Pierre Beugnet
Lead Blockchain Engineer at Dfns
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolPierre Beugnet is a Lead Blockchain Engineer based in Paris with four years of focused experience building Bitcoin and Lightning tooling and broader blockchain integrations. He blends deep systems and cloud engineering (Go, Rust, Python, C#) with hands-on contributions to the flagship lightningnetwork/lnd project, improving wallet reliability and batching behavior for real-world BTC/LN deployments. At Dfns he leads wallet-as-a-service integrations across multiple chains (Solana, Tezos, Tron, Algorand) while previously operationalizing Lightning payments and node automation at Bottlepay. His background in quantitative trading systems, high-performance computing and a master’s in physics gives him a rare mix of protocol-level expertise, production-grade infrastructure know-how, and interest in quantum computing. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge cryptography, wallet UX and scalable backend services.
4 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree (First year) Physics, Master's degree (First year) Physics at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityBaccalauréat S SVT Spécialité Math, Baccalauréat S SVT Spécialité Math at Lycée RabelaisClasse Préparatoire aux grandes écoles MPSI/MP, Classe Préparatoire aux grandes écoles MPSI/MP at Lycée PasteurMaster's degree (Second Year) Physics, Master's degree (Second Year) Physics at École PolytechniqueTechnical Training MPI/OPEN MP (C/C++) training, Technical Training MPI/OPEN MP (C/C++) training at CNRS (IDRIS) - IBM BlueGene SuperCalculator
French, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
cryptocurrency10
wallet10
bitcoin10
go10
bitcoins10
cryptography10
lightning-network10
blockchain10
grpc10
protocols9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
lightningnetwork/lnd
Nov 2022 - Jun 2023
Lightning Network Daemon ⚡️
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:47 reviews, 3 PRs, 58 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Pierre's contributions primarily involve enhancing the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) backend and wallet functionalities. They focused on implementing features to define and handle change address types within the FundPsbt process, improving batch channel funding by defaulting to P2TR for change outputs. The user also addressed non-deterministic behavior related to custom accounts, enhancing the reliability and usability of the btcwallet library and fixing issues related to account management. Their work included changes to the gRPC interface and internal wallet logic.
cryptographypaymentsprotocoldaemonlightning
Torakushi/adventofcode
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:25 commits, 41 pushes, 3 branches in 25 days
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