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He then studied Turbo Pascal and C++ at a high school specializing in mathematics and computer science, and then studied cryptography at university. Anton worked as a C++ developer and iOS developer and later contributed to various crypto projects, including MultiToken, NEAR Protocol and Synthetix. Anton also co-hosted, with Sergej Kunz, the YouTube show CryptoManiacs.

The two developers' collaboration culminated in New York in May 2019, when Anton and Sergej built a DEX aggregator solution – essentially an MVP for the future 1inch Aggregation Protocol. Ironically, it turned out to be one of the least successful hackathons for them in terms of awards.

His first introduction to the crypto space dates back to 2011, when he attempted to mine Litecoin. In late 2016, he built his first mining farm for Ethereum. After mining Ethereum for a couple of years, he launched a YouTube channel called CryptoManiac, on which he conducted live security audits of smart contracts.

During one of the live streams, Anton Bukov, who would later become the co-founder of 1inch, joined in. The two developers hit it off and, for the next six months, Anton became the co-host of the channel, now renamed to CryptoManiacs. Together, they participated in 17 hackathons around the globe. Later, at a hackathon in New York in May 2019, they developed an aggregator MVP for decentralized exchanges.