
Ziga Kokelj engineered secure, scalable backend systems for the ten-protocol/go-ten repository, focusing on authentication, session key management, and deployment resilience. He implemented CosmosDB-backed storage with encrypted session key activity, automated fund recovery, and robust multi-session key workflows, addressing asset safety and user trust. Using Go and TypeScript, Ziga enhanced API authentication, introduced cookie-based login, and enforced security best practices such as TLS hardening and HTTP security headers. His work included Docker-based deployment automation, CI/CD improvements, and detailed observability through structured logging. These contributions improved reliability, maintainability, and security, laying a strong foundation for multi-user and multi-network environments.
March 2026 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Key feature delivered: Gateway Refactor and Renaming for multi-user support; updated configs, Dockerfiles, and docs to reflect new naming and architecture, enabling multi-user capabilities. No major bugs fixed this month; focus on refactor and groundwork for scalability. Overall impact: improved architecture clarity, maintainability, and scalability; business value includes easier onboarding, reduced future rework, and foundation for multi-user deployment. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Go codebase changes, refactor strategy, configuration and deployment updates (configs, Dockerfiles), documentation, and multi-user architecture design.
March 2026 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Key feature delivered: Gateway Refactor and Renaming for multi-user support; updated configs, Dockerfiles, and docs to reflect new naming and architecture, enabling multi-user capabilities. No major bugs fixed this month; focus on refactor and groundwork for scalability. Overall impact: improved architecture clarity, maintainability, and scalability; business value includes easier onboarding, reduced future rework, and foundation for multi-user deployment. Technologies/skills demonstrated: Go codebase changes, refactor strategy, configuration and deployment updates (configs, Dockerfiles), documentation, and multi-user architecture design.
February 2026 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Focused on improving security posture and developer onboarding through documentation and security hardening of the TEN and RPC gateways. Key business value delivered includes clearer architecture and authentication guidance for the TEN Gateway and strengthened defense against information leakage in the RPC Gateway via HTTP security headers. These efforts set a foundation for maintainability and future security enhancements across the repository.
February 2026 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Focused on improving security posture and developer onboarding through documentation and security hardening of the TEN and RPC gateways. Key business value delivered includes clearer architecture and authentication guidance for the TEN Gateway and strengthened defense against information leakage in the RPC Gateway via HTTP security headers. These efforts set a foundation for maintainability and future security enhancements across the repository.
January 2026 highlights security hardening, reliability, and resilience for ten-protocol/go-ten. Delivered encryption of session key activity in CosmosDB with a backup encryption key recovery endpoint to improve data security and recovery options. Implemented rate limiting on the /join endpoint and integrated Intel PCS attestation for verifications, strengthening onboarding security and compliance. Enhanced tests for session key deletion and fund recovery to ensure reliable detection of recovery scenarios. These changes reduce attack surface, improve data protection, and increase system resilience across key management workflows.
January 2026 highlights security hardening, reliability, and resilience for ten-protocol/go-ten. Delivered encryption of session key activity in CosmosDB with a backup encryption key recovery endpoint to improve data security and recovery options. Implemented rate limiting on the /join endpoint and integrated Intel PCS attestation for verifications, strengthening onboarding security and compliance. Enhanced tests for session key deletion and fund recovery to ensure reliable detection of recovery scenarios. These changes reduce attack surface, improve data protection, and increase system resilience across key management workflows.
2025-12 Monthly Summary — ten-protocol/go-ten. Focused on delivering security-driven session management, enhanced authentication, and improved observability to drive business value through reliability, security, and developer productivity. Key features delivered: - Session Key Lifecycle and Funds Recovery: Implemented a CosmosDB-backed storage approach to track, persist, and automatically recover funds on session key deletion or expiration. Tightens security and reduces manual recovery work. Commits: ccacf477ee34214042ced2350b0092b85d7017d3; fb38a3d5395575a0d2fd5526086d7b4a7e96d1a0. - User Authentication System Improvements: Added default public access in ExecAuth and strengthened the authentication flow for multiple account scenarios, reducing friction and improving security. Commits: f9784fe48bcc848ac78940ab70589c70232d3275; 1b991b0dcb3ccc105a80eeef25712ce35ed6e340. - Observability, Logging, and Error Robustness: Implemented structured logging, sanitized sensitive data in logs, reduced log noise, and prevented panics during audit message printing, improving reliability and troubleshooting. Commits: c27ec5b77ec2e190a7be2ba2a3497cab0e76afed; 576be15442cbaf829e791a3d64d4817712aad554; f6c501734a8cd3aee571ae031a927c727afa2e9b; 0a8038f577f0274898ea17be381f8ae2478fd645. Major bugs fixed: - Gateway authentication improved to handle repeated sign-ins with the same account, reducing login failures and edge-case inconsistencies. Commit: (see related items under User Authentication System Improvements).
