From 2018 - until early 2019, w2d was invited to lead the development efforts for work contracted by a KYC protocol - Shyft Network to Chainsafe, a blockchain protocol consulting company.

As Project lead for the Shyft Network work, w2d led the development efforts for this blockchain-based KYC protocol based on a fork of Go-Ethereum (Geth). Work included the implementation/execution of the following tasks:

• Implementation of whisper p2p messaging endpoints for defending against 51% attacks
• Assessment of alternative consensus algorithms, including POW, POA and permissioned POW
• Launch of a testnet and development of a block explorer and metrics and monitoring system for the protocol
• Responsible for managing merge requests and providing code review and assistance to junior developers and colleagues
• Incorporated upstream changes to Go-Ethereum into the Shyft Go-Empyrean protocol