field journal 41.7151°N  44.8271°E est. 2024 five specimens last outdoor contact, 2026.06.20
field note 000    touch_the_grass

Two years in the DeFi field. Sometimes I log off and touch the real one.

* the handle is touch_the_grass. yes, it's a reminder. this page is what the field looks like from the inside.

Timur Kirienko
product, design, growth. based in tbilisi, georgia.
@touch_the_grass ↗ @grass_the_touch ↗
field note 001observations

DeFi growth manager working where product, design and distribution overlap.

Two years leading product at Barter, an Ethereum router and self-custody LP protocol. Active user across lending, LP, swaps, bridging, yield and perps.

field note 002five specimens

Field work

Barter LP interface — a USD-based pool builder with token selection and a live position breakdown
barter, the liquidity flow
specimen 01mainnetoct 2024 – may 2026live

Barter Autopilot

Ethereum-native router and self-custody LP protocol
product lead and designer

Owned the product surface end to end: LP flow, stats, points, virality, a lottery-format incentive, a "while you were away" re-engagement screen. Found the drop-off in the LP flow, cut the steps and simplified UX.

app.barterswap.xyz/liquidity ↗
specimen 02twitter2025viral experiment

Barter Wrapped 2025

Viral on-chain year-in-review

A year swap review for any wallet. Built to test what the crypto crowd actually shares.

wrapped.barterswap.xyz ↗
Barter Wrapped 2025 tweet — a shareable on-chain year-in-review card, ‘You’re a Wrapped Capybara’
wrapped, the viral test
Skill Tree — an interactive DeFi skill tree of unlockable nodes radiating from a central crest
skill tree, nodes and unlocks
specimen 03side pathexperiment

Skill Tree

Gamified DeFi skill tree

An interactive tree that maps on-chain DeFi activity into unlockable nodes. A side experiment in virality that doesn't lean on rebates.

skills.barterswap.xyz ↗
specimen 04solo expeditionlive saas

Wallet Match

Twitter-to-wallet resolver
solo build, end to end

Resolves Twitter handles to on-chain wallets ranked by USD balance, and the reverse direction too. Taken all the way into a live SaaS.

wallet-match.com ↗
Wallet Match — an audience analysis resolving Twitter handles to on-chain wallets ranked by USD balance
wallet match, solo build
The Li.Fi thread — a public teardown of what LI.FI Intents cannot do on Ethereum
the li.fi thread
specimen 05field observation2026public thread

Reading Li.Fi in public

An intent-execution teardown

A public teardown of Li.Fi's intent execution.

read the thread ↗
field note 003terrain crossed
2024 – 2026 Barter, product lead & designer
2024 – 2025 Freelance decks for Web3 projects
earlier Strategy-case championships, 13 entered and podium in 6

based in tbilisi. learns by shipping. still online more than outside, which is the whole joke.