
Gleb Barkhatov engineered robust staking, wallet integration, and asset management features across the babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and babylon-toolkit repositories. He delivered end-to-end workflows for Bitcoin and Cosmos-based staking, implementing React and TypeScript to build modular UI components, state management, and custom hooks. His work included backend integration for wallet connectivity, UTXO handling, and API-driven staking expansion, with careful attention to error handling, caching, and configuration management. Gleb also contributed Rust and WebAssembly bindings for Babylon’s TBV tooling, ensuring reliable cross-chain operations. His solutions emphasized maintainability, user experience, and system reliability, addressing complex blockchain requirements with disciplined dependency management.

2025-10 Monthly Summary — babylon-toolkit (babylonlabs-io/babylon-toolkit). Delivered impactful features across co-staking, TBV tooling, and BTC peg-in fee estimation, with backend/API improvements, frontend data integration, and stronger release safeguards. Focused on business value: accurate staking rewards, safer wasm releases, and cost-aware on-chain operations.
2025-10 Monthly Summary — babylon-toolkit (babylonlabs-io/babylon-toolkit). Delivered impactful features across co-staking, TBV tooling, and BTC peg-in fee estimation, with backend/API improvements, frontend data integration, and stronger release safeguards. Focused on business value: accurate staking rewards, safer wasm releases, and cost-aware on-chain operations.
September 2025 performance highlights across babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and babylonlabs-io/babylon-toolkit. Key features delivered include: 1) Staking Expansions UX and Reliability Overhaul (UTXO validation, expansion history ordering, centralized visibility rules, storage of broadcasted state, Activity processing improvements, and a clearer 'Expansion Pending' status banner). 2) Verified Stake Expansions UI and Timelock Renewal handling (prevent duplicate renewals; new verified UI). 3) Co-Staking (BABY with BTC) via feature flag and service with tests updated. 4) Keplr wallet branding update in Babylon Wallet Connector. 5) Dependency management and stability improvements to ensure reproducible builds (axios bump, dependency pinning, and lockfile alignment). Overall impact: improved staking UX and reliability, expanded product capabilities, branding consistency, and build stability. Technologies demonstrated: React/TypeScript UI work, service-layer enhancements, feature flags, verification flows, wallet branding asset management, and disciplined dependency management.
September 2025 performance highlights across babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and babylonlabs-io/babylon-toolkit. Key features delivered include: 1) Staking Expansions UX and Reliability Overhaul (UTXO validation, expansion history ordering, centralized visibility rules, storage of broadcasted state, Activity processing improvements, and a clearer 'Expansion Pending' status banner). 2) Verified Stake Expansions UI and Timelock Renewal handling (prevent duplicate renewals; new verified UI). 3) Co-Staking (BABY with BTC) via feature flag and service with tests updated. 4) Keplr wallet branding update in Babylon Wallet Connector. 5) Dependency management and stability improvements to ensure reproducible builds (axios bump, dependency pinning, and lockfile alignment). Overall impact: improved staking UX and reliability, expanded product capabilities, branding consistency, and build stability. Technologies demonstrated: React/TypeScript UI work, service-layer enhancements, feature flags, verification flows, wallet branding asset management, and disciplined dependency management.
In August 2025, delivered a comprehensive set of staking expansion enhancements in babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, focusing on user experience, reliability, and performance. Core work spanned UI/UX improvements for expansion, robust core expansion logic with caching and error handling, and essential bug fixes that stabilized the expansion workflow. Local storage enhancements and type definitions prepared the module for offline resilience and maintainability. The work enhances business value by enabling a smoother onboarding experience for staking expansion, reducing modal friction, and increasing system reliability during expansion operations.
In August 2025, delivered a comprehensive set of staking expansion enhancements in babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, focusing on user experience, reliability, and performance. Core work spanned UI/UX improvements for expansion, robust core expansion logic with caching and error handling, and essential bug fixes that stabilized the expansion workflow. Local storage enhancements and type definitions prepared the module for offline resilience and maintainability. The work enhances business value by enabling a smoother onboarding experience for staking expansion, reducing modal friction, and increasing system reliability during expansion operations.
