Rithvik Vibhu
Lead Developer at Kyokan
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolRithvik Vibhu is a Lead Developer based in Bengaluru with 10 years of experience building secure, user-focused web and blockchain software. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering with a strong interest in network security and pentesting, and has shipped cross-platform apps, browser extensions, bots and utility tools—most as open source. At Kyokan he has driven feature development and maintenance for the Bob Wallet, contributing 15+ new features and 90+ bug fixes across multiple releases while reviewing and accepting community PRs. He has substantive back-end contributions to notable open-source blockchain projects such as the Handshake daemon, improving wallet event handling, mempool behavior, RPCs and test coverage. Previously he led technical teams at PESU I/O, revamping platforms and managing multi-site operations, demonstrating both product delivery and people-management chops. Known for blending practical system administration know-how with security-minded engineering, he enjoys turning complex distributed problems into reliable, auditable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at PES UniversityGrade 7 to 12, Grade 7 to 12 at Delhi Public School Bangalore East
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Github Skills (21)
crypto-wallet10
wallet10
bitcoin-wallet10
handshake10
blockchain10
nodejs10
ethereum-wallet10
testing9
network-protocol9
rpc9
mnemonic8
javascript8
powershell6
curl6
api6
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
handshake-org/hsd
Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Handshake Daemon & Full Node
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:74 reviews, 11 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Rithvik primarily focused on enhancing the Handshake Daemon & Full Node functionality through code modifications. They made changes to wallet event handling, ensuring proper block connect and disconnect events are emitted. The user also addressed issues with mempool packet timeouts and implemented improvements to network synchronization, as well as adding functionality to generate nonces and blinds used within the wallet. Furthermore, they modified mnemonic standardizations, RPC method adjustments, and test improvements.
daemonfull-nodenodejshandshake
rithvikvibhu/fingertip
Jul 2021 - Apr 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 PRs, 109 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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