Independent research studio

Gabriel Rondon

I investigate cryptography, sustainable infrastructure, and tools for sovereign builders. Each project balances rigor with creative prototyping so the work can ship, not just circulate in PDFs.

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Upcoming & published work

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Identity & Compliance Protocol draft

RQ-014 — x402-K Credentials

Turns HTTP 401 into a declarative KYC/AML challenge with verifiable credentials, facilitators, and nonce-bound grants.

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Agentic Web Perception study

RQ-013 — x402 Payments

Reclaims HTTP 402 as a payment challenge so agents can settle per-request fees using structured headers and proofs.

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Security Strategy KPIs released

RQ-010 — Cybersecurity KPIs

Executive + operational metrics that quantify protected value, resilience, and program health with repeatable math.

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Traceability Standards Spec v0.1

RQ-008 — DFID Standard

Drafting a global identifier namespace that maps local farm IDs to GS1/EPCIS and EU Digital Product Passport expectations.

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Real Assets Blueprint

RQ-004 — Fractional Farmland Access

Combines PRA+CIR legal tools with FIAGRO/token rails to open farmland slices to smaller investors without losing custody.

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Supply Chain Finance Lifecycle spec

RQ-003 — Traceability Tokens

Anchors commodity financing to GS1 EPCIS checkpoints so soy export tokens stay synchronized with physical inventory.

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Distributed Systems Working paper

RQ-002 — The Circuit Model

A storage-agnostic event model for distributed coordination with deterministic merges, zk-friendly payloads, and adapter-driven deployments.

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Need a tailored brief, diligence report, or on-chain experiment? Drafts typically ship in two-week sprints with open Notion workspaces and recorded synth sessions.