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I'm Merul Dhiman
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8 years in the game. Leading Software Architect , specializing in cryptography and cyber security . Co-Founder & CEO - Ensombl . Building in fraud prevention for 6 years . Best-selling course creator with 200,000+ Students across Udemy & Alison

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My Companies

  1. CEO & Co-Founder, Ensombl

    At Ensombl we build end-to-end fraud prevention software for trade and supply chain.

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  2. CEO & CTO, Co-Founder, AuvoDigital

    Co-founded AuvoDigital in Tallinn, Estonia, first as CTO & Co-Founder and then stepping into the CEO seat. Directed development and customer relations across the MetaState project with eCommons and the Orobo Digital Product Passport, and shaped Auvo into a VC and DID-as-a-service platform. The company was part of the Tenity Singapore accelerator (the reason I fell in love with Singapore).

  3. CTO & Co-Founder, Tangle Labs

    Led tech on NGDIL, a UNESCO project that went on to win multiple awards and became the reference SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) demo for the ecosystem. During this time I also authored the IRC-27 NFT metadata standard on IOTA, the reference NFT spec across the IOTA ecosystem for years.

  4. Senior Software Engineer, Croply

    Where my journey into fraud prevention and trust systems began.

  5. Freelance Software Engineer, Coodos

    Delivered full-stack software for clients across Europe and the Middle East under my freelance brand, Coodos.

Publications

  1. IRC-27: IOTA NFT Metadata Standard

    Authored the IRC-27 NFT metadata standard for the IOTA ecosystem (TIP proposal under the IOTA Foundation). The spec served as the canonical NFT metadata format on IOTA for multiple years and powered NFTs across the ecosystem. Following the recent IOTA Rebased migration it is no longer the active standard, but it was the reference NFT spec for years.

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  2. Astrofacts 101

    When I was 11 I was extremely passionate about astronomy and astrophysics but I found the topic to be full of jargon which was difficult for the 11 year old me to understand. I ended up writing a book that captured the main topics of astronomy while keeping it jargon-free for amateurs. P.S. it took me 3 years to find a publisher after I wrote it. ISBN: 9789351137849.

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About Me

A learner, an author, an entrepreneur and a passionate software architect. 5× mentor for Google Summer of Code, Finalist for Google Code-in, Best-Selling Course creator with 200,000+ students across Udemy and Alison.

My work has found its way from full-chain traceability systems in Europe, to cargo ship tracking systems in the Middle East and decentralized web3 experiences.

I have spent the better part of my career deep in cyber security and fraud prevention. From building Self-Sovereign Identity infrastructure at Tangle Labs, where I led tech on NGDIL (a UNESCO project that became the reference SSI demo and won multiple awards), to architecting end-to-end fraud prevention software for trade and supply chain at Ensombl. Cryptography, trust systems, and making sure bad actors can't game the system is what gets me out of bed in the morning.

Outside of work, I'm happiest with a dog beside me, a book in hand, or writing about whatever is on my mind. But most of all, I love spending time with my wife, Annie, she's my favourite person.

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