2025-12 Monthly Summary — ten-protocol/go-ten. Focused on delivering security-driven session management, enhanced authentication, and improved observability to drive business value through reliability, security, and developer productivity. Key features delivered: - Session Key Lifecycle and Funds Recovery: Implemented a CosmosDB-backed storage approach to track, persist, and automatically recover funds on session key deletion or expiration. Tightens security and reduces manual recovery work. Commits: ccacf477ee34214042ced2350b0092b85d7017d3; fb38a3d5395575a0d2fd5526086d7b4a7e96d1a0. - User Authentication System Improvements: Added default public access in ExecAuth and strengthened the authentication flow for multiple account scenarios, reducing friction and improving security. Commits: f9784fe48bcc848ac78940ab70589c70232d3275; 1b991b0dcb3ccc105a80eeef25712ce35ed6e340. - Observability, Logging, and Error Robustness: Implemented structured logging, sanitized sensitive data in logs, reduced log noise, and prevented panics during audit message printing, improving reliability and troubleshooting. Commits: c27ec5b77ec2e190a7be2ba2a3497cab0e76afed; 576be15442cbaf829e791a3d64d4817712aad554; f6c501734a8cd3aee571ae031a927c727afa2e9b; 0a8038f577f0274898ea17be381f8ae2478fd645. Major bugs fixed: - Gateway authentication improved to handle repeated sign-ins with the same account, reducing login failures and edge-case inconsistencies. Commit: (see related items under User Authentication System Improvements).
November 2025 (2025-11) – Monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten. Focused on security and asset safety through session key lifecycle improvements. Implemented expiration for session keys and automatic recovery of funds from expired session keys back to the user’s primary account, reducing the risk of funds being trapped and simplifying fund management for users. This work enhances the overall security model and aligns with product goals around robust session security and user trust.
November 2025 (2025-11) – Monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten. Focused on security and asset safety through session key lifecycle improvements. Implemented expiration for session keys and automatic recovery of funds from expired session keys back to the user’s primary account, reducing the risk of funds being trapped and simplifying fund management for users. This work enhances the overall security model and aligns with product goals around robust session security and user trust.
October 2025 (2025-10) monthly summary for go-ten: Delivered security, configurability, API usability, and observability improvements for ten-protocol/go-ten. Highlights include Wallet Extension Security Enhancements with HTTP headers and HTTPS redirects, environment-driven Chain ID configuration for flexible deployments, API Authentication: support tokens in URL path for JSON-RPC robustness, and TLS log noise reduction with a custom error log writer to improve operational clarity. These changes strengthen security posture, enable easier deployments, improve client experience, and enhance observability. Technologies and skills demonstrated include Go security headers, HTTPS, ACME compatibility, environment-based configuration, JSON-RPC token handling, and TLS log customization.
October 2025 (2025-10) monthly summary for go-ten: Delivered security, configurability, API usability, and observability improvements for ten-protocol/go-ten. Highlights include Wallet Extension Security Enhancements with HTTP headers and HTTPS redirects, environment-driven Chain ID configuration for flexible deployments, API Authentication: support tokens in URL path for JSON-RPC robustness, and TLS log noise reduction with a custom error log writer to improve operational clarity. These changes strengthen security posture, enable easier deployments, improve client experience, and enhance observability. Technologies and skills demonstrated include Go security headers, HTTPS, ACME compatibility, environment-based configuration, JSON-RPC token handling, and TLS log customization.
