Shresth Agrawal

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I'm a blockchain developer, researcher, and entrepreneur.

I am a blockchain consultant at Common Prefix and a master's student at the Technical University of Munich.
My research interests are in algorithm design, cryptography, blockchains, consensus protocols, zero-knowledge proofs, and decentralized finance.

Research

Proofs of Proof-of-Stake with Sublinear Complexity
Shresth Agrawal*, Joachim Neu*, Ertem Nusret Tas*, Dionysis Zindros*
Advances in Financial Technologies (AFT'23), October 2023 at Princeton University
[doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.AFT.2023.14] [eprint:2022/1642] [benchmarks] [talk]

Open Source Projects

Kevlar and Patronum: Kevlar is the first usable light client for Ethereum. Kevlar uses optimistic sync to efficiently sync and starts a local verified RPC server. Kevlar uses Patronum to expose verified RPC server using trusted blockhash. [twitter thead]

LearnP2P: An interactive tutorial to build a chat application using Libp2pJs.
ParaSwap DexLib: A standard library to interact with over hundred decentralized exchanges using a single interface.

Audits & Technical Reports

MystenLabs Fastcrypto Audits: ECDSA Secp256r1, BLS12-381 group, Groth16, ECDSA Secp256k1, BLS12-381 signature, and ECVRF & Ristretto255.
On-chain Ethereum light client on Axelar

Talks

Proofs of Proof-of-Stake with Sublinear Complexity at AFT'23 and Protocol Labs Research ConsensusDays 2023
A walkthrough of different generation DEXs and AMMs at EthCC Paris 2021.
Building Cross Chain Arbitrage Bot at Eth Global 2021.
Hands-on workshop on production-grade smart contract development at Stanford University.

Previously