July 2025 performance summary focused on stabilizing core staking flows while enabling Babylon network readiness through cross-repo enhancements. Key work includes a Wallet Connector dependency upgrade for stability and performance, integration of the Babylon client into the infrastructure with RPC URL configuration and TypeScript typings, and stake expansion features with a dedicated feature flag and API updates. In babylon-toolkit, the SDK staking capabilities for BTC and BABY tokens were expanded to support delegations, rewards, validators, and messaging for staking/unstaking/reward withdrawal, along with proto/TS surface area updates to enable stake expansion. Overall, these efforts improved system stability, expanded end-to-end staking functionality, and laid the groundwork for broader Babylon network interactions with a controlled rollout strategy.
July 2025 performance summary focused on stabilizing core staking flows while enabling Babylon network readiness through cross-repo enhancements. Key work includes a Wallet Connector dependency upgrade for stability and performance, integration of the Babylon client into the infrastructure with RPC URL configuration and TypeScript typings, and stake expansion features with a dedicated feature flag and API updates. In babylon-toolkit, the SDK staking capabilities for BTC and BABY tokens were expanded to support delegations, rewards, validators, and messaging for staking/unstaking/reward withdrawal, along with proto/TS surface area updates to enable stake expansion. Overall, these efforts improved system stability, expanded end-to-end staking functionality, and laid the groundwork for broader Babylon network interactions with a controlled rollout strategy.
June 2025 performance summary highlighting cross-project signing enhancements, reliability improvements, and user-focused UI updates across babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database. Focused on delivering business value through streamlined signing workflows, robust data handling, and upgraded wallet integration, supported by targeted bug fixes that reduce crashes and improve stability.
June 2025 performance summary highlighting cross-project signing enhancements, reliability improvements, and user-focused UI updates across babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database. Focused on delivering business value through streamlined signing workflows, robust data handling, and upgraded wallet integration, supported by targeted bug fixes that reduce crashes and improve stability.
May 2025 monthly summary focusing on feature delivery, stability improvements, and maintenance across two repos: LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database and babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Major outcomes include updated nanos2 device handling in the database app, extended PSBT signing options, and reduced risk/tech debt through dependency cleanup and upgrades. These changes enable more robust wallet operations, smoother advanced PSBT workflows, and a maintainable, secure tech stack for upcoming releases.
May 2025 monthly summary focusing on feature delivery, stability improvements, and maintenance across two repos: LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database and babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Major outcomes include updated nanos2 device handling in the database app, extended PSBT signing options, and reduced risk/tech debt through dependency cleanup and upgrades. These changes enable more robust wallet operations, smoother advanced PSBT workflows, and a maintainable, secure tech stack for upcoming releases.
April 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments across two repos: babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database. Delivered business value by improving wallet integration security and expanding asset-management capabilities, while demonstrating strong execution in upgrade paths, data modeling, and cross-repo collaboration.
April 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments across two repos: babylonlabs-io/simple-staking and LedgerHQ/ledger-app-database. Delivered business value by improving wallet integration security and expanding asset-management capabilities, while demonstrating strong execution in upgrade paths, data modeling, and cross-repo collaboration.
March 2025 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking: Delivered key wallet integration and resilient network/config enhancements that improve reliability, developer experience, and business value. Changes enable smoother Cosmos wallet interactions, better testnet/devnet handling, and environment-driven configuration, reducing manual steps and enabling faster iterations.
March 2025 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking: Delivered key wallet integration and resilient network/config enhancements that improve reliability, developer experience, and business value. Changes enable smoother Cosmos wallet interactions, better testnet/devnet handling, and environment-driven configuration, reducing manual steps and enabling faster iterations.
February 2025: Delivered key wallet integration enhancements and connectivity reliability for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Implemented BTC WalletConnection Change Listener for responsive wallet changes, upgraded the Tomo wallet connector to the latest version for better third-party wallet compatibility, and updated Babylon Testnet RPC/LCD endpoints to nodes.guru to ensure stable testnet access. These changes improve onboarding speed, reduce connection failures, and strengthen testnet reliability, with clear traceability to committed changes.
