Hi. My name is Raul and I am an individual passionate about building the decentralized web and contributing to a future where decentralized technology swings the pendulum back to the original promise of the Internet and empowers personal freedom.

"why we make the things we make says a lot about us"

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Born and raised in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, I studied Computer Science at Harvard University, where I learned how important it is to harness the power of machines to build technology the world can benefit from. While at Harvard, I received the Thiel Fellowship: a $100k grant that allowed me to take off from school to pursue my passions. Thanks to the fellowship, I got into Ethereum.

I started a company called Prysmatic Labs with my co-founder Preston Van Loon working on implementing the core of Ethereum blockchain protocol, including its major upgrades such as proof of stake. On September 15, 2022, my team was one of the leading groups that eliminated Ethereum mining, making a large environmental impact immediately. We were fortunate to have received significant funding to achieve our goals over the years, and assembled a team to do so. Our main project, Prysm is an opens source, Go implementation of Ethereum Proof of Stake that runs a large percentage of the Ethereum network today.

My company, Prysmatic Labs, joined Offchain Labs through an acquisition, the team behind the leading scaling solution for Ethereum called Arbitrum. Arbitrum today has processed over 790M transactions since inception and continues to be the most widely-adopted Ethereum rollup.

I am currently based in Austin TX, where I enjoy spending time in nature with my awesome wife Jackie and our cat.