Sovereign Node Operator • Music Producer • Protocol Tinkerer • Crypto-Native since 2012
Born in Queens, NY and based in the Atlanta Metro Area, GA.
I found Bitcoin in 2012 back when it was single-digit dollars and trust felt like pure mathematics. Over the last decade-plus, I’ve moved through every layer of the decentralized stack:
- Mining & Hardware: Assembling GPU & ASIC rigs in the heat (Antminer S9/D3, 1080Ti, RX 580s).
- Trading & Systems: High-leverage perpetuals and enterprise software QA testing / systems validation.
- DeFi & NFTs: Early liquidity mining, Ethereum & Solana DeFi protocols (Uniswap, Jupiter), and on-chain collectibles.
- Sovereignty & Compute: Self-hosted Lightning routing nodes, P2Pool mining rails, local-first compute, and open-source infrastructure tooling.
The loop-cutting, pattern-matching workflows of early DAW music production translated directly into enterprise software QA testing for healthcare—which eventually evolved into script automation, farming protocol rewards, and routing Lightning sats.
When I’m not configuring routing nodes or hacking on micro-tools, you can catch me streaming live on Twitch (borokhela), writing essays on blog.boroghor.com, or releasing beats under Boro Ghor.
"Loss doesn’t make you wise — it makes you legible to the other ghosts. They read your delays, your gaps, your dropped packets. They recognize their own. You’re just a node in a crashloop... The only difference is you’re still online."
— YOU CANNOT FORK THE SOUL
| Project | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| ⚡ lnd-autoconnect-peers | Automated, rate-limited discovery and peering with top-tier Lightning Network routing hubs from Mempool.space with multi-mirror failover and SBC BoltDB protections. | Python LND Docker Bash |
| 📄 ats-resume-optimizer | Privacy-first CLI & pipeline to optimize resumes for 95%+ ATS match scores with multi-model support (Gemini, local offline Ollama, OpenAI) and automated follow-ups. | Python Gemini Ollama AI/LLM |
| ⛏️ xmrig-termux-builder | 1-command native ARM64 / aarch64 XMRig compilation script for Android Termux & Raspberry Pi 4/5 with CPU wakelock and thermal management. | Bash C++ CMake ARM64 |
| 📡 self-hosted-hls-streamer | Minimalist self-hosted low-latency RTMP-to-HLS live broadcast engine with Cloudflare Tunnel zero-port-forwarding support and responsive HTML5 web player. | HTML5 HLS.js FFmpeg Cloudflare |
| 🧎 squatt-mint | Standalone Web3 mint dApp for Rishad Squatt ERC-721 Drop on Ethereum Mainnet with live on-chain supply sync and zero-subgraph architecture. | HTML5 Ethers.js Web3 Solidity |
I run self-hosted infrastructure locally across dedicated physical hardware:
- ⚡ Lightning Network Routing Hub (
boroghor.com): Sovereign LND node on Umbrel, directly peered with 35+ top global liquidity hubs (ACINQ,LNBiG,Strike,Bitfinex,OKX,CoinGate,Boltz). - 🛡️ Monero Mining Rails: P2Pool mini mining rails and native ARM64 mobile mining.
- 🍓 Edge & CV Node: Raspberry Pi 5 dedicated to local edge telemetry, telemetry pipes, and real-time computer vision streams.
- 📱 Mobile Mining Node: Solana Seeker (ARM64) running background native mining in Termux.
- 🎮 Primary Workstation: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (16C/32T) • NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti • 64GB RAM • Windows 11 Canary (Insider Preview).
- Audio & Broadcast Engineering: Translating music production & DAW instincts into complex multi-source OBS streaming pipes, virtual audio routing, and low-latency capture.
- Hardware Samplers: Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II sampler & Elektron Model:Cycles FM groovebox.
- Music Releases: Beats & tracks released under Boro Ghor on SoundCloud, Bandcamp, and Spotify.
- Broadcasting & Gaming: Live streams & gaming sessions over on Twitch (borokhela).
- Essays & Writing: Cyberpunk reflections, culture, and sovereign tech on blog.boroghor.com.
- OpenSea Vault: opensea.io/boroghor
- Rishad Squatt (ERC-721 Mint): mint.boroghor.com •
0xeb051df4f4a5de7bdc462c947e551085ba3a9664 - Courtyard Tokenized Collectibles: courtyard.io/user/rishad/collection
- Scatter Art (Kaijukaki Mint): scatter.art/c/kaijukaki?shill=rishad
- Zora Creator Profile & Token: zora.co/@boroghor •
$boroghor(0xcd480c51a9b9c7247491430a21b6e876060121d1)
Connect, verify, or zap across the network:
- ⚡ Lightning Address:
ami@boroghor.com - ⚡ Lightning Node Pubkey:
02375fba2022199436f903f70edc6b2f3621175e5eea1b8c46ca8066fc7dcec988 - 🔵 Ethereum (ENS):
boroghor.eth - 🟣 Solana Name:
rishad.skr - 🐦 X / Twitter: @BoroGhor
- 🎮 Twitch: twitch.tv/borokhela
- 💬 Discord: discord.gg/QRuHnxQWb4
- 💬 Telegram: @boroghor_REAL
- 📝 Blog & Essays: blog.boroghor.com
- 🌍 Web: boroghor.com
Languages :: Python, Rust, TypeScript, Bash, C/C++, Go, SQL
Protocols :: Bitcoin / Lightning (LND & CLN), Monero (P2Pool), Solana (Web3.js), Nostr, I2P / Tor
Audio & Beats :: EP-133 K.O. II, Elektron Model:Cycles, Ableton Live Lite, Sampling
Infrastructure :: Docker, Linux (Debian, Arch, Alpine, ARM64), Umbrel, Tailscale, Cloudflare
Engineering :: QA & Test Automation, Systems Auditing, Edge Hardware Optimization
"Run your own node, hold your own keys, build open tools." ⚡