February 2025: Delivered key wallet integration enhancements and connectivity reliability for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Implemented BTC WalletConnection Change Listener for responsive wallet changes, upgraded the Tomo wallet connector to the latest version for better third-party wallet compatibility, and updated Babylon Testnet RPC/LCD endpoints to nodes.guru to ensure stable testnet access. These changes improve onboarding speed, reduce connection failures, and strengthen testnet reliability, with clear traceability to committed changes.
January 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments, top features delivered, major bugs fixed, and overall impact across three repositories: chainapsis/keplr-chain-registry, babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, and cosmos/chain-registry. The month delivered cross-repo improvements that enhance testnet readiness, wallet connectivity, and network reliability, while maintaining branding consistency and continuous maintenance.
January 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments, top features delivered, major bugs fixed, and overall impact across three repositories: chainapsis/keplr-chain-registry, babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, and cosmos/chain-registry. The month delivered cross-repo improvements that enhance testnet readiness, wallet connectivity, and network reliability, while maintaining branding consistency and continuous maintenance.
December 2024 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking: Delivered critical wallet integration enhancements, introduced dual-network support, and refreshed dependencies to improve stability, security, and scalability. Focused on delivering business value through robust wallet connectivity, multi-network readiness, and maintainable dependencies.
December 2024 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking: Delivered critical wallet integration enhancements, introduced dual-network support, and refreshed dependencies to improve stability, security, and scalability. Focused on delivering business value through robust wallet connectivity, multi-network readiness, and maintainable dependencies.
November 2024 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Key feature delivery focused on user-facing staking workflow improvements. Delivered Staking Workflow UI Modals and Status Tracking, including PendingVerificationModal for verification feedback and an Express of Interest (EOI) modal with step-based staking consents. Implemented PendingVerificationModal integration with a delegation-status hook to track transaction hashes for real-time user feedback. No major bugs documented this month; stability maintained. Impact: clearer, faster staking decisions, reduced user friction during verification, and improved visibility of the on-chain verification/status flow. Technologies/skills demonstrated: frontend UI component design (modals), hook-driven state tracking, modular frontend architecture, and Git-based traceability with commit references 5c8943f36ccc4c730d1f9f42bb80e595493de0b1 and ac956599197eda5d03743188d3f0abd367377694.
November 2024 monthly summary for babylonlabs-io/simple-staking. Key feature delivery focused on user-facing staking workflow improvements. Delivered Staking Workflow UI Modals and Status Tracking, including PendingVerificationModal for verification feedback and an Express of Interest (EOI) modal with step-based staking consents. Implemented PendingVerificationModal integration with a delegation-status hook to track transaction hashes for real-time user feedback. No major bugs documented this month; stability maintained. Impact: clearer, faster staking decisions, reduced user friction during verification, and improved visibility of the on-chain verification/status flow. Technologies/skills demonstrated: frontend UI component design (modals), hook-driven state tracking, modular frontend architecture, and Git-based traceability with commit references 5c8943f36ccc4c730d1f9f42bb80e595493de0b1 and ac956599197eda5d03743188d3f0abd367377694.
Month 2024-10 — Delivered a user-facing Asset Filtering feature for stakable balance in babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, with UX enhancements and tight integration into wallet connection and UTXO fetching logic. Implemented user-controlled filtering to exclude Bitcoin Ordinals, NFTs, Runes, and inscriptions from the stakable balance, plus a session-scoped UX improvement to show the Filter Ordinals modal only once per session via localStorage. This reduces user friction and staking errors, while preserving data consistency and maintainability.
Month 2024-10 — Delivered a user-facing Asset Filtering feature for stakable balance in babylonlabs-io/simple-staking, with UX enhancements and tight integration into wallet connection and UTXO fetching logic. Implemented user-controlled filtering to exclude Bitcoin Ordinals, NFTs, Runes, and inscriptions from the stakable balance, plus a session-scoped UX improvement to show the Filter Ordinals modal only once per session via localStorage. This reduces user friction and staking errors, while preserving data consistency and maintainability.
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