I design financial products, then I build them. Head of product @alpinetradex. Prev @pyefinance @obolnetwork @makerdao @ratedw3b @LSEGplc @valoremxyz @kodex_io
Berlin, Germany
Joined July 2012
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Spent two weeks building a new portfolio: a 3D room on a spaceship.
Sit at my desk, use my computer, browse my work. There's a robot called Milo, a gravity switch, and a button you shouldn't press.
Blender, Figma, three.js, ChatGPT, Claude.
urquhart.design (laptop)
Two years building validator DeFi at Pye. We shipped real products, 120+ validators used our tools, and the market still moved under us.
Hardest call in a startup: stop polishing the thesis and go re-run discovery.
60+ calls later, the real problem was credit. Nov 9.
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I got bad RSI in the middle of a big launch month
@WisprFlow has been carrying me: Slack, Linear tickets and coding prompts, all by voice, genuinely don't know how I'd have shipped this month without it
My product of the month, 5*
This year I designed and built Speedstake at @pyefinance: a widget that lets Solana stakers sell their future rewards for SOL, today.
Design, frontend, five bug blitzes, launch.
I wrote up how we did it, with the real widget you can try:
urquhart.design/work/speedst…
Before release, run a bug blitz: the whole team tries to break it for 30 minutes.
Made a free tool for it. Everyone says what broke, in plain words.
Export, and @claudeai files the tickets in @linear. Nothing's created until you approve.
No sign-up: urquhart.design/bugblitz
How it works: urquhart.design/bugblitz/doc…
Open source: github.com/DanUrq/bugblitz
Theres a live blitz for Bug Blitz itself, if you want to try breaking it: urquhart.design/bugblitz#/r/…
Wrote up how my spaceship portfolio was built.
Blender → three.js, a computer you can actually use, and a hyperdrive that didn't need to exist.
I wanted it to feel like my actual space, not another grid of projects. Went overkill on the details.
urquhart.design/os/work/merl…
Spent two weeks building a new portfolio: a 3D room on a spaceship.
Sit at my desk, use my computer, browse my work. There's a robot called Milo, a gravity switch, and a button you shouldn't press.
Blender, Figma, three.js, ChatGPT, Claude.
urquhart.design (laptop)
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
85% of SOL staked does not have access to DeFi. Speedstake by Pye offers native stakers new strategies by getting paid rewards upfront:
1. Hedge $SOL price with stables
2. Fund operating costs without touching principal (protocols, DAOs, validators)
3. Bridge funding
4. Reinvest in other opportunities
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
I want to give a shoutout to our entire team @DanielUrq @fredericbry @annavladi @0xGalactica @eash0x, @AnthropicAI. Those here with us today and those that are not here (fable 5 rip). The future looks bright! ☀️🥧
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
I'm really proud of our team. Today we launched pye.fi/speedstake, a new app on Solana that lets you sell you future staking rewards.
We're launching with 60+ validators, 3 maturities and can absorb up to $500k worth of SOL deposits right now!
🧵
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
Speedstake is live. A first of its kind, Solana-exclusive app where stakers can sell future staking rewards for SOL. Get your rewards today with 60+ Validators 🧵
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
Pye is in Miami this week 🌴
We're attending @consensus2026, @SolanaEvents and hosting Coffee With Pye - where we're demoing a new DeFi product for validators.
If you stake, validate, or build in DeFi, come through.
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Daniel Urquhart retweeted
stakeutils.com is live -- a visual dev tool for working with @Solana stake accounts.
It currently supports:
✅ Splitting
✅ Activating/Deactivating
✅ Transferring (withdraw, staker)
@DanielUrq and I have spent a lot of time working with stake accounts, so we decided to open-source an internal tool that was making our lives easier.
Source code: github.com/pyefi/pye-stake-u…
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
Introducing Pye CLI V2: Configurable Rewards 🚀
Validators can now:
- Share block rewards (SIMD-228)
- Override public commissions
- Attract & retain stake by offering higher rewards
Read the docs: docs.pye.fi/validators/optio…
/🧵👇
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
SOL staking is getting PT/YT.
@pyefinance splits validator staking into a Principal Token and a Reward Token. Both tradable onchain. Stakers get flexibility on positions that were previously static.
We're participating in Pye's early beta, bringing our validator perspective into how programmable staking markets are designed before they scale.
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
Introducing the Pye Validator Dashboard.
A new app where validators can configure rewards, manage lockups, and track performance, all without touching the Solana CLI.
120+ validators supported 🥧
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
1/2 Glad to announce our partnership with @pyefinance, a protocol for managing and trading stake accounts on @solana.
Details: everstake.one/resources/blog…
With this partnership, $SOL delegators will access more competitive rewards, validators will attract TVL, and the network itself will become more fair and decentralized.
Daniel Urquhart retweeted
Hylo will be available as an eligible validator for delegation on Pye at launch.
As one of the fastest growing DeFi protocols on Solana, @hylo_so’s validator will be among the first available on the platform. Expanding validator choice is a core part of building open staking infrastructure on Solana.
