About

whoami

I'm Elroy, also known as tayelroy. This site brings together my security and Web3 projects, technical write-ups, and essays.

In Chronos, I studied automated SSH, Telnet and HTTP traffic using honeypots and AWS honeytokens. The published findings cover October 13–30, 2026: botnet behavior, credential abuse, and the limits of the data collected.

My EVM reconnaissance project explores execution-client fingerprinting through Nmap's scripting engine and JSON-RPC. Right now I'm launching this portfolio; the dated snapshot is on /now. Tools documented in these projects and this site are on /uses.

contact me

Find my code on GitHub, connect on X, or read my writing on Substack.

what I work on

The full case files are on the projects page. The short version:

• Project Chronos — A honeypot-backed mini SOC and published study of SSH, Telnet, HTTP and AWS honeytoken activity.
• http-evm-rpc-info — A Lua NSE script that fingerprints EVM JSON-RPC endpoints using client banners, RPC metadata and fallback heuristics.

writing

Alongside technical research, I write essays on culture and design.Theory of Minionslooks at aesthetic ridiculousness and the appeal of the absurd. The archives bring the essays and technical posts together.

writing activity

Publication dates for posts and project write-ups over the last year. Click a square to jump to that month in the archives.