अनिच्च
Hi! My name is Theodore Keloglou. I work on a decentralised protocol called Partial Ordered Dataset, designed to enable a better internet.
We publish some of this work on GitHub.
main project
pod defines and implements a fast decentralised ledger providing eventual consistency for operations that don’t need total ordering, with high throughput, low latency, and short-term censorship resistance.
An Optimal-Latency, Censorship-Free, and Accountable Generalized Consensus Layer arxiv.org/pdf/2501.14931
side projects
Shoshin College is an open independent school. We organise in-person classes on topics we find enchanting, in London, England. Shoshin is the beginner's mind.
In the beginner’s mind there is no thought, “I have attained something.” All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners. Then we can really learn something.
Mataroa is an open source blogging platform based on the design philosophy of minimalism and a strong data-interoperability implementation.
Laniakea Books is a public-domain publishing house based out of London, England. We publish brand new books dedicated to the public domain from day one.
London College of Political Technology, Newspeak House is an independent residential college founded in 2015 in which I contribute as member and lecturer. We have a course on political technology and I teach a module on digital protocols.
research
Protocols. Reliability and speed are two of the most important aspects of software. Decentralisation can enable both, as long as we figure out the right way to coordinate everything together. This is what we explore at pod.
Distributed Governance. I feel compelled to figure out how communities can work well. To this end, I am seeking answers in books, sociopolitical science, and philosophy. In 2024, I delivered three lectures on theories of democracy at Shoshin College.
Knowledge Infrastructure. There is a feeling in the world that much of the effort exploring new knowledge is spent unwisely. I’m certain we can do better. Knowledge discovery is about communication: unless we can effectively propagate new knowledge we discovered to the world, it will inevitably be lost and re-discovered.
Psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud discovered a way to view the human psyche (a theory) which, when read through Slavoj Žižek’s work, appears to explain much more of the whole world.
books
Some books I discovered recently, appreciated considerably, and recommend:
- Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Chögyam Trungpa, 1973
- When the Heavens Went on Sale, Ashlee Vance, 2023
- Spirit of Hope, Byung-Chul Han, 2024
- Read Write Own, Chris Dixon, 2025
My email address is theo@torchandzen.com