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Kadan Stadelmann is the Chief Technology Officer of Komodo, a blockchain platform and cross-chain trading technology provider whose ecosystem was acquired by Gleec in December 2025.
He is a blockchain developer and operations security specialist who also uses the handle ca333. Before crypto he worked in operations security in the government sector in Austria. He has been involved in blockchain technology since 2011 and joined Komodo's core developer team in 2016. He is known as the technical lead behind Komodo Wallet, formerly AtomicDEX, which combines a non-custodial multi-coin wallet with an atomic swap decentralized exchange.
In August 2021 he demonstrated the first KMD/ARRR trade on the DEX. His public commentary focuses on bridge-free cross-chain trading, self-custody, security and financial inclusion.
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Key points
- Komodo focuses on blockchain interoperability to connect different protocols natively and reduce isolated silos in the ecosystem.
- Non-custodial wallets and decentralized exchanges do not automatically guarantee security without open-source code and independent audits.
- 2022 crypto failures stemmed from trust-based systems incompatible with crypto's core principles, similar to historical banking crises.
- Wallet security requires both provider responsibility through open-sourcing and regular third-party audits, plus ongoing security processes.
- Most popular wallets remain closed-source despite non-custodial claims, creating privacy concerns and upstream security vulnerabilities for users.
In their own words
“Always assume you're already infiltrated, already hacked, that there's a hacker in your development firm or on your developers' computers.”
“2022 is a huge year for us because we're finally removing the beta and testing tags from the software.”
“As soon as you have a trust requirement, the purpose of this technology is defeated.”
“Technically, you could exchange anything, even knowledge, with this type of technology.”
Every appearance on Crypto Coin Show
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