Dr. Shrirang Muley
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Research Initiative

Blockchain Research & Cybersecurity · 2026 — Present

HexShield Labs

An independent research initiative dedicated to blockchain security, cybersecurity, cryptography and artificial intelligence.

Role — Founder

Context

Most on-chain losses are design failures rather than cryptographic breaks. HexShield exists to study those failures properly and publish what it finds.

Approach

  • Research and experimentation across blockchain security, cryptography and applied AI.
  • Published whitepapers rather than client throughput as the primary output.
  • Security frameworks developed for next-generation decentralised systems.

Outcomes

  • Reusable security patterns available to the wider ecosystem.
  • Research contributions on threat modelling and incentive design.
  • A written record of a decade of building, made useful to others.

Focus areas

  • Blockchain Security
  • Cryptography
  • Threat Modelling
  • Applied AI