AI/ML · Bitcoin · Nostr · FIPS · FOSS
I'm an open-source developer and maintainer building sovereign, protocol-aware applications. I work across architecture, security review, full-stack engineering, and AI-assisted development—with a focus on systems people can inspect, verify, and control.
- AI/ML: practical AI engineering, multi-agent coding workflows, automated testing, and human-reviewed security audits.
- Bitcoin: Lightning, Cashu ecash, wallet integration, and Bitcoin-native marketplaces.
- Nostr: open protocols, NIP-17 private messaging, portable identity, and decentralized applications.
- FIPS: public-mesh networking and decentralized coordination using FIPS, including experimental auction validator infrastructure.
- FOSS: maintainable open-source software, reproducible tests, security-first architecture, and contributor-friendly documentation.
I contribute to Plebeian Market, a Bitcoin- and Nostr-native marketplace, through implementation, architecture, testing, DevOps, and adversarial review.
Current engineering areas include decentralized auctions, CometBFT/PBTS validator consensus, Cashu/Coco wallet integration, Nostr messaging, and reliable deployment paths. The auction validator/FIPS work is experimental; I don't present it as a production deployment.
| Area | Public evidence | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Decentralized auction consensus | Four-validator, 3-of-4 BFT design (#1407) · Accepted ADR (#1409) · Anti-sniping soft-close rule (#1411) | Merged |
| Private Nostr order messaging | NIP-17 message boundary (#1095) · Transport boundary (#1110) · Read integration (#1136) | Merged |
| Security and privacy | Private auction claims and custody recovery (#1015) · Default-deny server bootstrap (#1227) | Merged |
| Deployment and operations | Release package dependency patches (#1410) · Relay pruning runbook (#1140) | Merged |
| Wallet and auction lifecycle | Coco v2 wallet integration (#1387) | Open PR · in progress |
| Marketplace product reliability | Product variation and inherited image fixes (#1424) | Open PR · in review |
More contributions: Plebeian Market pull requests by maximotodev.
- SatsRover — exploration of Bitcoin-native local discovery and sovereign coordination.
- Portfolio — projects, experiments, and engineering work.
I use AI agents to accelerate research, implementation, testing, and review, while keeping architecture, security-sensitive decisions, and release approval under human control. I value small reviewable changes, explicit trust boundaries, and verifiable evidence over untested claims.
- Nostr / npub:
npub165ka9706vpl8phnw0w5wh89za8nnl56dajz92h6e2m9uxxvkz6wszt0gn5 - ngit / GitWorkshop: Nostr identity on GitWorkshop
- GitHub: @maximotodev
- Portfolio: maximotodev.vercel.app