Lefteris Karapetsas
Ethereum developer and the founder of Rotki
Germany
About
Lefteris Karapetsas is an Ethereum developer and the founder of Rotki, an open-source tool for portfolio tracking, analytics, accounting, and tax reporting. He was a key contributor to the Gnosis protocol. Lefteris advocates for transparency, user data privacy, and open-source financial resources. He has assigned 40,000 GTC tokens to the Lefteris.eth address on Gitcoin. Quick Facts Full name Lefteris Karapetsas Birth 1980, Germany Nationality German Education MSc from The University of Tokyo Wife/Partner Married Net worth Estimated in millions On the Diva governance platform, Karapetsas possesses substantial voting power of 13.53 million tokens, equating to 135.32% of the required quorum. This implies his engaged involvement in managing several crypto initiatives. Lefteris Karapetsas - Career Highlights & Events • 2016 – Joined Gnosis as a core Ethereum developer • 2018 – Focused on DeFi privacy and wallet integrations • 2019 – Founded Rotki, a privacy-respecting crypto portfolio tracker • 2020 – Open-sourced Rotki and built a strong GitHub community • 2021 – Advocated for DeFi user data sovereignty • 2022 – Added NFT and tax reporting tools to Rotki • 2023 – Partnered with DAOs and privacy protocols for ethical finance With a background in smart contract development and decentralized finance, he is dedicated to building tools that enable users while safeguarding their information. His work connects technical precision with ethical principles in crypto analytics. Useful Links to Connect With Lefteris Karapetsas Platform Link X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/lefterisjp LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/lefteriskarapetsas Rotki website https://rotki.com Github profile https://github.com/lefterisjp
Awards
- Blockchain Builders EU2023 - Contributor to Financial Data Ethics
- Ethereum Weekly2022 - Top 100 Crypto Developers
- Web3 Privacy Summit2021 - Most Ethical Crypto Tool Award
- Crypto Privacy Forum2020 - Innovator in Data Privacy in DeFi
- DevCon Ethereum2019 - Top Open Source Crypto Project
FAQs
- Founder of Rotki and former Gnosis dev.