Caleb Banister
Co-Founder at LayerZero Labs
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolCaleb Banister is a seasoned blockchain engineer and serial founder with seven years focused on Solidity, multichain integrations, and building metaverse infrastructure from Vancouver. As Co-Founder of LayerZero Labs he drives core smart-contract work and example integrations (notably contributing to LayerZero example contracts demonstrating oracle and trusted-remote patterns), blending protocol-level thinking with pragmatic backend implementation. His background founding multiple startups spans mobile and full-stack systems, smart-contract auditing, and early telecom test automation, giving him a rare mix of low-level systems rigor and product-oriented delivery. Comfortable shipping production-grade on-chain tooling, he pairs formal CS training (compiler and OS coursework) with entrepreneurial instincts to move ambitious web3 ideas into robust deployments.
7 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Milford High SchoolBS Computer Science Higher level courses included Compiler Design OS (& POSIX threads) OO Methodology, BS Computer Science Higher level courses included Compiler Design OS (& POSIX threads) OO Methodology at University of New Hampshire
Github Skills (4)
smart-contracts10
solidity10
blockchain9
testing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LayerZero-Labs/endpoint-v1-solidity-examples
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
example contracts
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 105 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Caleb primarily worked on example contracts within the repository, indicating a focus on back-end development. They added, modified, and updated Solidity smart contracts and interfaces. The contributions involved creating and refining smart contracts for LayerZero functionality, including implementing features like setting oracles and trusted remotes. These updates demonstrate expertise in LayerZero integration within Solidity smart contracts.
ethereumsoliditycontractssmart-contracts
LayerZero-Labs/oracle-example
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Test Network.sol for creating an Oracle and delivering the blockHash + receiptsRoot
Contributions:21 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 month
oraclesolnetwork-test
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