Nick Hynes
Founder at Escrin
No man's land Other
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Hynes is a founder and technologist with 11 years of experience building privacy-first, full-stack systems and scaling venture-backed startups. He led engineering and product efforts at Oasis Labs to deliver EVM-compatible private L2s, a cited data governance platform used by F500 customers, and drove developer adoption through documentation and demos. As founder of Escrin, he now combines TEE, blockchain, and decentralized secret management to enable private, auditable computing on sensitive data. A systems-minded contributor to WasmEdge, he implemented Rust bindings and CI support for a high-performance WebAssembly runtime, reflecting hands-on expertise from low-level runtime work to distributed privacy architectures. Trained at MIT and pursuing security/AI research at Berkeley, he blends academic rigor with product-focused execution and a knack for turning complex cryptographic ideas into practical developer tools.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Candidate Security & AI, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Candidate Security & AI at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Engineering - MEng Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (17)
develop10
webassembly10
rust10
backend10
cloud-native10
build-time9
buildx9
dockers9
cicd9
docker9
build-engine9
build29
apidoc8
api8
api-design8
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
WasmEdge/WasmEdge
Jul 2021 - Aug 2021
WasmEdge is a lightweight, high-performance, and extensible WebAssembly runtime for cloud native, edge, and decentralized applications. It powers serverless apps, embedded functions, microservices, smart contracts, and IoT devices.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:10 reviews, 9 commits, 3 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Nick contributed significantly to the `wasmedge` repository, primarily focusing on the Rust implementation. The user added the `wasmedge-sys` crate, developed Rust examples and wrapper types, and integrated with the WasmEdge runtime environment. Further, they worked on API changes and included support for macOS builds and testing, showcasing contributions spanning core backend functionality and CI/CD integration.
serverlessruntimedecentralizedwasmedgeedge-computing
oasislabs/parcel-nfts
Mar 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:124 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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