Speaking and advisory

Talks

I speak about onchain finance to the people who run markets and the people who build them. The subject is how products clear, settle, and hold risk on a public ledger. This includes exchanges, managed funds, prediction markets, options, and lending.

I lead Solana content for Quicknode on YouTube (144K subscribers). I created the Solana Foundation training program, taught from blockchain clubs in Romania to Ivy League universities in the US. On their channel I co-created and presented the 2024 Developer Bootcamp, watched over 330,000 times, and the blockchain training I maintained was the highest-retention content on solana.com. I have also taught Solana Fall School, taught for TURBIN3, and published written and video content for Helius. A set of those talks is collected in one playlist.

Book me to speak

• How financial products, such as equities exchanges, options trading, and lending markets, work as onchain programs (‘smart contracts’).
• Encrypted onchain transactions using MPC and Arcium.
• What changes when finance moves from monolithic assets, market hours, and humans to fractionalized, 24/7 global, and agentic trading.

This is a small selection of talks from the last 25 years.

* Online

• YearEventTalkTagsLocation
• 2026The Latest Development podcastGuest appearance: cryptography, Arcium, and Solana adoptionFinanceBlockchainCryptographyUtah
• 2026Superteam USAEncrypted onchain electionsFinanceBlockchainCryptographyMiami
• 2026Solar (Solana China)Operating a Parimutuel Betting MarketFinanceBlockchainChinese-speaking countries *
• 2026Solana Fall SchoolBuilding a Managed FundFinanceBlockchainUSA *
• 2026AccelerateHow to get Everything you Ever WantedFinanceBlockchainMiami
• 2025BreakpointHow to Build Anything You Want on Solana Colosseum StageFinanceBlockchainAbu Dhabi
• 2025Solana AustraliaHow to Build Anything You Want on SolanaFinanceBlockchainMelbourne *
• 2025TURBIN3Build an Escrow app in RustFinanceBlockchainBack endUSA *
• 2025Solana Hack Day, Solana ANZBuilder Journey: Mike MacCanaFinanceBlockchainMelbourne
• 2024BreakpointBuild your first Solana program in 30 minutes Colosseum StageFinanceBlockchainBack endSingapore
• 2024Web3 Builders AllianceReveal: a practical solution to IRS form 8300 ReportingFinanceBlockchainCryptographyUSA *
• 2023Breakpoint (MC, Developer stage)Solana basics for EveryoneFinanceBlockchainAmsterdam
• 2022Tech AM Report podcastGuest appearance as Portal co-founder: blockchain payments and fundraisingFinanceBlockchainUSA
• 2018Odessa JSDeploying your JS appBack endOdesa, Ukraine
• 2017DigiCert Cryptography ForumThe webcrypto APICryptographyFront endLas Vegas
• 2016LNUGDeploying and running Node appsBack endLondon, UK
• 2015Hacker News LondonCertSimple: verifying the legal entity behind a public key in minutes not monthsCryptographyBack endLondon, UK
• 2015Node InteractiveNPM Everywhere and Practical browser npmFront endBack endPortland, Oregon
• 2014EpicFELHappiness through simplicityFront endLondon, UK
• 2014DockerConfNot recordedBack endLondon, UK
• 2014JSFestBrowse like Xerces the God King of the PersiansFront endBack endSan Francisco
• 2013Reject.JSWelcome our new ES5 OverlordsFront endBerlin
• 2012Norton Rose FulbrightOpen source licensing and the lawBack endLondon, UK
• 2001SAGE-AU/AUUG Summer ConferenceVMwareBack endHobart, Australia

For teams putting these ideas into practice:

• I train teams working on onchain markets, credit, and derivatives.
• I work as an advisor and a fractional CTO, including blockchain strategy advisory.
• I take expert-witness work when a matter depends on how financial software behaves.

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