Jake Kantor

Blockchain Architect

  • M.S. in Cybersecurity
  • Smart Contract Developer
  • EVM & Solidity Compatibility
Portrait of Jake Kantor.

Projects

Screenshot of the 7SHOT web app showing wallet connection and live round state.
Live on mainnet

7SHOT —
On-chain Game on Base

Deployed Solidity contracts handling real funds, with a separated vault, React front end, and hosted backend coordinating rounds.

  • Contracts deployed and verified on Base mainnet
  • Vault holds balances apart from game logic, limiting blast radius
  • React front end with wallet connection and live round state
  • CockroachDB backend for state that doesn't belong on chain
Basescan → Play Live →
Diagram of swap execution through a router into a constant-product liquidity pool.
Built

DEX —
Exchange & DappToken

A decentralized exchange built from the contract level up to understand AMM mechanics without an abstraction in the way.

  • Liquidity pool accounting and swap execution
  • Token swap functionality via MetaMask on an EVM testnet
  • Attack surface of price-dependent logic
GitHub → Video Walkthrough →
Network diagram: four QBFT validator nodes, two permissioned institutional accounts, and one unauthorized wallet rejected at the boundary.
Demonstrated

Settlement Network —
Private QBFT Chain

A permissioned Hyperledger Besu network modeling bank-to-bank settlement — and rejecting wallets that aren't authorized to be there.

  • Multi-node QBFT consensus with deterministic, immediate finality
  • Node and account permissioning — participation is granted, not open
  • Settlement flow between institutional accounts, fully observable
  • Adversarial demo: unauthorized wallet rejected at the protocol layer
Besu · QBFT
Docker GitHub →

Experience

Jan 2024 – Jan 2026
Remote

Blockchain Product Architect

Modern Launch
  • Architected a web3 decentralized game integrating non-custodial wallets on Base into Telegram
  • Led client communications and translated requirements into deliverables across the full project lifecycle
  • Focused governance and compliance work on tokenomics, smart contracts, and cross-chain interoperability
Aug 2022 – Jan 2023
Atlanta, GA

Blockchain Developer

World Space
  • Built and maintained blockchain-based games in Unity, C#, and Solidity
  • Integrated wallet functionality and NFT systems inside Unity environments
Jan 2022 – Jul 2022
Atlanta, GA

Software Development Intern

World Space
  • Built front-end and UX features in JavaScript, Python, and Framer
  • Authored technical documentation defining project scope, delivery, and requirements

Education

Jan 2026 – Aug 2027

M.S. Cybersecurity, AI Security concentration

Old Dominion University

AI governance, risk & compliance · ethical hacking · penetration testing · cryptography · NIST · EU AI Act · ISO

Jun 2024 – Dec 2025

A.S. Cybersecurity

Tidewater Community College

Cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure) · Python · networking · Linux/Unix · cybersecurity law

Sep 2014 – May 2018

B.A. Musical Theater

James Madison University

Public speaking · ethics · communication

Certifications

  • CompTIA Security+
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • IAPP AI Governance Professional In progress

Skills

AI governance & security

  • NIST AI RMF
  • EU AI Act
  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • AI GRC
  • Machine learning

Cloud & infrastructure

  • AWS
  • AWS Security
  • Cloud architecture
  • Cloud security
  • Terraform
  • Docker

Engineering & tooling

  • Python
  • React.js
  • Solidity
  • Git
  • Encryption
  • Datadog
  • Prometheus
  • SOC

Contact