Ethan Buchman

Ethan Buchman is a co-founder of Cosmos and the Tendermint consensus engine, one of the earliest working proof-of-stake systems, and has been a central figure in the "internet of blockchains" vision of sovereign, interoperable appchains. He serves as CEO of Informal Systems, a worker cooperative that does core research and formal verification work for the Cosmos ecosystem, and he co-founded the Interchain Foundation, where he served in leadership roles including President before stepping back from that position in late 2024. Trained in biophysics and engineering at the University of Guelph, he describes himself as an internet biophysicist and monetary localist, and lately has been building Cycles, a project aimed at clearing debt for the most people with the least money.

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