अनिच्च
Hi! My name is Theodore Keloglou. I work on a decentralised protocol called Partial Ordered Dataset, designed to enable a better internet.
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
At pod.network, we use pod as a primitive to develop a purpose-built Layer-1 network for high-performance and MEV-free markets. There are no blocks to form a chain. Transactions are streamed to a geo-distributed validator set, which independently validates them. How this works in more detail is explained in the protocol overview.
side projects
Shoshin College is an independent, open 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.network.
Distributed Governance. Figuring out how kinds of communities can work well feels paramount to everything humans do. I am seeking experiential answers by participating in communities of many different kinds and theoretical answers by studying sociopolitical science, history, philosophy, religion. 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:
- Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Chögyam Trungpa, 1984
- Governing the Commons, Elinor Ostrom, 1990
- Tonglen: The Path of Transformation, Pema Chödrön, 2001
- Direct Democracy in Switzerland, Gregory Fossedal, 2002
My email address is theo@torchandzen.com