September 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on delivering secure, scalable backend capabilities and reliable testnet infrastructure. Key features and improvements implemented this month: - Multi-session key management for dApps with per-user, per-dApp session keys, lifecycle visibility via createdAt timestamps, and persistence across CosmosDB and SQLite. - Robust encryption key management, prioritizing unsealing existing keys before generating/exchanging new keys and adding a backup mechanism to safeguard keys during rotation. - Testnet chain ID differentiation and environment reliability, including unique chain IDs per testnet, propagation to dependent services (e.g., faucet), and fixes to UAT/testnet chain ID configurations for reliable testing. - CI/CD workflow consolidation and build environment improvements to streamline image builds, with fixes for enclave Azure HSM path. - TLS security hardening in the wallet extension to disable 3DES (SWEET32), enforce TLS 1.3, and prioritize modern cipher suites to improve secure communications. Overall, these efforts reduce risk, improve security posture, and accelerate development and testing cycles by delivering reliable test environments, hardened cryptography, and streamlined deployment pipelines.
September 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on delivering secure, scalable backend capabilities and reliable testnet infrastructure. Key features and improvements implemented this month: - Multi-session key management for dApps with per-user, per-dApp session keys, lifecycle visibility via createdAt timestamps, and persistence across CosmosDB and SQLite. - Robust encryption key management, prioritizing unsealing existing keys before generating/exchanging new keys and adding a backup mechanism to safeguard keys during rotation. - Testnet chain ID differentiation and environment reliability, including unique chain IDs per testnet, propagation to dependent services (e.g., faucet), and fixes to UAT/testnet chain ID configurations for reliable testing. - CI/CD workflow consolidation and build environment improvements to streamline image builds, with fixes for enclave Azure HSM path. - TLS security hardening in the wallet extension to disable 3DES (SWEET32), enforce TLS 1.3, and prioritize modern cipher suites to improve secure communications. Overall, these efforts reduce risk, improve security posture, and accelerate development and testing cycles by delivering reliable test environments, hardened cryptography, and streamlined deployment pipelines.
August 2025: Delivered secure HTTP cookie-based user authentication with token management, introduced environment-variable-driven chain ID configuration for multi-network deployments, and improved security/reliability with centralized token context and updated CORS. Focused on hardening authentication, simplifying environment configuration, and enabling scalable deployments across networks. No major bugs fixed this month; primary value came from feature delivery and deployment flexibility across the ten-protocol/go-ten repo.
August 2025: Delivered secure HTTP cookie-based user authentication with token management, introduced environment-variable-driven chain ID configuration for multi-network deployments, and improved security/reliability with centralized token context and updated CORS. Focused on hardening authentication, simplifying environment configuration, and enabling scalable deployments across networks. No major bugs fixed this month; primary value came from feature delivery and deployment flexibility across the ten-protocol/go-ten repo.
July 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on delivering robust gateway capabilities, improved observability, and actionable metrics that drive reliability and business value. The work emphasizes deploy-time stability, run-time performance, automated security tooling, and enhanced analytics, with strong emphasis on Go-based implementations, Docker tooling, and CI/CD improvements.
July 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on delivering robust gateway capabilities, improved observability, and actionable metrics that drive reliability and business value. The work emphasizes deploy-time stability, run-time performance, automated security tooling, and enhanced analytics, with strong emphasis on Go-based implementations, Docker tooling, and CI/CD improvements.
Monthly performance summary for 2025-05 focusing on the go-ten repository (ten-protocol/go-ten). Highlights include delivery of new gateway key source management, scalable analytics metrics improvements, frontend resilience fixes, a new session key address listing endpoint, and enabling unauthenticated access for contract code retrieval. Emphasis on robustness, scalability, security considerations, and developer tooling improvements.
Monthly performance summary for 2025-05 focusing on the go-ten repository (ten-protocol/go-ten). Highlights include delivery of new gateway key source management, scalable analytics metrics improvements, frontend resilience fixes, a new session key address listing endpoint, and enabling unauthenticated access for contract code retrieval. Emphasis on robustness, scalability, security considerations, and developer tooling improvements.
