Dr. Bangdao Chen is a co-founder of TBTL. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Computer Science of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, MSc and DPhil in Computer Science from the University of Oxford. His main research directions were decentralised identification and authentication, payment security, and communication security. Currently, he is mainly engaged in information security, blockchain related technology research and product development. He and his mentor Professor Bill Roscoe co-established The Blockhouse Technology Ltd. (TBTL), and University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre In Oxford UK, and Oxford-Hainan Blockchain Research Institute in Hainan China.​