Hello

This is the personal website of Vinney Cavallo.

Here are some recent things about me.
(last updated September 02, 2026):
  • 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’ve designed and prototyped a protocol - nicknamed Catallax - which is intended to facilitate uncensorable, decentralized gig economies and permissionless payments. Learn more and try it out at catallax.network or grantless.org
  • You really should have known my dad.

I do R&D software engineering work with a team that builds free, open-source tools which enable communities to determine who and what they consider trustworthy.
Think of it like a personal algorithm that you exclusively control.
Our Big Tech and State handlers force their perspective on you for their own profit and control. My life's work revolves around building systems that put individuals and communities at the center of their own experience, freely-associating on their own collective terms.
Links to apps and websites where you can interact with these systems will be posted here as they're available.

Previously, I was an engineer at OpenNode.

Even previouslier, I had cofounded the (now defunct) Operating Function Company.

I live in Rhode Island with my wife. We used to live in New York 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.