Mikhail Dobrokhvalov
Founder & CEO At Linkdrop
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMikhail Dobrokhvalov is a founder and Ethereum developer with 10 years of experience building blockchain-first growth products from San Francisco. As CEO of Linkdrop he scaled a customer acquisition platform used by Coinbase, Binance, Maker, 0x and Opera, translating crypto-native primitives into measurable user growth. He combines hands-on smart contract development and test automation—evidenced by work on the Basis Cash Boardroom contract—with product leadership across accelerators like ConsenSys Tachyon and IDEO CoLab. Mikhail’s background spans startups focused on onboarding and usability (Eth2io) to referral and distribution networks (Volcà), reflecting a persistent focus on bringing crypto to mainstream users. He blends finance training from Saint Petersburg State University with practical blockchain product-building at Berkeley’s Xcelerator. A pragmatic engineer-founder, he often bridges technical implementation and go-to-market strategy to turn protocol ideas into user-facing acquisition channels.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator at University of California, BerkeleySpecialist Finance and Banking, Specialist Finance and Banking at Saint Petersburg State University
Github Skills (9)
smart-contracts10
typescript10
typescripts10
solidity10
ethereum10
typescript-types10
test-automation10
hardhat9
testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Basis-Cash/basiscash-protocol
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Solidity implementation of the Basis Cash Protocol
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Mikhail primarily focused on modifying and testing the `Boardroom` smart contract within the Basis Cash protocol. They implemented changes to the `Boardroom.sol` smart contract, and updated related test files `Boardroom.test.ts` and `Treasury.test.ts`. These updates included implementing new functions, modifying existing functions, and ensuring proper function of the contract through test cases. The user’s work indicates a strong focus on smart contract development and test automation within the Basis Cash protocol.
solidity
VolcaTech/eth2-server
Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
Send Ether or tokens via links (Server)
Contributions:63 commits, 2 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 year 3 months
ethereum
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