Richard Nguyen
Co-Founder & Blockchain Engineer Lead at Minswap
Hanoi, Vietnam
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Nguyen is a Co-Founder and Blockchain Engineer Lead with a decade of software engineering experience, now focused on building Minswap, a Cardano-native DEX that has driven significant TVL and trading volume milestones. Originally an Android and full‑stack engineer, he brings deep mobile, backend and DevOps expertise (Kotlin, Java, C#, SQL, cloud CI) to decentralized application design and protocol engineering. He blends product-driven engineering—shipping consumer apps and reusable platforms at Teko and FPT—with research-minded DeFi work, often reading the “blockchain tea leaves” to inform technical strategy. Based in Hanoi, he leads development teams, architects secure, performant DApps, and has practical experience scaling user-facing systems into production. Notably, his transition from mobile and enterprise systems to a leading role in Cardano DeFi highlights a rare mix of hands-on app development and protocol-level thinking.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, University, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, University at FPT University
Github Skills (53)
javascript10
css10
codebase10
math10
nodejs10
react10
cap9
certification9
plutus9
cardano9
imap-client8
mime8
backend8
ada8
blockchain8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
minswap/pab-go
Oct 2021 - Jul 2022
Plutus Application Backend (PAB) in Go
Contributions:8 reviews, 27 commits, 22 PRs in 8 months
golangpabbackendplutus
minswap/sdk
May 2022 - Feb 2025
Query Minswap data and build transactions
Contributions:24 reviews, 18 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 9 months
queryblockchainblockfrost
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