Nikhil Arora
Software engineer. I write about DeFi, smart contracts, and what I learn while building.
Currently
These days I'm at Ether.fi, where you can save, borrow, and spend from one account. I work on the smart contracts behind Cash.
Writing
Eight months at a chainHow OpenClaw Actually Works: Sessions, Memory, Browser Automation and TokensLiquidity Wars: How Chains Are Fighting Mercenary CapitalKatana: Building the Liquidity Hotbed for Polygon's AggLayerLiquity V2: An Essential Piece of DeFi InfrastructureHyperliquid: The Unfunded DEX Challenging BinanceHow Stryke Opened My Eyes to LP Positions as OptionsThinking About AI Agents in CryptoMy Experience with Claude CodeHow Pendle Finance WorksUnderstanding Euler v2's ArchitectureLessons from Running Production DeFiTrading Squeeth: The Perpetual That Thinks It's an OptionUnderstanding Funding Rates for DeFi PerpetualsLaunching the First Opyn Market on ArbitrumBuilding an NFT Auction Platform on SolanaBuilding a Real-time Crypto Data Platform