shagun prasad

Shagun Prasad
hi! i'm a 22-year-old self-taught blockchain engineer from gurugram, india. i use rust to create decentralized and privacy-focused protocols and smart contracts. i recently completed the polkadot blockchain academy (wave 7) and graduated from vellore institute of technology (vellore, india) where i majored in cs with a specialization in business systems. previously, i scaled communities from the ground up and helped developers build dapps while working at vit blockchain community and shardeum.

work

03/22

founder and chairperson

vit blockchain community • vellore, india
founded and led a community of 1400 web3 enthusiasts in vellore, india. our team's initiative helped create 25 developer workshops and hackathons, distribute more than $23,000 USD in prizes and developer support, facilitate job placements for multiple student builders.
09/23

blockchain researcher & developer

national institution for transforming india, government of india • new delhi, india
worked under the principal scientific advisor to the prime minister of india to help boost india's global innovation rank through the utilization of blockchain technologies. presented a research proposal to utilize onchain identity solutions that use zk proofs and polygon ids in place of centralized identity infrastructure. helped prototype an essential r&d platform for GoI.
09/23

software engineer intern

airtel payments bank • gurugram, india
built a web-based e-banking portal for airtel's internal use, integrating features like digital account access and online payments. used python, django, javascript, and ajax to develop frontend and backend modules, collaborated in agile sprints to deliver user-facing features aligned with real business use cases.
07/23

marketing & content manager

shardeum • dubai, united arab emirates
led grassroots developer engagement through the backpacking india campaign, organizing 20+ community events across 23 states of india and managing global connections with contributors from nigeria to the u.s. drove content and marketing strategy by designing campaigns, collaborating with design teams on visuals, and collecting feedback to align ecosystem messaging with developer needs.

projects

name ,
description
tech
  • revolv - self-paying loans, backed by diversified liquidity pool
    deFi protocol built on aptos that combines multi-token liquidity provision with automated lending mechanisms. users can deposit various tokens (APT, USDC, SUI) into a unified vault, receive rLP tokens, and use them as collateral for automated loans with yield-based repayment.
    [code]
    move, typescript, aptos
  • ratio.fun - an opinion casino
    a prediction market game where players can stake on the outcome of various events, from crypto prices to pop culture moments. stakers on the winning side share the total pool, when the clock runs out.
    [code]
    solidity, foundary, next.js
  • sentiment-oracle - solana price oracle node
    a decentralized price aggregation oracle for the solana ecosystem. This oracle node aggregates price data from multiple independent sources, applies advanced consensus algorithms, and publishes verified price feeds to the solana blockchain.
    [code]
    solana, anchor, python
  • pactum - stateful multisig wallet
    a stateful, on-chain multisignature wallet system that creates persistent, sovereign accounts on the blockchain. created for the polkadot ecosystem.
    [code]
    FRAME, rust, polkadot-sdk