Introducing Swirlds Labs – Accelerating the future, built on Hedera
1/5 Today is a big milestone for the @hedera project. At Hedera, one of the objectives has been to continually increase the decentralization of the network. We have continued to pursue that since Hedera was founded.
— Leemon Baird (@leemonbaird) May 2, 2022
2/5 I am excited to announce that today, Mance and I - with the majority of the Hedera Hashgraph team - have officially launched @swirldslabs to further the decentralization of the network following the Hedera Governing Council’s vote to purchase and open-source the Hashgraph IP.
— Leemon Baird (@leemonbaird) May 2, 2022
3/5 Swirlds Labs' focus is the further development of the Hedera network, and ecosystem. We will continue to implement HIPs, develop essential community tools, improve enterprise offerings, and provide critical services to the network.
— Leemon Baird (@leemonbaird) May 2, 2022
1/4 Today marks a major milestone on the path to further decentralization of @hedera. In December of last year, the Hedera Council voted to decentralize most remaining operations by spinning out the majority of the Hedera Hashgraph team, including Leemon and me.
— ManceHarmon (@ManceHarmon) May 2, 2022
2/4 While governance has been decentralized for years, now operations are decentralized as well. Leemon and I, along with the majority of the Hedera Hashgraph and Swirlds teams, have formed @swirldslabs. The offices of CEO and CTO in Hedera have been dissolved.
— ManceHarmon (@ManceHarmon) May 2, 2022
Today, @leemonbaird, @ManceHarmon and the majority of the @hedera team have transitioned to @swirldslabs to further the operational decentralization of the Hedera network following the open-sourcing of the #hashgraph IP earlier this year. Read more 👇👇👇https://t.co/CoVjtRZqnl
— Hedera (@hedera) May 2, 2022
"Looking back, it was almost a decade ago that Leemon started socializing the idea of Shared Worlds – places where anyone could live and safely carve out their own piece of cyberspace to collaborate, play games, conduct commerce, and control their own online footprint. We have spent the last half a decade laying the foundation for this world (new worlds take a long time to build, if they’re being built right!). We’re so excited to now take the next steps in realizing this future." - Swirlds Labs
Leemon Baird & Mance Harmon