{"id":"prateek-saxena","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Prateek Saxena","hidden":false,"content":"**Prateek Saxena** is a co-founder of [Zilliqa](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zilliqa) and an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore. He co-authored a paper on [sharding](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sharding) that was later used as the foundation for the [Zilliqa](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zilliqa) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-5y8pitl2rkc)$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](I-z6HiKFtTc)$$  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nSaxena received his Master's in Computer Science from Stony Brook University in 2007. In 2012, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Ph.D in Computer Science. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-5y8pitl2rkc)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nAfter graduation, Saxena became an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's School of Computing. In 2016, he identified critical shortcomings in existing [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks: slow transaction processing, limited scalability, and security compromises. To address this, Saxena and [Loi Luu](https://iq.wiki/wiki/loi-luu) co-authored a paper titled \"Elastico,\" exploring how [sharding](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sharding) from database architecture could enhance [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) scalability. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-5y8pitl2rkc)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-031264m031v2)  \n  \nFollowing the paper's publication, he co-founded Anquan Capital with [Max Kantelia](https://iq.wiki/wiki/max-kantelia) to develop this concept further, while [Luu](https://iq.wiki/wiki/loi-luu) launched [Kyber Network](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kyber-network), a decentralized [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) [exchange](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange). Despite promising [applications](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) across finance, e-commerce, and manufacturing, Anquan realized the necessity for a scalable [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) platform. Consequently, they decided to create their public blockchain project, [Zilliqa](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zilliqa), which launched on June 1, 2017. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-031264m031v2)$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](mIx9vBRspxs)$$","summary":"Prateek Saxena is a co-founder of Zilliqa, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, and a blockchain scalability researcher.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Developers"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"5y8pitl2rkc\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-saxena-8b241347/?originalSubdomain=sg\",\"description\":\"Prateek Saxena | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1712933300134},{\"id\":\"031264m031v2\",\"url\":\"https://www.techinasia.com/team-academics-built-billiondollar-blockchain-startup-singapore\",\"description\":\"How Zilliqa Started | Tech In Asia\",\"timestamp\":1712933409700}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~prateeks/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/prateekatcs?lang=en"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-saxena-8b241347/?originalSubdomain=sg"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmSNYfuTDK56vzGbfSjwCdWVJy3bLDmYe8wUNzahMTGGX6"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2","profile":{"username":"JSD","avatar":""}},"media":[{"name":"I-z6HiKFtTc","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-z6HiKFtTc","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"mIx9vBRspxs","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIx9vBRspxs","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":16,"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[]},"ipfs":"QmSNYfuTDK56vzGbfSjwCdWVJy3bLDmYe8wUNzahMTGGX6","transactionHash":"0xb55f846c4f72ea4b765b3fcc960a32ef4f0c3be95e72584fef3ea6dc465351e1","created":"2024-04-12T15:09:38.700Z","updated":"2024-04-12T15:09:38.700Z","images":[{"id":"QmfMicWDch9K8fupTwKmubryT8bdeAQHfmSyV4MBJG3hYd","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}