Tommaso De Ponti, a Stellar developer since mid-2020, shares his journey from learning programming at age 11 to building Soroban smart contracts. His work includes DeFi projects and a zero-knowledge proof coin mixer built with his brother.
This Developer Spotlight features Tommaso De Ponti (tdep), a prominent Stellar community member who began programming at 11 years old. After discovering his passion for coding through game development, he taught himself Python, JavaScript, Elixir, and Rust. Tommaso discovered Stellar through Coinbase's crypto education rewards and was drawn to its real-world accessibility through anchors and on-chain assets. He's an early Soroban adopter who submitted multiple projects to Sorobanathon: First Light, including a proof-of-concept coin mixer using zero-knowledge proofs built with his brother. His work demonstrates the potential of Soroban for DeFi applications.
