Ethan is an Internet Biophysicist, Sustainability Existentialist, and Plaintext Evangelist. Ethan is a co-founder of the Tendermint and Cosmos projects, and continues to be actively involved in their development. He is CEO of Informal Systems, a company focused on verifiable distributed systems and organizations, including formal verification of Cosmos protocols and their implementation in Rust. He serves as Vice-President of the Interchain Foundation, a non-profit with a mission to research, develop, and promote open, decentralized networks, like the Cosmos Network. He also runs CoinCulture CryptoConsulting, which offers in-depth courses on blockchain technology for both non-technical and technical audiences.
Look beyond the casino-like financial experiments that currently offer only speculation and “get rich quick” schemes, says Cosmos' cofounder.
The industry needs to engage with existing social and political institutions rather than playing lip service to bag-holders.