April 2025: Delivered three core features across backend, frontend, and CLI; fixed critical verification and UI bugs; improved security, visibility, and developer ergonomics. Outcomes include more reliable EIP712 verification in gateway, clearer Tenscan contract displays, and smoother key management workflows, reducing risk and support overhead for customers.
April 2025: Delivered three core features across backend, frontend, and CLI; fixed critical verification and UI bugs; improved security, visibility, and developer ergonomics. Outcomes include more reliable EIP712 verification in gateway, clearer Tenscan contract displays, and smoother key management workflows, reducing risk and support overhead for customers.
February 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Reliability and deployment resilience improvements across gas estimation and gateway deployment. Delivered fixes with clear business impact, improving transaction correctness, uptime, and debugging efficiency.
February 2025 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten: Reliability and deployment resilience improvements across gas estimation and gateway deployment. Delivered fixes with clear business impact, improving transaction correctness, uptime, and debugging efficiency.
2025-01 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on business value and technical achievements. Highlights include reliability improvements in RPC paths, expanded analytics and observability, deployment flexibility for caching, and privacy and security enhancements across logging and cross-chain validation. The work demonstrates strong engineering discipline in reliability, data integrity, and security while enabling better product insights for stakeholders.
2025-01 monthly summary for ten-protocol/go-ten focusing on business value and technical achievements. Highlights include reliability improvements in RPC paths, expanded analytics and observability, deployment flexibility for caching, and privacy and security enhancements across logging and cross-chain validation. The work demonstrates strong engineering discipline in reliability, data integrity, and security while enabling better product insights for stakeholders.
December 2024 highlights for ten-protocol/go-ten. Delivered key features that strengthen security, reliability, and developer UX, fixed critical integration gaps, and enhanced deployment resilience. Key features include TLS and certificate management for the wallet extension with enclave-generated certificates, encrypted storage in CosmosDB, and a configurable toggle for certificate encryption. Deployment workflow improvements enable VM recreation, proper handling of persistent volumes, public IPs, DNS names, and ensured deployments pull the latest images. UX improvements include automatic wallet UI refresh on new accounts and improved event listener cleanup. Token retrieval was refactored to use localStorage. A robust data-update path was added with ETag-based retry (up to 3 attempts) to handle concurrent modifications.
December 2024 highlights for ten-protocol/go-ten. Delivered key features that strengthen security, reliability, and developer UX, fixed critical integration gaps, and enhanced deployment resilience. Key features include TLS and certificate management for the wallet extension with enclave-generated certificates, encrypted storage in CosmosDB, and a configurable toggle for certificate encryption. Deployment workflow improvements enable VM recreation, proper handling of persistent volumes, public IPs, DNS names, and ensured deployments pull the latest images. UX improvements include automatic wallet UI refresh on new accounts and improved event listener cleanup. Token retrieval was refactored to use localStorage. A robust data-update path was added with ETag-based retry (up to 3 attempts) to handle concurrent modifications.
November 2024 — Delivered security, data integrity, observability, and deployment reliability improvements for ten-protocol/go-ten. Migrated gateway storage to Azure Cosmos DB with in-data encryption (enclave-generated keys) and ETag-based concurrency to prevent race conditions. Implemented secure enclave key exchange and enclave deployment. Consolidated gateway logging and deployment configuration to enable logs, verbose mode, and reproducible builds across gateway and wallet extension tooling. Strengthened CI/CD and testing environment with deployment fixes and test adjustments to accelerate iteration. Business value: improved data security, reliability, and release velocity.
November 2024 — Delivered security, data integrity, observability, and deployment reliability improvements for ten-protocol/go-ten. Migrated gateway storage to Azure Cosmos DB with in-data encryption (enclave-generated keys) and ETag-based concurrency to prevent race conditions. Implemented secure enclave key exchange and enclave deployment. Consolidated gateway logging and deployment configuration to enable logs, verbose mode, and reproducible builds across gateway and wallet extension tooling. Strengthened CI/CD and testing environment with deployment fixes and test adjustments to accelerate iteration. Business value: improved data security, reliability, and release velocity.

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