Chris McCoy
For IEEE publications, academic conferences, and formal technical venues
Chris McCoy is a systems architect who created the STORE protocol, a decentralized cloud computing protocol that addresses the defining challenge of the technological century: ensuring powerful AI tools serve democratic participation rather than corporate concentration. His Byzantine Fault Tolerant Democracy protocol has governed $28.03 million in real economic decisions over 8 years with zero constitutional violations, demonstrating mathematical governance at civilizational scale.
Following the systematic research methodology that characterized Nobel laureate Linus Pauling's groundbreaking work—rigorous mathematics, peer review, and solutions built to withstand generations—McCoy applies interdisciplinary thinking to coordination challenges at scale. As inventor of the BlockFinBFT consensus algorithm (US Patent), he bridges constitutional mathematics with modern coordination challenges through systematic implementation.
His approach enables computing infrastructure collectively owned and governed by users rather than centralized entities, operating 450+ AI endpoints across 5 global data centers. McCoy's implementation-focused methodology consistently moves from concept to practice—whether implementing mathematical consensus for community governance in Kelso, Washington (97% approval), creating policy analysis frameworks, or transforming theoretical models into working infrastructure that democratically governs technology rather than being governed by it.
IEEE Biography
Chris McCoy
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Chris McCoy created the STORE protocol to address the defining challenge of our technological century: ensuring powerful AI tools serve democratic participation rather than corporate concentration. His Byzantine Fault Tolerant Democracy protocol has governed $28.03 million in real economic decisions over 8 years with zero constitutional violations, operating 450+ AI endpoints across 5 global data centers.
Using the systematic approach that characterized Nobel laureate Linus Pauling's prize-winning research—math-based R&D, global peer review, and solutions built to withstand generations—McCoy applies constitutional mathematics to solve coordination challenges before they become civilizational crises. As inventor of the BlockFinBFT consensus algorithm (US Patent), he combines technical precision with democratic governance that scales from local communities (97% approval in Kelso, Washington) to global infrastructure.
His implementation-focused approach transforms theoretical models into working systems that enable users to democratically govern technology rather than be governed by it. Chris holds a degree in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington and founded Data4America, proving that sustainable technological change requires developing people alongside systems.
Professional Bio
Chris McCoy
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Chris McCoy created the STORE protocol to ensure AI tools serve democratic participation rather than corporate concentration. His Byzantine Fault Tolerant Democracy protocol has governed $28.03 million over 8 years with zero constitutional violations, operating 450+ AI endpoints across 5 global data centers through mathematical governance that enables users to democratically govern technology rather than be governed by it.
Brief Bio
Chris McCoy
For website headers, social media profiles, and brief introductions (40-50 words)
Chris McCoy created STORE's Byzantine Fault Tolerant Democracy protocol, governing $28.03 million over 8 years with zero constitutional violations across 450+ AI endpoints. As BlockFinBFT algorithm inventor, he enables users to democratically govern technology rather than be governed by it.
Quick Bio
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Lifemap of Chris McCoy
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Grows up in a rural town with a single mother and two brothers
Survives a car accident - age 5, causing a lifelong neck injury (kept secret from him)
Starts his first business - age 6 (selling plums)
Develops a love for reading and intellectual pursuits as an escape from family challenges
Discovers his fourth cousin, Linus Pauling, is the only two-time solo Nobel Prize winner (chemistry, world peace) - age 10
Moves in with his grandfather Jack - age 14
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Elected a Washington DECA state officer
Becomes a highly-recruited baseball prospect, throwing a 91+ mph fastball
Neck injury resurfaces, causing a significant drop in fastball velocity
Elected Washington DECA State President
Signs to play baseball for the Washington Huskies
Wins National DECA Presidency and takes a gap year to serve
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Redshirts on the baseball team but retires to pursue tech entrepreneurship
Starts a baseball training and e-commerce business called PitchSmarter
Co-founds I Love Baseball, a non-profit in the Dominican Republic
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Sells baseball business to start his first tech company, a social network for sports history (YourSports)
Survives the Great Financial Crisis, moves YS to Silicon Valley, teams up with Rag (lifelong CTO) to build
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Builds up the social network to 4mm semantically connected sports, interest, and geographical networks
Recognized by Marc Andreessen as one of "55 Unknown Rockstars in Tech"
Starts Data4America, a nonprofit exploring policy and data
Files for a Bitcoin-based wallet patent, beginning his crypto innovation journey
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Retires from YourSports and starts Footprint, a chat system for franchises & chains
Marries Ciara, a native San Franciscan and UCLA track star (steeplechaser!)
Realizes the potential of zero-fee settlement in the app layer
Begins engineering STORE, a decentralized democracy, and designing BlockFinBFT consensus algorithm
Twin daughters born
