Prabal Banerjee
Co-Founder at Avail
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolPrabal Banerjee is a co-founder and blockchain researcher with 11 years of experience building secure, practical distributed systems from academic theory to startup product. Based in Dubai, he led research at Polygon after earning advanced training in cryptology and security at the Indian Statistical Institute and computer science at Chennai Mathematical Institute. His work spans consensus design, verifiable off-chain exchange protocols, and robust P2P storage—experience grounded in hands-on implementations using Hyperledger, state channels, and erasure coding. At Avail he’s focused on infrastructure-layer primitives that make blockchain systems more composable and resilient, applying both theoretical rigor and production-minded engineering. A lesser-known thread through his career is consistent focus on eliminating facilitator advantage and wasteful computation in protocols, reflecting a bias toward economically efficient, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at St. Xavier's College, KolkataMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Chennai Mathematical InstituteDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Cryptology and Security, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Cryptology and Security at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
English, Hindi, Bengali
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Github Skills (46)
substrate10
wallet10
near10
polygon10
matic10
pos10
parity10
polkadot-js10
blockchain10
polkadot10
solidity9
utility9
ethereum9
staking9
blockchain-network9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
availproject/data-availability
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:1 review, 20 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 9 months
LeninGangwal/Big-Basket-Delivery-Slots
May 2020 - Jan 2025
Automates the process of finding delivery slots in BigBasket during the Covid-19 chaos.
Contributions:2 PRs in 4 years 8 months
chaosautomatesbigbasketfindingslots
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