Meet the Ethereum Company
Our Story
Founded in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, Consensys has been part of Ethereum’s journey from before the genesis block. We incubated the first Ethereum wallet, funded early projects, and developed the infrastructure that helped Ethereum scale.
Today, our technologies support millions of users and thousands of developers around the world. We’re shaping the foundation of a revolutionary global digital economy by building the tools and infrastructure powering Ethereum.
At Consensys, we build what’s next. We’ve contributed to every major Ethereum upgrade. And we’re still just getting started.
Engineers
Researchers
Builders
Contributors
We’re a global team of over 700 technologists, designers, cryptographers, product thinkers, and researchers working to shape a better internet through decentralized systems.
We operate with long-term conviction, open-source principles, and deep technical rigor. Ethereum is our home turf—and our responsibility.
Our History
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Getting to the genesis block
It started with an idea. Vitalik presented his vision for executable smart contracts at the Bitcoin Miami conference in 2014. Joseph Lubin, Consensys’ founder, flew down to Miami to begin preparing for what would be the launch of the largest smart contract blockchain: Ethereum. Even before the first block was confirmed on Ethereum, Consensys, alongside different developer teams around the world, helped contribute to what would become the Ethereum protocol.
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Middleware layers for developers to bootstrap the network
Between 2016 and 2019, the first group of projects within Consensys launched to market. MetaMask became one of the first wallets available for interacting with the Ethereum network, whether to send ETH and other tokens to friends or connect your wallet to a dapp. Infura created an Ethereum API so other web3 developers could bootstrap applications without having to take on the burden of running their own node infrastructure.
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Beginnings of mainstream adoption
By 2020, Consensys restructured to become an integrated software company to support both developers in building novel web3 applications, and end-users to interact with them. By supporting protocol development, both on Ethereum and other Ethereum-compatible blockchains, Consensys played a critical role in fostering the first major wave of adoption in decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
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A new foundation for the global financial system
2023 was an inflection point for Ethereum network growth, powered by layer 2 expansion. Consensys launched its own fully Ethereum-equivalent zkEVM L2, Linea, with a mission to strengthen Ethereum. At the same time, the company continues to push adoption forward with the introduction of MetaMask Card, MetaMask USD and a treasury strategy through sister company Sharplink investing over $3 billion in ether (ETH).
We advocate for a decentralized future — loudly and clearly
From Washington to Brussels, we work with policymakers, regulators, and advocacy groups to ensure Ethereum remains a global, open, and innovation-friendly platform.
We’re proud to:
- Contribute to amicus briefs in key legal cases
- Engage directly with governments on digital asset regulation
- Advocate for developers and users around the world
Meet Joe Lubin
Joseph Lubin is the founder and CEO of Consensys, chairman of SharpLink, and co-founder of Ethereum. Born and raised in Toronto, Lubin graduated from Princeton University with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science. As a software and AI consultant, Lubin worked with eMagine on the Identrus project and was involved in the founding and operation of a hedge fund with a partner. He held positions as Director of the New York office of Blacksmith Software Consulting, and VP of Technology in Private Wealth
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