Jaynti Kanani
Founder & CEO at Morphic
United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolJaynti Kanani is a blockchain founder and engineer with 13 years of software experience, best known for co-founding Polygon (formerly Matic) and building Layer 2 scaling solutions for Ethereum. He blends hands-on protocol work—modifying consensus for Polygon’s Bor, developing validator software, and authoring smart contracts—with full-stack JavaScript and SDK contributions across libraries like matic.js and WalletConnect. Passionate about crypto-economics and user experience, he focuses on pragmatic tradeoffs to deliver throughput without sacrificing decentralization. Based in the UAE, he now leads Morphic while retaining deep open-source roots and a track record of shipping core blockchain infrastructure. A background in data science and early engineering roles informs his systems thinking and emphasis on testable, production-ready code.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Information Technology at Dharmsinh Desai University
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Github Skills (48)
javascript10
consensus10
solidity10
react-native10
borsh10
testing10
typescript10
react-native-component10
cryptocurrencies10
standard-library10
go10
web3js10
ethereum10
blockchain10
typescript-types10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
maticnetwork/heimdall
Oct 2018 - Mar 2022
Validator node for Polygon PoS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 88 reviews, 760 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jaynti primarily focused on refactoring the basecoin package into heimdall, which indicates involvement in core codebase adjustments. They also made changes to specific files, including `staker/msg.go`, `contracts/initEthClient.go`, and `cmd/basecli/main.go`, implying work on message structures, Ethereum client initialization, and command-line interface modifications. These changes suggest work on core blockchain functionalities, including validator management and Ethereum integration.
posvalidationethereumdappsproof-of-stake
maticnetwork/bor
May 2019 - Apr 2022
Official repository for the Polygon Blockchain
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 62 reviews, 198 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jaynti's commits focus on modifying the consensus mechanism of the Polygon blockchain. They are forking the clique consensus for Bor and implementing adjustments to the difficulty calculation logic. Furthermore, the commits involve updating the Bor consensus engine and modifying the genesis configuration. These changes indicate a focus on core blockchain protocol development, specifically within the Bor consensus engine.
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