Carlos Mercado
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Carlos Mercado

Data Science, AI, Ethereum

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Applied Data Science

python

Learn practical data science through 70+ interactive tutorials, synthetic data simulations, and hands-on calculators. From Bayesian inference to optimization — with sports betting as a rich applied use case.

project Jan 2026

Charlie 4 Head of DeFi at OP

ethereum

My public Dune Dashboard application for Head of DeFi @ Optimism Mainnet

project Jan 2026

TextReduce

typescript

Enterprise-grade AI summarization at 100k+ tokens per second. On-device extractive summarization with production x402 implementation — no cloud latency, no API limits.

project Jan 2026

BotBlocker

javascript

Browser extension for rapid one-click blocking and hiding of unwanted accounts on Twitter/X. Smooth animations, persistent sync, undo support.

opensource Jan 2026

Range Bot

pythonethereum

Bayesian optimization for Uniswap v3 concentrated liquidity. Combines VWAP priors, market data, and Claude AI analysis to find optimal price ranges.

opensource Jan 2026

R to Python

pythonjavascript

Learn Python in Browser: 93 exercises across 10 modules covering fundamentals, NumPy, Pandas, Polars, statistics, and visualization 100% in-browser.

project Jan 2025

Uniswap v3 Liquidity Optimizer

r

R package for calculating optimal retroactive Uniswap v3 liquidity positions. Constrained optimization to find ideal price ranges given historical trade data.

opensource May 2023

Uniswap v2 Explained

ethereumr

Explainer for Uniswap v2 and the x*y = k AMM paradigm. How constant product market makers work under the hood.

writing Dec 2022

Uniswap v3 Explained

ethereumr

Advanced explainer of Uniswap v3 and how concentrated liquidity creates skill-based AMM participation.

writing Dec 2022

What to Know Before You Regulate Crypto

ethereum

Deep dive on crypto: nodes, transactions, users, protocols, tokens - key knowledge to have before we regulate crypto

writing Nov 2022

True Freeze Launch Paper

ethereum

A truly decentralized primitive for turning ETH into zero coupon bond NFTs. Live on Ethereum Mainnet @ truefreeze.xyz

project Jun 2022

Blockchain Thoughts and DeFi Economics

ethereum

A book I wrote on 0-1 Finance/Econ/Crypto ~60 pages but a fast read.

writing Apr 2022

Truth, Trust, Facts, and the Blockchain

ethereum

Truth = Facts + Trust. An article on the nuance of how blockchains can and cannot support truth.

writing Nov 2021