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Projects, talks, and open-source contributions

TalkCBER Forum Symposium 2026

MEV Tax for UniswapX on PGA Blockchains

Alan Wu’s talk at the CBER Forum Symposium (Feb 19, 2026) on MEV taxes for UniswapX on priority gas auction (PGA) blockchains, with key takeaways and the full recording.

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TalkEthCC[8] Cannes 2025

Auction Intelligence: Optimizing Dutch Auctions

Using reinforcement learning to optimize on-chain Dutch Auctions

TalkETH Taipei 2025

MEV Tax in Action: Internalizing MEV in UniswapX

How Priority Is All You Need is implemented in UniswapX to capture MEV at the application layer

TalkDevcon SEA 2024

Time is All You Need: Optimizing Dutch auctions on Arbitrum

Optimizing Dutch auctions on fast FCFS-based blockchains

TalkTaipei Blockchain Week 2024

The Decentralized Exchange Revolution: Making DeFi Accessible for the Masses

Panel discussion on building accessible DeFi infrastructure, covering Uniswap Labs' full-stack approach from web frontend to Unichain

TalkX Space

Building an AMM Arbitrage Bot on Unichain

Live coding session building an AMM arbitrage bot on Unichain from scratch

TalkBlockchain @ UCLA

2024 Bitcoin Halving — How Does Bitcoin Work?

Special talk at the UCLA Connection Lab celebrating the 2024 Bitcoin halving

TalkBlockchain @ UCLA

Staking, Restaking, and EigenLayer

An introduction to LSTs and EigenLayer with a discussion of risks & repercussions by Rohit Bhat

TalkBlockchain @ UCLA

Proof of Personhood & Worldcoin Talk

A presentation on Worldcoin & Proof of Personhood

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Sol Tempest

A visualization engine for live blocks on Solana. Intuitive illustration of Solana's account model and local fee markets

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Minty

Mint an NFT on Solana in 2 seconds. Solana Pay server for right-click minting and purchasing NFTs through QR codes generated by a Chrome Extension

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perspective.money

A different perspective on the price of Bitcoin

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Concurrent Merkle Tree Pricing

Live pricing for concurrent merkle tree initializations on Solana

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