In late 2017, @storj asked me to become their general contractor and build a development office for them in Ukraine That later became @BoostyLabs, with Storj as our only client throughout 2018

From late 2019, the company started growing fast @BoostyLabs doubled in size between 2019 and 2020, then grew almost four times between 2020 and 2021, signing clients including @MetaMask, @Consensys, @Ledger, @blockchain, @coinbase, @WalletConnect and @moonpay

@BoostyLabs has always been at the cutting edge of Web3 product development. Many of the biggest names in the space have built with us over the years — and still come back when they need to ship something new, fast, and at the highest quality. Very proud of my guys there now under @arilastX’s leadership, while I’m crushing it with @utexocom. The sky is the limit for both of us. Cheers!

@BoostyLabs also adopts and integrating FDE (forward deployed engineers) to its clients to help them transform during AI transition phase leveraging massive power house of Boosty top talents to push the edges

That turned out to be a major turning point in my career. I joined @storj later, where I coauthored the whitepaper with such amazing people like @VitalikButerin, @_prestwich, @super3, @kleffew94, @golubbe, @jggleeson and lots of other very talented people, probably one of the most talented in the space back then. Storj was one of the world’s first tokens built on Bitcoin (SJCX token name was back in the time, issued on @CounterpartyXCP ). Later, Storj became @BoostyLabs’ first client, and that is how the company began.

The next evolution of Bitcoin will be a return to its roots. My new op-ed "What Does Bitcoin Really Need?" is live on @CoinGapeMedia.

Last time I was this excited about building something was when I founded @BoostyLabs at 21 I was young and inexperienced, but still scaled it to 150+ engineers shipping for Coinbase, NEAR, Consensys and Ledger Now I've 10+ yrs of experience, and I feel the same for @utexocom

Big congratulations to @BoostyLabs. 🎉 Today I’m incredibly happy to announce that my good frien Ari Last has joined Boosty as CEO, succeeding @jackfrac1 , who previously took over the role from me. Every CEO in Boosty’s history has joined to solve the company’s biggest challenge at that particular stage of its journey. I founded @BoostyLabs in 2017 and scaled it to 150+ people, bringing in our first major clients including @Ledger, @CoinbaseDev , @bitfinex , @Consensys , @blockchain , @Anchorage , @WalletConnect and @1inch Vitalii’s @jackfrac1 mission was different. He transformed Boosty into a far more structured and predictable engineering organization capable of delivering projects of virtually any complexity - from digital asset infrastructure and neobanks to AI and post-quantum cryptography. Now it’s time for the next chapter. Ari is one of the best operators and commercial leaders I’ve met in this industry. I’m convinced he’s the right person to take @BoostyLabs to an entirely different level of growth. As for me, this transition allows me to stay laser-focused on @utexocom and our mission of bringing USDT back to Bitcoin while building the next generation of Bitcoin financial infrastructure. Good luck, Ari. Boosty has an outstanding new leader. 🚀 And one more thing. Vitalii @jackfrac1 isn’t going anywhere. He remains my partner at @BoostyLabs , and we’ll continue building many exciting things together. More importantly, over the years he’s become one of my closest friends, a trusted partner, and someone I genuinely want to have by my side throughout my life. Thank you, Vitalii, for everything you’ve done for Boosty. You helped shape this company into what it is today, and I know we’re only getting started. Love you, buddy. ❤️

@BoostyLabs has been a trusted engineering partner of @Consensys since 2020. Long-term teams and long-term relationships matter. @MetaMask, this is a good reason to re-engage especially if your current vendor’s background screening and hiring processes failed to catch something this critical. happy to reconnect you with my team if it makes sense.

Great initiative. @utexocom & @BoostyLabs fully support bringing RGB assets to @Liquid_BTC. Spoke about this today only with @FulgurVentures & @olegmikh1 Would love to see the whole Bitcoin ecosystem behind this: @Blockstream @RCasatta @adam3us @Excellion @kravchenkopo @distributedlab @peterktodd @giacomozucco @planb_network @FedericoTenga @bitfinex This could become one of the biggest catalysts for BTCfi, PayFi and programmable USDT on Bitcoin.

After developing the x402 first implementation with @BoostyLabs, I'm proud to announce that @utexocom is joining the x402 Foundation as a General Partner. Humans and machines, transacting together with $USDT on Bitcoin.