Raffi Krikorian

Led the engineering efforts to move Orchid from prototype to production, making the OXT token usable in consumer environments. Key deliverables included designing and supervising scalable relay node infrastructure, defining client‑server interactions for bandwidth purchase, and integrating on‑chain payment flows into native mobile and desktop clients. These engineering deliverables converted protocol specifications into deployable systems that generate and consume OXT in live traffic. Managed operational decisions such as node discovery, certificate handling, relayer economics parameters and telemetry that determined uptime and reliability for Orchid tunnels. Engineering choices about client UX for staking and payment channels directly influenced user adoption and the velocity at which OXT circulated across relayers and exchanges. Directed audits, monitoring and incident response processes that shaped trust assumptions for exchange custodians and enterprise partners. By translating protocol primitives into robust production components and operational SLAs, the engineering leadership materially affected the real‑world utility and perceived risk profile of OXT as a marketable token.