Maofan Yin

Contributed to the theoretical development and practical implementation of the Avalanche consensus family, authoring proofs and implementation guidance that were integrated into AvalancheGo and related clients. The work on probabilistic finality bounds and sampling-based agreement mechanisms set concrete guarantees used by application-layer protocols. Participated in engineering efforts to tune network parameters, memory and CPU usage profiles, and peer sampling strategies for the client, affecting achievable throughput and transaction confirmation latency. These low-level engineering choices defined the temporal behavior of borrow, repay and liquidation transactions on Avalanche networks where BENQI deployed its smart contracts. Engaged with protocol teams and early integrators to document recommended parameters and failure modes, reducing integration risk for DeFi teams. The combination of formal proofs, client implementations and parameter recommendations delivered by these efforts directly impacted BENQI's operational assumptions regarding block finality, gas budgeting and the design of liquidation mechanisms in its markets.