In this episode of Unshielded: A Blockchain & Data Podcast by Midnight, host Lauren Lee is joined by Luca Cosivi, Head of Open-Source at OpenZeppelin, to dive into what ‘secure by default’ really means in smart contract development and why open source is still the most scalable development strategy in Web3.

What You’ll Learn:

How to adopt battle-tested smart contract standards from day one
Why being present early in new ecosystems accelerates developer adoption and ecosystem security
The education-first playbook for onboarding developers to secure coding practices
How privacy fundamentally reshapes blockchain security conversations and monitoring
Why contributing to open source starts with curiosity

Luca Cosivi is the Head of Open-Source at OpenZeppelin, the global leader in securing blockchain applications and smart contract systems. With five years of experience building on and around Ethereum, Luca brings deep expertise in open-source developer tools and smart contract security standards. At OpenZeppelin, he leads the expansion of battle-tested contract libraries and developer tools across multiple ecosystems, including Ethereum, StarkNet, Stellar, Sui, and the privacy-preserving Midnight network, where OpenZeppelin has been contributing over the past year.

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Episode Resources:

Luca Cosivi on LinkedIn
OpenZeppelin Website
Lauren Lee on LinkedIn
Midnight Network Website
Midnight Foundation Website