Walter Phillips
Currently working on Meridian. I'm a software engineer with a physics and engineering background focused on markets, product development, and research. I enjoy football (soccer), photography, physics, and climbing. I'm trying to climb V12 by the end of 2026. My only goal in life is to open a school. Everything else is in service of that.
Some things I believe:
- Social norms are a safety mechanism, they shouldn't be the boundary of human experience.
- Progress isn't linear, things can get worse if we let them.
- Better and good are not the same thing.
Projects
Meridian Research
Meridian is a platform for interacting with financial agents.
Sail
Sail is a decentralized order book exchange built on Fuel.
Zage
Zage is closed loop payments infrastructure, giving merchants no fees.
Writing
Understanding Consensus: The Byzantine Generals Problem
Meridian
Feb 2026
Understanding Blockchains: Cryptography, distributed systems, and game theory
Meridian
Jan 2026
Understanding Blockchains: A new form of public infrastructure
Meridian
Jan 2026