Even as far back as 2010, when I was working on Wall Street and knew nothing about Bitcoin, I was already thinking about ways to properly organize and share data. Fast forward five years. The Ethereum white paper blew my mind, prompting a deep self-examination that resulted in me leaving the traditional finance and becoming a web3 investor.

Yet, the possibilities offered in that white paper have only partly materialized. Eight years later we see an explosion in complexity without a meaningful increase in the use of blockchain beyond token-based finance.

This dynamic was already noticeable back in 2019, when I realized that something new was needed and left the investment fund I helped start. This was a deep re-examination of what blockchain is for and how we can get there.

Now, four years later, it is all coming together with Gostir, a fourth-generation, modular and private blockchain ecosystem.