👋 Hey, I'm Tao (hewigovens)

Tokyo-based 🥷 engineer focused on open-source wallets, cryptography, and tooling. I’m currently deep in Rust, ZK, and LLM agents—building in public and sharing everything I learn.

What I’m Building Right Now

• 🔐 hw-core – Rust host ↔ hardware wallet core targeting the Trezor Host Protocol.
• 🧵 amux – Agent multiplexer CLI for wrangling local AI/code agents in tmux.
• 🌐 MISO – Method Input Switch Overlay for safer contract interactions.
• 🕵️ app-detective – Tools for analyzing and investigating macOS/iOS apps.
• ⛓️ solana-primitives – Core primitives for Solana blockchain development.
• Plus a rotating roster of experiments like BTMParser, LSAppCategory, and StagedLauncher.

Proven Open-Source Track Record

Before going independent, I was a staff blockchain engineer at Trust Wallet where I shipped and maintained critical infrastructure used by millions:

• 📱 Trust Wallet iOS – One of the most-used mobile wallets (active since 2018).
• 🏛️ Wallet Core – Cross-chain/core library powering the extension + mobile apps.
• 🏛️ WalletConnect Swift – First usable WalletConnect v1 SDK in Swift.
• 📦 Trust Web3 Provider – Multi-platform Web3 provider.
• 📦 ens-coincodec – ENS address encoding/decoding.
• 📦 blockbook – Trezor address/account backend.
• …and a handful of redacted-but-impactful contributions.

I also built a few free macOS/iOS utilities (GhostTile, Inspect, Anytime) back in the day—because useful software should be accessible.

Why Sponsor?

• Sustainably fund new open-source wallets, SDKs, and security tooling.
• Get early access to research drops, RFCs, and prototypes.
• Influence what I build next (features, chains, integrations).
• Help keep critical crypto infra transparent and community-owned.

What Your Support Enables

Every sponsorship goes directly into more OSS time: shipping new libraries, improving docs, responding to issues, recording walkthroughs, and mentoring developers exploring crypto + agents.

Open source is vital—I’m committed to keeping it that way. If my work powers your stack or inspires you, consider sponsoring so I can keep shipping.

🙏 Thank you for helping me build more tools for the community!