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I came into the space looking to help build sovereign applications and empower the community currency\nmovement. Unfortunately, the entire crypto space seems to just replicated Wall Street without any guardrails and I am\nlooking to find something more meaningful.\n\nCurrently, I am interested in the **self-hosted** and **local first** software movements, secure networking stacks like Tailscale and NetBird\n(which can really empower the aforementioned movements), and figuring out how to apply LLMs to build cool stuff without losing our humanity\nin the process.\n\nI really want to step back from managing and focus more on coding again. You can look at my\n[contributions from 2020](https://github.com/ethanfrey?tab=overview\u0026from=2020-12-01\u0026to=2020-12-31#js-pinned-items-reorder-container) and \n[2021](https://github.com/ethanfrey?tab=overview\u0026from=2021-12-01\u0026to=2021-12-31#js-pinned-items-reorder-container) to get an idea of my\nability to write software when I am not simulatenously focusing on managing a team and raising funding.\n\n---\n\nHowever, the work in blockchain did introduce me strongly to building open source projects and there are some highlights I am proud of there:\n\n**\"Father of CosmWasm\"** - CosmWasm is a [Rust SDK to build smart contracts](https://github.com/CosmWasm/cosmwasm) as well as\n[a VM that can be easily embedded](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd) into many different blockchains.\nThis is currently live on over 50 public mainnets, and is second to only the Ethereum EVM on the chains it supports.\n\n  * [WebSite](https://cosmwasm.com)\n  * [CosmWasm Github](https://github.com/CosmWasm)\n  * [Developer Documentation](https://cosmwasm.com/build)\n  * [\"The Book\"](https://book.cosmwasm.com)\n  \n**Founder of Confio** - I co-founded [Confio GmbH](https://confio.gmbh) in 2020 to build a team capable of delivering the\nvision of CosmWasm. By 2023, we grew up to 25 talented individuals all around Europe making enormous open source contributions.\nI had to learn lots about business and how to fund a pure open source project via grants and project work. I am proud to\nhave gathered such an amazing team, and even more so, that they enjoyed working here. Unfortunately, the company shut down in 2025.\n\n  * [Website](https://confio.gmbh)\n  * [Medium](https://medium.com/confio)\n  \n**Early Contributor to Cosmos** - You may have heard of the Cosmos Hub ($ATOM) or the [40+ connected blockchains](https://mapofzones.com/)\nthat comprise the \"Cosmos\", [based on IBC](https://medium.com/cosmic-cartel-boring-dao/ibc-over-troubled-waters-a54c09965fd). \nI worked on the foundations in 2017-18, [creating the original Cosmos SDK](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/graphs/contributors) \nand writing the first working prototype and technical specification of IBC, among other things.\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fethanfrey%2Fethanfrey","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fethanfrey%2Fethanfrey","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fethanfrey%2Fethanfrey/lists"}