Experience
Polygon Labs
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Buidler Track Fellow
Projects
Swift Lend
Overview:
- 8-week fellowship was an excellent introduction to the Ethereum and Polygon ecosystems.
- Got selected for the fellowship among 10 people from 10000+ applicants and built a flash loan protocol.
- Interacted with Founders in the web3 ecosystem
- Built out my first web3 protocol from scratch in the DeFi ecosystem
- Pitched product to investors
- Project Proposal that got me selected: Akshit's Notion
Skills Acquired:
- Hands-on experience with Solidity and Web3 development with tools like Hardhat & Rainbowkit
- Got familiarized with how DeFi protocols works by interacting with contracts of popular DeFi protocols such as AAVE, Uniswap, NFTx & Furucombo.
- Learnt out about Borrowing/Lending, Collateralized Loans, Flash Loans and how one can utilize them in DeFi.
- How to pitch to investors by creating a pitch deck and showing the TAM, SAM & SOM.