👋 Hello, I'm

Kalpita Mandal

Blockchain Protocol Engineer

Specializing in Zero-Knowledge systems, distributed infrastructure, and smart contract security. Core engineer for Kalypso ZK Prover marketplace at Marlin Protocol. Currently sharpening my ZK skills through RareSkills' ZK bootcamp.

Rust Solidity Circom Python TypeScript
// Sharpening the saw 🔨
const learning = [
"ZK Bootcamp",
"Plonky2",
"Halo2",
].forEach(skill =>
master(skill)
);

Featured Work

Core contributions & learning journey

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Kalypso ZK Marketplace

Trustless orderbook-based marketplace connecting specialized hardware operators with ZK applications. Built matching engine, slashing mechanisms, and operator management for 30+ institutional generators managing $20M+ stake.

Rust Solidity Circom zkSNARKs RISC0 Aleo
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RareSkills ZK Bootcamp

Deep-diving into advanced zero-knowledge cryptography, proof systems, and zkVM architectures. Building open source contributions and exploring cutting-edge ZK primitives.

Plonky2 Halo2 Circom Learning
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Certifications

Cryptography I (Stanford/Coursera) - Formal foundations in cryptographic primitives, protocols, and security proofs essential for blockchain systems.

Cryptography Stanford Theory
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Smart Contract Security

Identified 20+ vulnerabilities across competitive audits and internal reviews. Notable findings in protocols managing $600K+ TVL (Jpeg'd), $115M+ (Aura Finance), with multiple critical/high-severity discoveries.

Security Auditing Foundry Code4rena
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Armor Wallet | ETHIndia Fellowship 3.0

ERC-4337 bundler prototype with inherent frontrunning and sandwich MEV protection. Built during ETHIndia Fellowship 3.0 to enhance transaction security.

MEV ERC-4337 Security Fellowship
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AATBA Identity System | ETHOnline

Secure online identity leveraging Token Bound Accounts for verifiable credentials. Winner of ETHOnline Scroll bounty for innovative identity architecture.

Scroll SBT TBA Identity Hackathon
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TotalRecall RWA | ETHIndia

Recallable Real World Asset tokens enabling fractional ownership and liquidity for real estate and art. ETHIndia pool prize winner.

RWA Scroll DeFi Hackathon
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Remora Protocol | FVM Space Warp

Under-collateralized lending protocol enabling Filecoin storage providers to borrow $FIL and share block rewards with investors, lowering barrier to entry for SPs.

Filecoin DeFi Lending Hackathon
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Published Articles

Sharing knowledge and insights

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Anomaly Detection for Telecom

Deep dive into pattern recognition and anomaly detection techniques for fraud prevention in telecommunications networks, leveraging data-driven approaches.

Data Science ML Telecom
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Topic Modelling

Exploring natural language processing techniques and topic modelling algorithms for extracting insights from unstructured text data.

NLP ML Analytics
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