About Rohas Nagpal

I am the Chief Blockchain Architect at Hybrid Finance Blockchain (HyFi) and author of the Crypto Playbook.
With over two decades of experience in cybercrime investigation & cyber law, I have worked across 18 countries, investigating cyber crimes and data breaches for hundreds of organizations.
I am also a columnist for NDTV and Mint, conduct a free Blockchain Developer Course, and mentor early-stage Blockchain startups.
To add more logic and math to crypto price valuation, I have developed the Blockchain Token Valuator.
How it started...
I come from a military family and had the good fortune of growing up in many cities and attending many schools.
I started my career in the early 1990s as a hacker, working with Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows NT, and Novell NetWare.
My life-long love affair with Cryptography started when I chanced upon David Chaum's work on blind digital signatures and the "Handbook of Applied Cryptography" by Menezes, Oorschot & Vanstonemy.
Cyber crime investigation...
In 1999, I co-founded the Asian School of Cyber Laws, where I worked for the next 16 years in cyber investigation and cyberlaw.
During this time, I also assisted the Government of India in framing draft rules under the Information Technology Act.
My work spanned 18 countries, and I have investigated cyber crimes and data breaches for hundreds of organizations across many sectors, including aerospace, banking, law enforcement, pharma, and shipping.
I also led the teams that developed "Collaborative Online Investigation Network" and the "ASCL Volatile Evidence Retrieval Tool" and authored the Cyber Crime Investigation Manual, referred to as a "bible for cybercrime investigators" by the Times of India.
Blockchain & crypto...
I first heard of Bitcoin in 2011 when I was assisting the police in a case involving the drug mafia.
I found the concept fascinating and even mined some bitcoins, but then made one of my biggest mistakes by "deleting" them.
In 2015, I decided to move into the blockchain space and spent four months barricaded at home studying bitcoin technology and setting up multichain blockchains.
In 2016, I co-founded Primechain and BankChain, a community of 37 banks plus IBM, Microsoft, and Intel. Our core product was a "self-building" blockchain ecosystem with a web app, PWA, and a Blockchain REST API service.
The project went into hibernation in early 2018 after the Reserve Bank of India's ban on crypto, but I continued as a Blockchain Architect for some very interesting projects.
Currently, I am the Chief Blockchain Architect at Hybrid Finance Blockchain (HyFi) and author of the Crypto Playbook.
With over two decades of experience in cybercrime investigation & cyber law, I have worked across 18 countries, investigating cyber crimes and data breaches for hundreds of organizations.
I am also a columnist for NDTV and Mint, conduct a free Blockchain Developer Course, and mentor early-stage Blockchain startups.
To add more logic and math to crypto price valuation, I have developed the Blockchain Token Valuator.
Some of my publications
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Crypto Playbook
Don't invest in Crypto Assets till you read the Crypto Playbook.
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The Future Money Playbook
Money is changing at an amazing speed. Stay clued in with the Future Money Playbook.
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My thoughts on regulating crypto currencies
I propose that since all cryptocurrencies are NOT actually “currencies”, they must be regulated based on what they do and not based on what they are (blockchain assets).
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Blockchain Basics
Conceptual overview of blockchains, Hash functions, Hexadecimal, Merkle trees, Proof of work, Bitcoin concepts, Blockchain Explorers, Mining, Crypto Staking, Paper wallets, Blockchain API, Symmetric encryption, Digital signatures
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The Smarketing Playbook
150+ pages of actionable insights for smarketing - smart & aligned sales & marketing.
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B2B Digital Marketing Playbook for the COVID Era
Published by meraQR.
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Blockchain 101
Covers the basics of Blockchain technology and its use cases.
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Blockchain Security Controls
Primechain-BSC prescribes security controls for blockchain implementations.
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Godfather 2.0
How criminals are using the Internet to sell drugs, guns, forgeries & financial information.
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Commentary on the Information Technology Act
Published by Asian School of Cyber Laws.
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Cyber Crime Investigation Manual
This has been referred to as a "bible for cyber crime investigators" by Times of India – the world’s largest selling English newspaper.
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Data Privacy Law (India)
Published by Asian School of Cyber Laws.
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Biometric based Digital Signature scheme
Internet Draft titled which proposes a method of using biometrics to generate keys for use in digital signature creation and verification.
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Cyber Terrorism in the context of Globalisation
Paper presented at the Second World Congress on Informatics and Law held in Madrid, Spain.