Lucio Tato is a seasoned software entrepreneur and co-founder with 13+ years building blockchain-native products and large-scale public-sector ERPs. Based in Milan, he combines deep systems engineering experience—from leading government ERP deployments in Argentina to launching pioneering liquid staking DAOs like Marinade.Finance and MetaPool—bringing both institutional-grade reliability and crypto-native innovation. A hands-on full-stack developer, he contributes to open-source NEAR tooling (adding Vue.js templates and AssemblyScript support) and focuses on quality engineering and smooth developer experience. His background shows a rare blend of public-sector project leadership and cypherpunk pragmatism: shipping robust, auditable systems while treating Web3 as a new jurisdiction for code-driven governance.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering at National Technological University, Argentina
Analyst, Information Technology, Analyst-Programmer, Analyst, Information Technology, Analyst-Programmer at Argentine Informatics Commission
Create a starter app hooked up to the NEAR blockchain
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 33 commits, 9 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Lucio primarily contributed to the frontend development of a NEAR blockchain application. Their work included adding a Vue.js template with AssemblyScript for smart contracts, integrating components, and making corresponding modifications to the build process. They addressed issues related to the project's dependencies and configurations, specifically addressing how yarn and npm are used, to ensure the application runs smoothly. Several commits also fixed UI related elements such as missing imports and spacing.
NEAR protocol Meta Staking Pool, tokenized stake, liquid unstake, stNEAR, $META
Contributions:1 review, 185 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 2 months
stakingstakeethereumliquidblockchain
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