Nikita Cheng

- Developed a feature-rich NFT marketplace for Genopets: focusing on user engagement and asset management within the ecosystem. Key contributions included integrating an energy points and level system for filtering Genopets by attributes, creating an in-game item marketplace for customization and power-ups, and implementing real-time pricing with historical data to support informed trading decisions. - cNFT Migration for Genopet: Developed a scalable, cost-efficient migration process to convert general NFTs to cNFTs on Solana. This involved compressing metadata, preserving ownership history, and ensuring user-friendly transitions with interoperability across platforms. - Reward Distribution System: Designed a smart contract-based reward mechanism that allocates GENE tokens from a designated reward pool to stakers, integrating both locked and immediately usable sGENE options for in-game benefits. The system ensures fair distribution based on voting weight, influenced by the amount and lock duration of each user’s staked GENE.

- Implemented Atomic Swap Technology: Led the integration of atomic swap technology, allowing secure, trustless, and peer-to-peer exchanges across different blockchains without intermediaries.- - Utilized Hashed Time-Locked Contracts (HTLCs): Developed smart contracts using HTLCs to facilitate atomic swaps, ensuring that token exchanges occur in a fast, secure, and cost-effective manner. - Designed and Supported the Liquidity Provider Model: Established a unique liquidity provider model that enables users to become liquidity providers by running the Jelly Butler software on their computers. This decentralized approach allowed providers to set custom fees, earn from spreads, and access an APY of around 12%.

- Developed Libraries for Meteorological Data Processing: Created libraries for parsing binary meteorological data files, used in a weather forecasting application for drone management. Optimized flight paths and scheduling under diverse weather conditions, enhancing operational efficiency. - Property Rental Web Application Development: Built a robust backend for a property rental application, focusing on secure user authentication, data encryption, and integrating a PostgreSQL database to manage property data. Enabled seamless property search, comparison, and rental functionalities with enhanced data integrity and security. - Financial Data Integration and Processing: Designed and implemented backend services to handle financial transactions, including user wallet management, transaction validation, and data reconciliation. Integrated data from external financial APIs and internal systems to ensure real-time accuracy in reporting, contributing to a reliable foundation for financial insights and analytics.