nikola ristić

I’m a software engineer from Serbia working on blockchain problems at Common Prefix.

Before that, I helped build web products at Amondo and built software for startups and businesses across a range of industries. Outside of work I do circus acrobatics and enjoy camping in the nature.

You can find me on GitHub or send me an email.

~~ selected work ~~

Common Prefix

Engineering across Bitcoin, EVM, and Solana, focused on interoperability and cross-chain bridging. Notable work:

Bitcoin IPC protocol: whitepaper ↗ and code ↗.
Axelar’s Solana integration ↗.
Contributions to Axelar Amplifier ↗, Interchain Token Service ↗, and the wider Axelar ecosystem.
Significant contributions to Axelar Intents: the swapping protocol, smart contracts, and solver infrastructure.

Amondo

First engineer at the company. Four years helping take the company from no web presence to a globally available, web-first product.

Design systems and dashboards.
Web SDKs, GraphQL APIs, custom GDPR-compliant analytics, animations and real-time UI for big screens and billboards.
Growing the team: hiring and management.

~ notable other

Stuf Storage ↗Neighborhood self-storage in repurposed spaces. Built physical access integrations, geolocation-based services, 2FA, dashboards, and an API.
Carl Friedrik ↗A headless Shopify storefront, built with Hydrogen (Remix) and deployed on Cloudflare’s edge.
Super ↗Modernized front-end systems with React and a custom design system.

writing

etc.

Portrait beside an ornate building facade

Pointing to code during a technical talk