owen krause

oh1 · cs + math @ oregon state university

coding and maxxing out life

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things i've done ~

Suixploit — found multiple bugs in large defi protocols
04/2026
Built a multi-agent pipeline for autonomous smart contract vulnerability discovery. Spent $1,187.47 on api credits instead of my rent.
AWS Hackathon — ghost track winner
03/2026
Drove to SF with no plans in mind, ended up winning another hackathon. Also crashed a YC founder night and blew up on reddit.
DubHacks 2025 — first place visa track
10/2025
24-hour hackathon at UW. Built app to gamify dental hygiene. Vibe coded the entire project and managed to sleep 8+ hours.
Navi Labs Intern — wrote code for major defi protocol on sui (700m+ tvl)
06/2025
Sui Overflow 2025 — student track winner, 3rd place in defi track
06/2025
Developed a protocol for decentralized market-making vaults on DeepBook, enabling liquidity provision and yieldfarming. Flown out to athens greece to build and pitch my project. Placed in two tracks working solo out of 600+ projects.
Sui Basecamp 2025 — flown out to dubai to attend sui's biggest conference
05/2025
Top 2000 speed typist — 192 wpm, 15 second test
05/2025
BeaverHacks — went into debt scaling beaverhacks from 50 to 300 participants
04/2025
Led the organizing team for Oregon State's hackathon. Handled sponsorships, logistics, and tech infra. 6x growth in one year. paid $2,000 out of pocket (reimbursed months later).
Sui Grant — awarded a $10,000 grant to build on sui
12/2024
Awarded a $10,000 grant to build an open-source interface for the DeepBook protocol, a decentralized CLOB, providing a reference for future developers and feedback for the DeepBook SDK.
Cal Hacks 11.0 — 1st place sui track
10/2024
24-hour hackathon at UC Berkeley. Built a decentralized content creation platform with end-to-end encryption to ensure creator privacy and content ownership.
BeaverHacks VP — joined beaverhacks
10/2023
Oregon State University — started college
09/2023
Sneaker Reselling — $500,000 in revenue in highschool
08/2023
Arbitraged sneakers through online retailers and marketplaces. Scaled by developing automation software which I sold to over 250 users. Also ran a mentorship group and hit $5k MRR. This is how I got into coding.

Motivations

if i knew i only had one shot, i'd do everything i possibly could to make it the best shot. "suck the bone marrow out of life" - Thoreau. i came across this quote in 7th grade and it has always stuck with me.

i'm stubborn about following my own path. i skipped AP classes to scale a reselling business. i built projects instead of grinding leetcode. result: i didn't get into a top school or secure a faang internship. but i'd rather bet on myself than follow a script.

my lowest point came after my first real failure — betting on myself didn't pay off. but i realized my identity isn't the outcome, it's the process. build, fail, try again, grow. that loop is what makes me feel alive.