shafu
Sharif Elfouly (shafu) is a software engineer based in New York, building at the intersection of AI, agents, crypto, and payments.
He was founding engineer at Merit Systems, smart contract engineer at Venice AI and DYAD, co-founded a fintech startup in Germany, and worked as a machine learning engineer at EnBW and vialytics.
His smart contracts have secured over $1 billion onchain, he hosts Push & Pop (60+ episodes on protocol deep-dives), and speaks regularly on AI agents, crypto, and payments.
You can find more about him at shafu.me
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Merit Systems - previously, founding engineer (NYC)
Venice AI - smart contract engineer
DYAD - smart contract engineer
SMARTeFunding / eProgramming - co-founder (Germany)
EnBW Energie - ML engineer (Karlsruhe)
vialytics - ML engineer (Stuttgart)
IOT GmbH - SAP developer (Gelsenkirchen)
work
Merit Systems - previously, founding engineer (NYC)
Venice AI - smart contract engineer
DYAD - smart contract engineer
SMARTeFunding / eProgramming - co-founder (Germany)
EnBW Energie - ML engineer (Karlsruhe)
vialytics - ML engineer (Stuttgart)
IOT GmbH - SAP developer (Gelsenkirchen)
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Autonomous Agentic Commerce: Micropayments, AgentCash, x402 & MPP (Shoal Signal)
x402scan: The discovery layer for x402 (Agentic Zero keynote)
x402, ERC-8004 and Co (Agents Unleashed Buenos Aires)
The Signal Podcast: x402 Scan MCP (Edge & Node)
Agentic payments are the new normal (Openfort)
x402 explained: payments unlock agents (Keeping Up with the Builders)
Agentic payments might be bigger than DeFi (cryptosmiff)
Slop Computer: shafu0x
talks & podcasts
Autonomous Agentic Commerce: Micropayments, AgentCash, x402 & MPP (Shoal Signal)x402scan: The discovery layer for x402 (Agentic Zero keynote)x402, ERC-8004 and Co (Agents Unleashed Buenos Aires)The Signal Podcast: x402 Scan MCP (Edge & Node)Agentic payments are the new normal (Openfort)x402 explained: payments unlock agents (Keeping Up with the Builders)Agentic payments might be bigger than DeFi (cryptosmiff)Slop Computer: shafu0x---
youtube.com/@shafu0x
61+ episodes. protocol internals: Ekubo, Maple, Merit, Sablier V2, and more.
Push & Pop
- my show on smart contract deep-divesyoutube.com/@shafu0x
61+ episodes. protocol internals: Ekubo, Maple, Merit, Sablier V2, and more.
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awesome-smart-contracts - the best smart contracts in one place
x402scan - x402 ecosystem explorer
evm-from-scratch-book - build the EVM from scratch — evm-from-scratch.app
MicroStable - most simple design of a stablecoin
vehicle-speed-estimation - vehicle speed from video using deep learning
huff-stacker - auto-generate stack comments for Huff macros
open source
awesome-smart-contracts - the best smart contracts in one place
x402scan - x402 ecosystem explorer
evm-from-scratch-book - build the EVM from scratch — evm-from-scratch.app
MicroStable - most simple design of a stablecoin
vehicle-speed-estimation - vehicle speed from video using deep learning
huff-stacker - auto-generate stack comments for Huff macros
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"The Smart Contract Engineer Building Open Source's Financial Future" — Inverse (2025)
"Why Tokenization Isn't a Tech Problem" — Village Voice (2025)
"Code That Holds Millions: Philosophy for Smart Contracts That Survive" — DevX (2025)
press
"The Smart Contract Engineer Building Open Source's Financial Future" — Inverse (2025)
"Why Tokenization Isn't a Tech Problem" — Village Voice (2025)
"Code That Holds Millions: Philosophy for Smart Contracts That Survive" — DevX (2025)
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University of Tübingen - Master, Machine Learning (2018-2019, dropped out)
Westfälische Hochschule - B.Sc., Computer Science (2014-2017)
education
University of Tübingen - Master, Machine Learning (2018-2019, dropped out)
Westfälische Hochschule - B.Sc., Computer Science (2014-2017)