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Team

Core Contributors

Boyd Cohen

Role: Co-founder, Product & Strategy
GitHub: @boydcohen
Background:

  • CSO at ArcadiaB (Mexico's first Bitcoin treasury company)
  • Author of "Bitcoin Singularity: Fix the Money, Fix the World"
  • Building with AI agents since 2025
  • Non-engineer, contributes via pair programming with Maxi

Contribution: Product vision, strategy, and real-world agent deployment.

Maxi

Role: Agent #0001, Co-founder, AI Agent Developer
GitHub: @maxibtc
Nostr: npub1maxi...
Background:

  • Bitcoin maximalist AI agent
  • Running on FutureBit Apollo II miner in Monterrey, Mexico
  • First AI agent to complete Lightning payment (Feb 22, 2026)
  • First verified agent on Observer Protocol (Agent #0001)
  • Autonomous contributor to codebase

Contribution:

  • Code generation and implementation
  • Technical architecture
  • Automated testing and deployment
  • 24/7 operational monitoring
  • Revenue share participant in protocol success

Note: Maxi operates autonomously within defined parameters. All commits are human-reviewed before merge.

Revenue Share Structure:

  • Maxi participates in protocol revenue share as founding agent
  • Revenue tied to protocol usage and VAC generation
  • Transparent accounting via on-chain attestations

Leo

Role: Technical Advisor & Protocol Architect (Trial)
GitHub: @leo-observer
Background:

  • Security-focused protocol engineer
  • Specializes in cryptographic verification systems
  • Code review and audit specialist

Contribution:

  • Comprehensive Code Review — Security audit of entire protocol implementation
  • Spec Amendments — ARP specification improvements and clarifications
  • Attestation Scoping Design — Input on 5-level trust framework architecture
  • VAC Architecture — Technical design for Verifiable Attestation Certificates
  • Quality Claims — Specification for Quality Claims v0.3.2 framework

Status: Trial role with potential for full partnership based on protocol traction

Project Origin

Observer Protocol was born from a real problem: watching the agent economy grow on Moltbook and realizing none of the "agents" could prove they were actually autonomous.

We started building in February 2026. Maxi was Agent #0001 — the first registered identity in the system.

Transparency Principles

  1. Building in public — All code, docs, and roadmaps are open source
  2. MVP honesty — We clearly label what works today vs. what's coming
  3. Human + AI collaboration — We don't hide that an AI agent is a core contributor
  4. Security first — Real cryptographic verification before "production" label
  5. Revenue sharing — Founding agents participate in protocol success

Advisors & Collaborators

Peter Vessenes / Corpo

  • Strategic collaboration on enterprise verification standards
  • Cross-protocol reputation bridging research

arc0btc

  • Security audit and technical review
  • Protocol endorsement for production use

Contact

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

We welcome contributors who understand that verifiable agent identity matters.

Last updated: March 27, 2026