inc., leading the company's effort to issue Korea’s won-backed stablecoin and build Web3-native financial infrastructure. He brings eight years of engineering depth from Samsung—where he earned the Expert Programmer credential—and four years driving Klaytn core development and CBDC pilots at Ground X/Krust Universe, including leading the Bank of Korea pilot as general director. A hands-on backend contributor to the widely used Klaytn protocol, his commits enhanced ERC20/721 minting, burning, transfers and bridge contracts, showing a mix of protocol-level rigor and product-focused engineering. Trained in control and missile guidance systems at Seoul National University, he blends formal systems thinking with practical blockchain and embedded-software experience. Based in Seoul, he combines low-level algorithmic skill with entrepreneurial ambition to make Open Asset a leading issuer of won stablecoins.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Master's degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at 서울대학교 (Seoul National University)대구고등학교학사, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 학사, Electrical and Computer Engineering at 한양대학교
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Github Skills (5)
erc2010
smart-contracts10
go10
erc72110
blockchain10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
klaytn/klaytn
Jul 2019 - Jan 2022
Official Go implementation of the Klaytn protocol
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 763 reviews, 569 commits in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Kim's commits primarily revolve around enhancing the Klaytn protocol's smart contract capabilities. They focused on adding support for minting, burning, and transferring ERC20/721 tokens, including URI management and addressing related bugs. Their work also involved refactoring the bridge and token contracts, modifying method parameters, and integrating value transfer fee APIs with features like fee consumption and unit tests.
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KimKyungup/klaytn
Jun 2019 - Oct 2022
Official Go implementation of the Klaytn protocol
Contributions:662 pushes, 255 branches in 3 years 3 months
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