Hello

This is the personal website of Vinney Cavallo.

Here are some recent things about me.
(last updated November 12, 2025):
  • I recently appeared on the key pair podcast. This is currently the best way to find out what I've been working on lately and what sort of weird stuff I believe.
  • I'm building a protocol called Catallax which is intended to facilitate uncensorable, decentralized labor markets and permissionless payments. Learn more at catallax.network
  • Whitepaper Books is in business. Buy (almost) any print book with bitcoin
  • You really should have known my dad.

In the unlikely event that you came to this site to figure out how to send me a Lightning network bitcoin payment, please use:

[email protected]

This address is the result of a very satisfying project I undertook to achieve a fully self-sovereign Lightning address running entirely on hardware and software that I control. When the future is at your doorstep, you build it a doggie door and invite it in.

I'm an engineer at OpenNode and a freedom technology enthusiast.

Prevously, I cofounded the Operating Function Company.

I live in Rhode Island with my wife. We used to live in Brooklyn but decided, in the spring of 2017, that we wanted a lot more living space, to own a(n old) house with land, and proximity to the ocean.

Below are some other (non-physical) places where I can be found.