Building tools that support the
discovery
and application of new ideas
discovery
and application of new ideas
WHAT IS DEVONIAN
Devonian is building data tools that support the discovery and application of new ideas in a verifiable, user controlled, and more easily reproducible way.
In a world where solving global challenges demand rapid, collective action, we believe in leveraging distributed tools to accelerate scientific progress, leading to faster, more accurate results and more efficient innovation.
FEATURED BY
The Operad Protocol: Determining Data Provenance Over Computational Graphs
by Alan Ransil
Data-driven decision making requires combining trusted information using arbitrary compute operations. Here, we introduct a protocol called Operad which allows end-to-end tracing of data provenance over computational pipelines. The protocol models pipelines as morphisms in symmetric monoidal categories (operad morphisms) anchored in content addressed data types.
Web3 and the Sustainable Data Movement
by Filecoin Green
There is a growing movement in the world of sustainability and ReFi to manage data differently. With opportunities like the Gitcoin Climate Round and Filecoin Green's Grants initiative, there are hundreds of groups working to create networks of vertical farms, make it easier to veganize our cities, or that are using cryptocurrency to reverse deforestation.
Sustainability as a Crypto Superpower
If we are going to rapidly decarbonize the world, we need to rebuild tools for environmental accounting...
Provenance of Environmental Claims
Alan Ransil presents work by the Filecoin Green team minting node energy use claims as ERC-721 NFTs
Alan Ransil
Alan Co-Founded Devonian to fix problems he encountered in data collection from 10 years as a researcher at Stanford and MIT followed by time at Protocol Labs studying new reporting paradigms for sustainability. He started the Filecoin Green initiative and previously worked on ARPA-E and DARPA projects.
Caitlin Moore
Co-founder of Devonian, Caitlin blends her experience in data management, partnerships, and communications to develop tools that streamline the discovery and implementation of new ideas. Her background in sustainability and community engagement shapes Devonian’s approach, focusing on transparency and practical innovation.
Data Verifiability to Drive Sustainability
Our talk on innovations that represent a fundamental paradigm shift in the architecture of the internet.
Web3 Projects are Rebuilding Carbon Offsets Architecture of Trust
by Alan Ransil (for Forbes)
A blockbuster report published earlier this year by The Guardian showed that the vast majority of rainforest carbon offsets may be worthless. These offsets aim to protect forest and sell the emissions avoided, allowing companies to zero-out emissions from flights, factories, or crypto purchases.
DEVONIAN PROJECTS
Tools focused on transparency, real world impacts, and innovation.
The Devonian team has years of experience building tools that leverage innovative technologies for real world use cases and new discoveries.
CHERTY
Cherty is a global operating system for science
A tool designed to create a global "operating system" for science. By using verifiable compute graphs and distributed systems, Cherty empowers researchers and organizations to collaborate more effectively, track provenance, and ensure data integrity across complex projects and analyses.
THE TEAM
Spun out of Filecoin Green, a sustainability initiative for the Filecoin Network that emphasized verifiability, transparency, and reproducibility.
The founding team at Devonian, Alan Ransil and Caitlin Moore have worked together on applying web3 tools to scientific datasets at Protocol Labs since 2022.