Zachary Roth

Head of Growth, DeFi & AI @ Aptos Labs

Ecosystem Analyst

Curious analyst and builder with experience across the Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Aptos ecosystems.

My focus involves identifying market opportunities and advising teams on how to utilize on-chain solutions to improve their products and services.

I write about technology and finance, bringing a wide-ranging perspective to each topic.

Modern, open-source portfolio showcasing Next.js best practices with dynamic content management and theme customization.

Educational x86 operating system implementation featuring core OS components built from scratch to explore systems programming fundamentals.

Analytics toolkit for parsing and visualizing cryptocurrency ecosystem data from Electric Capital, enabling data-driven insights.

AI-powered music composition environment combining intelligent suggestions with interactive visualization and theory analysis.

Privacy-first DEX built on Aleo leveraging zero-knowledge proofs to enable confidential trading while maintaining decentralization.

Trustless gambling platform on Aptos combining verifiable randomness with zero-knowledge proofs for transparent, fair gaming.

Seeing the forest through the trees.

Second order effects of money printing.

LLMs and the tumultuous future of search engines.

and blockchains put everyone on the same page.