Hi everyone,
I am Sujith, a security researcher at Spearbit with over a decade of experience in Web3 development and three years of security experience specializing in cross-chain / multi-chain protocol security.
This is my first application to become a Developer Advisory Board (DAB) member.
Current Roles:
- Security Researcher at Spearbit & Judge at Cantina
- Independent Security Consultant for LI.FI
- Part-Time judge at Cantina (Optimism Safe, Infinity Pools, Babylon, Venus protocol)
Previous Roles:
- Former Founding Engineer at Superform (Cross-chain DeFi protocol with $50M+ TVL)
- Independent Journalist at Decrypt
Please link to your Optimist Profile or Organization ID here.
Please link to any contributions that demonstrate you meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the Charter for the specific Developer Advisory Board team you’re applying for:
Eligibility Criteria for Audit Request Team:
To be selected to the Audit Request Team, an applicant should have established themselves as a senior auditor, either with a role at a firm or through major successes in audit contests and bug bounties
As a security researcher at Spearbit, I’ve audited multiple protocols, including Monad, Blast, Berachain, ZkSync, LI.FI, Decent, Drips, SuperSushi Samurai, DistrictOne, Omni-X, Centrifuge, Sweep-n-Flip (optimism grant), and Bitcorn.
During these audits, I reported over 300 bugs in 2024, 30 of which were reported in public audit contests in Cantina.
Over the past five years, I’ve been a founding engineer with two well-funded startups (Superform and SmartDeFi), building the products from scratch.
During my tenure, I’m responsible for ensuring the code readiness for 3rd party audits (with firms including OpenZeppelin, Quantstamp, Y-Audits, and Cantina). I would thrive in the opportunity to evaluate requests and assist protocols in preparing their work for 3rd party security reviews.
Other accolades include,
- Winner of Surge CTF ($30,000 prize) - Successfully identified critical vulnerabilities in Socket’s DL
- Solved Paradigm CTF’s cross-chain challenge in under 10 minutes
- Identified and reported multiple security vulnerabilities in Hyperplane’s cross-chain messaging protocol
Why I Would Be Valuable to the DAB?
My extensive experience in cross-chain security, combined with my practical experience as a founding engineer of a high-TVL protocol, provides me with unique insights into ensuring / guiding protocols are audit-ready before applying for a grant.
Please verify that you have no conflicts of interest:
I verify that I don’t have any conflicts of interest
Please verify that you understand you may be removed from this role via the Representative Removal proposal type in the Operating Manual
I understand.
Please verify that you understand KYC will be required to receive Council rewards at the end of Season 7:
I understand
Please verify that you are able to commit ~20 hours / month to Board operations:
Sure, I will commit 20 hours per month to Board operations