Cultivate a greater web,
together
Kernel is a peer-to-peer learning environment.
We teach, we learn. We listen, create, support, and care. Together, we are planting the seeds required to grow connected systems we hope our descendants will enjoy.
Kernel Block X starts January 2025.
2,211
Kernel Fellows
92
countries
150+
Active Projects
$40M+
Raised by Fellows
Meet the Kernel Fellows
Tao Fei
Cultural Worker, 221A
Jess Sun
Founder, Mouthpiece
Joan Bรธdker Pedersen
Independent, The Matrix
Shawn Dimantha
Product at Google / YouTube
Stella Dennig
Creator, Daytrip
Yatรบ Pelรกez-Espinsoa
Founder, USB Club
Mark Redito
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Rebecca Mqamelo
Architecture, Yale
Niran Babalola
Engineering, Base
Davide Crapis
Co-founder, PIN AI
MacEagon Voyce
Co-founder, Grey Matter
Haitham Mengad
Co-founder, Stems
Ankit
Director of Product, OKX
Zain Bacchus
Product Manager, Optimism
Holly Grimm
Navajo Artist & Software Engineer
Michelle Huang
President, Akiya Collective
Mara Schmiedt
CEO, Alluvial Finance
Devin Walsh
Executive Director, Uniswap Foundation
Greg Bateman
Co-founder, Window Finance
Paul Gadi
Co-Founder, OP Games
Apurva Chitnis
Sidetrack (my own startup)
Mariale Montenegro
Co-Founder, Mentaport
Nikhil Raghuveera
Co-founder, Aethos
Glenn Poppe
Co-founder, Catalog
Amelie Lasker
Co-founder, Alexandria Labs
Francesco Agostir
Co-founder, Phantom
Jenil Thakker
Creator, Coinvise
Ben Lakoff
GP, Bankless Ventures
Projects by Kernel Fellows
Pods Finance
by Rafaella Baraldo
The fastest wayย to offer crypto backed loans.
Defi
Push
by Harsh Rajat & Richa Joshi
The communication protocol of web3.
Communications
Coinshift
by Tarun Gupta
Beyond a wallet: simpler, safer, and more rewarding.
Wallets
Sherlock
by Jack Sanford
The final exam audit before mainnet.
Security
Coinvise
by Jenil Thakker
Claim onchain rewards. A portal to the world of web3.
Tokens
Toucan
by Raphael Haupt, James Farrell
Digital rails forย climate finance.
Climate Finance
Bonfire
by Melissa Zhang, Matt Alston
Bringing creators and brands closer to their biggest fans.
Token Communities
Creators
LiFi
by Philipp Zentner
One API to swap, bridge, and zap across allย major blockchains and protocols.
Interoperability
Exchanges
Jokerace
by David Phelps, Sean McCaffery
Contests for communities to run, grow, and monetize.
Contests
Chaos Labs
by Omer Goldberg
Transforms data on risk, security, and incentive strategies into powerful tools to evolve decentralized finance.
Security
DeFi
Future Primitive
by Benny Giang
Net new human relationships by designing and building networks, objects, and narratives.
Token Primitives
DLogos
by Anonymous
Participate in the world's most valuable conversations.
Dialogues
Markets
Explore the Kernel Book
The Kernel Book is an open-source spring of fundamental ideas relating our web. Start anywhere that calls to you. The book guides each Kernel Block, one chapter per week.
Personal Inquiry
๐ Play of PatternWeb3 Inquiry
โ๏ธ TrustExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
๐คฏ MeaningWeb3 Inquiry
๐ฏ ValueExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
โ๏ธ Better QuestionsWeb3 Inquiry
๐ธ Money and SpeechExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
๐ IntentionWeb3 Inquiry
๐ฆ FreedomExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
๐ Govern YourselfWeb3 Inquiry
โ RadicallyExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
๐ Listening and StoriesWeb3 Inquiry
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ IncentivesPersonal Inquiry
๐ Learn How To LearnWeb3 Inquiry
๐ฎ Censorship ResistanceExtended Reading
Personal Inquiry
๐ GivingWeb3 Inquiry
๐ Scale-abilityExtended Reading
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