Pedro Gomes

ETHEREUM

• Gomes began working on Ethereum in 2017 and is the author of several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) and a Founding Member of the Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals (CAIPs), an initiative that establishes standards for blockchain projects that support multiple chains.

• In 2018, he was awarded a grant from the Ethereum Foundation to build a protocol that would enable all types of wallets and decentralized applications to connect with one another.

• An ethereum user himself, Gomes was inspired to create infrastructure to fix the user experience with decentralized applications.

• He has spent many years contributing to developments across the web3 landscape, including contributions to a number of widely adopted EIPs and CAIPs, like EIP-1193, EIP-1271, EIP-3085, CAIP-2, and CAIP-10. 

EARLY CAREER

• Gomes was a Full Stack Engineer for Connext, responsible for crypto wallets and exchange integrations.

• He was a Full Stack Engineer for Balance.io where he built web interfaces for Ethereum, and was a Frontend Web Developer for Loot Financial Services, where he contributed to the company's dedicated UI kit for open-source use.

• Earlier in his career, he was a Freelance Web Developer where he provided web development and design services for static websites.

RECOGNITION

• 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 - Europe Finance

MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

• Gomes has been featured in Forbes, BusinessWire, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, TheStreet, Blockworks, and Real Vision.