Programming
- C++
- Solidity
- Python
- TypeScript
- Huff
- Nix
- Terraform
- Rust
Hello, I'm
Arunabha Dhal
Protocol Engineer building across distributed systems, peer-to-peer networking, and applied cryptography.
01About
Who I am
I'm a recent graduate of IIT Indore working as a protocol engineer, with a background spanning blockchain development, smart contract security, DevOps, and backend engineering.
Right now I'm going deep on distributed systems and peer-to-peer protocol design, alongside DeFi mechanics, agentic infrastructure, and open-source systems development. I'm also building Metrik.
02Skills
Technologies I work with
Chains
- EVM
- Bitcoin
- ICP
- Aptos
Tools / Frameworks
- Foundry
- Remix IDE
- Hardhat
- Hyperledger Fabric
Security Auditing
- Static Analysis
- Fuzzing
- Invariant Testing
- Formal Verification
- Gas Optimization
Protocols
- Chainlink
- Aave
- Curve
- Compound
- Uniswap
- The Graph
- 0x
- IPFS
- Ordinals
- Filecoin
- Swarm
- flashbots
- openzeppelin
- solady
DevOps / Cloud
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Concourse
- Nix
- CI / CD pipelines
- GitHub actions
- Vercel
03Experience
Where I've worked
Building Metrikmetrik.liveMay 2026 - Present
Protocol Engineer (FTE)Armore.aiJune 2026 - Present
Blockchain Developer InternUniQlabs.aiMay 2025 - May 2026
Blockchain Developer InternWebSoniXNov 2025 - Dec 2025
Software Developer InternCharak Center for Digital Healthcare IIT IndoreMay 2025 - July 2025
Open Source DeveloperSummer of Bitcoin - GaloyMay 2025 - Aug 2025
Blockchain LeadGoogle Developer Student Club - IIT IndoreOct 2023 - Oct 2024
Research Analyst InternAVAPMay 2024 - Feb 2025
04Projects
Selected work
05Audits
Security competitions
06Open Source
Contributions
@arunabha003 — contribution activitygithub.com/arunabha003
- fabric-x-evm #410bump OpenZeppelin suite to v5.7.0
- fabric-x-evm #409bump execution-specs fixtures to v21
- fabric-x-evm #408bump go-ethereum to v1.17.5
- fabric-x-evm #377keep LightKVS versions monotonic across deletes
- fabric-x-evm #365implement hardhat_setStorageAt
- fabric-x-evm #357implement hardhat_setCode
- fabric-x-evm #341implement hardhat_setBalance
- fabric-x-evm #316correct EIP-7610 create-collision docs
- fabric-x-evm #297fix nil StateDB panic on empty pre-state
- fabric-x-evm #290run execution-specs transaction_tests
- fabric-x-evm #281consolidate ethereum conformance suite
- fabric-x-evm #272fix conformance harness gaps, wire CI
- fabric-x-evm #261run execution-specs state_tests
- fabric-x-evm #258fetch and vendor execution-specs fixtures
- fabric-x-evm #240unit-test coverage reporting with Codecov
- fabric-x-evm #214retry namespace setup in start-x
- fabric-x-evm #211populate blockTimestamp on eth_getLogs
- fabric-x-evm #209map eth_call out-of-gas to -32000
- galoy-infra #283add AWS inception module
- galoy-infra #285updates and fixes
- galoy-infra #286infra fixes
- galoy-infra #287infra fixes
- galoy-infra #293infra fixes
- bria #633reproducible Nix build
- cala #469reproducible Nix build
- coinswap #486protocol fix
- coinswap #455protocol fix
- MiniChain #82sqlite-backed chain persistence
- MiniChain #71fund wallet before peer connect
- MiniChain #58protocol hardening
- MiniChain #48v0 prototype completion
- OrbOracle-Frontend #31UX and validation improvements
- OrbOracle-Frontend #34chain-correct token lists
- OrbOracle-Frontend #37eslint setup and non-interactive lint
- TokenList #4add Scroll Sepolia token support
- Gluon-EVM #19add reactor preview functions
07Contact