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.
Blog
Understanding Consensus: The Byzantine Generals Problem illuminates the blockchain requirement
Feb 26, 2026
Understanding Ledgers: Ledgers are history and history is full of ledgers
Feb 17, 2026
Understanding Tokens: Tokens are an incentive alignment technology
Feb 11, 2026