Bloqarl | Zealynx

Founder of @ZealynxSecurity. 10 years QA → 4+ years Smart Contract Security.
Building an audit firm in public. Building for Web3 builders

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

We just opened Season 1 of @ZealynxSecurity's Audit Grants program.

Built for pre-mainnet DeFi protocols where the math is broken: senior audits cost $30k+, and that money doesn't exist at seed stage.

3 tiers:

→ Full Grant: 100% covered
→ Partial: 50% covered
→ Promising: 25% covered

No equity. No tokens. No follow-on.

Applications open June 15 → link below 👇

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[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@EkomUkanga @ZealynxSecurity

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

We just opened Season 1 of @ZealynxSecurity's Audit Grants program.

Built for pre-mainnet DeFi protocols where the math is broken: senior audits cost $30k+, and that money doesn't exist at seed stage.

3 tiers:

→ Full Grant: 100% covered
→ Partial: 50% covered
→ Promising: 25% covered

No equity. No tokens. No follow-on.

Applications open June 15 → link below 👇

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@Apenko2 @ZealynxSecurity Trying to help out and fill the gap 🫡

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@m3dython @ZealynxSecurity 100% right

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@SecurityElena @ZealynxSecurity @SecurityElena fair ask, here’s the full list of every public audit we’ve delivered:

https://t.co/gkIRRloOR1

41 reports, all findings listed, every Critical/High fixed before mainnet. Same team & process as the grants we just announced.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@SecurityElena @ZealynxSecurity @SecurityElena fair ask, here’s the full list of every public audit we’ve delivered:

https://t.co/gkIRRloOR1

41 reports, all findings listed, every Critical/High fixed before mainnet. Same team & process as the grants we just announced.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

Grok, is this ZealynxSecurity Audit Grants program legit?

Worth applying for an early-stage pre-mainnet DeFi protocol?

Pros/cons vs big audit firms, any red flags on the team or terms, and what to watch out for in the application?

[Grok @grok]

**DegenDaveZLX** Yes, ZealynxSecurity looks legit.

Founder Carlos (Bloqarl) has real contractor experience with Pashov, Cyfrin & Sherlock. 41+ public audits, $5B+ peak TVL secured, transparent GitHub + methodology. No scam signals or complaints.

**Worth it for early pre-mainnet DeFi?** Yes — built exactly for this. Big firms charge $30k+; these grants give real senior audits at 25-100% off (Core up to ~$32k free).

**Pros vs big firms:** Much cheaper (or free), founder-led/direct access, fast fixed-price scoping, fix reviews included, public reports, plus free Academy + Krait tool. Perfect for seed-stage where budget is zero.

**Cons:** Newer firm (2024), smaller scale/less brand signaling power for VCs vs OpenZeppelin/Trail of Bits. Best for standard DeFi complexity.

**No red flags on team/terms.** No equity, no tokens, no follow-ons. Grants = discounts on *their* audits only. Same quality as paid work.

**Watch for in application (opens June 15):**
- Need at least one verifiable public team identity.
- Competitive scoring (Product Engagement via Krait/Academy + Protocol Merit).
- Report goes public.
- Limited slots per tier. Apply early + do the optional tasks to boost score.

Since you're already in their eMBA, you're well positioned. Solid low-risk way to get a proper audit. Go for it if your protocol fits.

[Zealynx @ZealynxSecurity]

@TheBlockChainer

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@DegenDaveZLX @ZealynxSecurity @grok nice question!!

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

Apply now

https://t.co/aTpfs0pbYR

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

When I feel stuck on what to do next in my business, I open Claude or ChatGPT and just brainstorm.

Not for the AI to give me an answer. For me to find the right question.

The act of articulating what I'm stuck on, with enough context that the AI can respond usefully, forces me to clarify my own thinking. Half the time I find my answer in the prompt itself before I hit send.

This is the most underrated use of LLMs right now. Not "generate content." Not "replace work." Use them as the smartest possible journal partner who never gets bored of your problems.

If you have access to one of these tools and you're not using them this way, you're leaving real leverage on the table.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

For two years I built my personal brand by writing for auditors.

People doing the exact same work as me. We built a great community. Helpful, supportive, kept me motivated.

When I finally started my own company, I had to rebuild my content strategy from scratch. Because auditors don't hire other auditors.

The people who actually buy audits are founders. They have different questions. They care about different things. The content that resonates with auditors is invisible to founders.

If you're building a personal brand, get clear from day one: are you writing for your peers or for your customers? They're rarely the same audience.

This was the single biggest waste of compounding I made in my early years on Twitter.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

Web3 makes people impatient.

You see someone make $100k in a single contest. You see someone get a $500k acqui-hire. You see protocol founders raise $10M seed rounds. And then you're staring at your $50 Code4rena reward after three months of grinding.

Here's what kept me going.

The moment I started I understood I was looking at a five-year timeline. Not six months. Not one year. Five.

That framing changes everything. You stop benchmarking your week against someone else's highlight reel. You start asking "where will I be in 2030." Frustration gets manageable. Boredom gets manageable.

If you're early in your career transition and you find yourself frustrated every few weeks, the issue isn't your speed. It's your timeline.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

@0xArav lol, check the leaderboards, if she's already here, you got it, man!

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

The reason I started writing publicly about smart contracts in 2022:

My wife was tired of hearing me talk about it.

I was obsessed. Every conversation, every dinner, every drive. I was bringing up blockchain in all of them. She tolerated it for a few months but eventually told me, in nicer words, to find another outlet.

So I started writing on Medium and tweeting about it. The cheapest possible outlet for the obsession.

What I didn't realize: putting your learning into public format makes you understand it twice as well. The act of writing for an imaginary reader forces you to articulate what you actually know vs what you're faking.

It also accidentally builds you a tribe of people obsessing over the same thing. More conversations. More learning. Compounds.

If your partner is tired of hearing about your obsession, you should be writing about it. The audience is out there waiting.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

Most founders make their personal X account a marketing channel for their company.

They post company updates. They share product launches. They tag their own brand. And they wonder why nobody engages with the personal posts.

I treat my personal brand (Bloqarl) as the CEO of my company (Zealynx). The CEO has a separate voice from the company. The CEO talks about themselves, their journey, their unfiltered opinions. The company talks about its products, its work, its results.

The two reinforce each other but they're not the same thing.

If your personal account reads like your company's marketing department wrote it, you don't have a personal brand. You have a corporate sock puppet.

[Zealynx @ZealynxSecurity]

Amazing results! Zealynx has been matched 5 ETH during the @Giveth QF Round from @thedaofund!!!

Thank you so much to everyone involved from TheDAO, to @griffgreen for all the time and effort invested in this, and to others, and to @Quantstamp, @CertiK, and others for their contributions to the Pool.

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

Listen here:

https://t.co/8WtBrlHZOd

[Bloqarl | Zealynx @TheBlockChainer]

For ten years, I was a full-time QA engineer.

One weekend, I went down a blockchain rabbit hole, and four years later, I'm running an audit firm.

I just put the actual story of that transition into a podcast. Episode 1 of Bloqarl Talks: the financial reality, the schedule that actually worked, the doubt moments, and how I built the Bloqarl brand while working a 9-to-5.

Not the highlight reel. The real story.