mikhail@wall:~$

mikhail@wall:~

~$ whoami

Mikhail Wall

Protocol Engineer. L2, MEV, DeFi infrastructure.

Belgrade, Serbia

~$ cat README.md

Previously: DeFi infrastructure at Infrared Finance, core contributor to Polygon zkEVM, P2P networks at Primev (a16z), algorithmic trading at Anboto Labs.

~$ ls skills/

├── languages/ Golang, Solidity, TypeScript, Python, Rust

├── blockchain/ Geth/EVM, Foundry, libp2p, cometBFT

├── infra/ PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker/k8s, Terraform

└── domains/ L2/zkEVM, MEV/PBS, DeFi, P2P, Cryptography

~$ git log --oneline career

Senior Blockchain Engineer @ Infrared Finance (Binance Labs, Framework) 2025 → 2026

Onchain keepers, RPC failover, market surveillance

Golang Python PostgreSQL

Protocol Engineer @ Primev (a16z) 2024 → 2025

mev-commit P2P network, encrypted bidding, ZK proofs

Golang Solidity libp2p

Lead Blockchain Engineer @ Anboto Labs (Mechanism Capital, Kronos) 2023 → 2024

Cross-chain DeFi execution, smart order routing

Rust Python TypeScript Solidity

Blockchain Engineer @ Polygon Labs (Sequoia, SoftBank) 2021 → 2022

zkEVM core: sequencer, aggregator, tx pool

Golang PostgreSQL Geth

Team Lead @ Russian Railways (Russia's biggest company) 2018 → 2020

Led 7-person team, Hyperledger Fabric supply chain platform

Golang Hyperledger Redis

Software Engineer @ DSX Technologies 2016 → 2018

Crypto exchange backend, blockchain-based e-voting system

Java Golang Solidity

~$ find ~/projects -type d

mev-commit

P2P pre-confirmations, encrypted bidding, ZK proofs

github.com/primev/mev-commit

zkevm-node

Polygon zkEVM sequencer, aggregator, transaction pool

github.com/0xPolygonHermez/zkevm-node

hermez-node

Hermez Network L2 rollup node: coordinator, synchronizer, API

github.com/hermeznetwork/hermez-node

go-safe-tx

Go client for the Safe Transaction Service API: propose, batch, query pending txs

github.com/Mikelle/go-safe-tx

geth-consensus-tutorial

Custom consensus layers for Geth: Engine API, Redis leader election, CometBFT

github.com/mikelle/geth-consensus-tutorial

~$ ls blog/

[2026.03.04] CometBFT Integration: BFT Finality for Geth

[2026.02.09] Distributed Consensus with Redis, PostgreSQL, and Member Nodes

[2026.02.08] Single Node Consensus: Building a Complete Implementation

~$ cat .interests

├── gym/ lifting heavy things, putting them back down

├── books/ sci-fi, history, philosophy

├── skiing/ mountains > beaches

└── travel/ ex-digital nomad, 20+ countries

~$ cat .contact

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