Martin Ndeto, Research Engineer
Blockchain engineer and protocol researcher, building open source, standards-backed implementations for interoperability, decentralized identity, and trustless agent systems.
What this site is
Purpose
A living research index of protocol work: Thesis materials, SDKs, articles, pull requests, implementation notes, and linked artifacts.
Work History
See LinkedIn for that.
What I Do
Research
I work on specifications across interoperability, identity, and agent systems, mapping constraints and publishing practical implementations.
Engineering
I design and build systems that turn these specifications into working code, spanning onchain contracts, offchain components, SDKs, and end-to-end demos.
Current Research Focus
This work is conducted entirely in open source, with public implementations and standards discussions serving as the primary validation mechanism.
Resolver-Based Discovery of Agent Delegation Credentials
In the agentic web, agents are first class actors that must discover and verify delegated authority. This work implements the Agent Delegations ERC draft, and demonstrates how delegation credentials can be trustlessly resolved from an ENS identity using a custom credential resolver plus ECS hook routing.
Proof of Work
Interoperable Addresses and Names
Cross-chain identity and discovery using ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 with ENS-backed chain registry resolution. This work is informed by hands-on development and personal contribution to the Ethereum Chain Registry, including core resolver logic and registry tooling.
txpool-viz: Execution and Mempool Tooling
A tool to visualize and compare transaction pools across different Ethereum execution clients. This helps debug transaction propagation issues, analyze mempool behaviors during attacks, and understand differences in transaction acceptance policies between clients.
x402 Payments and Identity
I designed and implemented ENS-based payTo support for the x402 protocol, enabling
identity-anchored payment routing for agents. This work connects decentralized identity with
request/settle payment flows, allowing agents to resolve payment destinations via ENS rather
than hardcoded addresses.
In addition to the core payTo mechanism, I implemented ENS-aware identity metadata
extensions that allow agents to attach, resolve, and interpret identity context during x402
message exchange.
Trustless Agents x ENS
When a trustless agent sets an ENS name in its registry, ENSIP-25 provides the verification path so ownership claims can be trusted across AI agent registries.
I implemented it in the agent0 SDKs to make ownership checks portable and reliable for agent-to-agent interaction.
Standards & Community
Talks, Articles, and Mentions
Grants
Engagement
I plug in as a protocol researcher and builder, turning standards into working systems through open source implementations.
I combine protocol research with end-to-end engineering and product oversight, taking security-sensitive blockchain systems from architecture to delivery.