The TSMC of blockchain infrastructure

From Deep Research
to Enterprise-Grade
Blockchain

Altus is a blockchain engineering partner for financial institutions. With a team of 50+ engineers and researchers and eight years of hands-on experience, we help clients design, build, and operate blockchain systems that work within their existing infrastructure, controls, and operating constraints.

2018
Founded
50+
Engineers & Researchers
>50%
Senior Engineers
8 yrs
Production L1 Experience
Cosmos SDKCommonwareCometBFTEVMBlock-STMDAG consensusMPC wallets SamsungTendermintLG CNSETRIKlaytnInitiaMultiple PhDs
Audit partners: Zellic · Spearbit · Halborn · Informal Systems · Sherlock
Why Altus
The protocol partner built for builders
who need it to last.
01
8 years of live network operations — not just code delivery.
We have built and run production networks since 2018. You aren't getting a dev shop that ships and disappears — you get a team that has kept chains alive under real conditions, with real stakes.
02
You keep full ownership. We accumulate the R&D.
Every engagement is non-exclusive and royalty-free. You own what's built. And because we carry forward our R&D across engagements, you don't pay to start from scratch — you benefit from everything we've already solved.
03
Production testnet in ~6 months.
Engagements reach a production-grade testnet in approximately six months, with mainnet aligned to your commercial strategy. A long-term partner, not a one-time vendor.
The TSMC of blockchain infrastructure
Just as TSMC lets chip designers focus on architecture without owning a fab, Altus handles the full protocol stack so clients focus on what only they can build. We accumulate battle-tested R&D, senior engineering talent, and live operational know-how — applied across every engagement. Clients receive a non-exclusive, royalty-free right to all developed technology.
What We Build
End-to-end blockchain engineering
01Custom L1 Blockchains— Sovereign, purpose-built L1 infrastructure
We design and operate sovereign L1 chains for institutions that require control over governance, compliance, privacy, and performance.
Chain engineering — 10K+ TPS, sub-second finality, zero-gas with spam prevention, whitelisted transfers, multi-token staking, and custom governance logic
Financial market modules — orderbook DEX, perpetuals, lending, oracle integration, and other on-chain financial primitives
Full network operations — validator, full, archive, and RPC nodes, with admin dashboards, monitoring, upgrades, and incident response
02RWA Tokenization Infrastructure— Issue, manage, and trade digital assets
End-to-end infrastructure for tokenized assets covering issuance, transfer controls, custody integration, secondary trading, settlement, and redemption.
03Stablecoin Payment & Settlement Rails— Cross-border payments and on-chain settlement
Infrastructure for cross-border payments and on-chain settlement using stablecoins, including gas payment in stablecoins, zero-gas design, and issuer integration with mint/redeem and fiat on/off ramp paths.
Track Record
Trusted by leading teams in crypto and finance
Korea's Largest Securities Firm
Current Pipeline
Designed RWA tokenization architecture and delivered live demo. EVM-based architecture covering the RWA lifecycle with reconciliation and remediation logic, legacy fiat ledger integration, and stablecoin settlement rails.
Stable
2024 – Present
Full ownership of L1 core R&D and operations. USDT-first EVM L1 for cross-border payments with 7,000+ TPS, sub-second finality, zero-gas and USDT-as-gas design, institutional compliance controls.
Ault Blockchain
2025 – Present
Full ownership of L1 core R&D and operations. EVM and Cosmos dual execution L1 with native orderbook-based DEX for on-chain RWA spot trading, perpetuals, and lending.
Major Japanese Web2 Company
2025 · PoC
Defined requirements and problem scope, researched architecture and solution options, and delivered a devnet for a high-performance L1 blockchain achieving more than 10K+ TPS.
Cosmos Labs — Cosmos EVM
2025
Co-developing the official Cosmos EVM with Cosmos Labs, covering core feature completion, QA, and ongoing maintenance.
Babylon
2025
Worked as one team with Babylon's core team on EVM integration, performance improvements, security audit, and custom feature development for production readiness.
Canto Network
2022 – 2024
Full ownership of L1 core R&D and operations. EVM-compatible L1 core engineering with performance optimization including optimistic parallel execution and state storage optimization.
Leading Global RWA Platform
2024 · PoC
Evaluated architecture options and delivered a Cosmos-EVM-based RWA devnet with custom precompiles, multi-asset staking, and native oracle integration.
Incubated Financial Protocols
Affluent
Asset management · Strategy vaults
2024 – Current
Crescent Network
Cosmos L1 DEX · Hybrid AMM + Orderbook
2022 – 2024
Vivacity
RWA-backed lending on Canto
2023 – 2024
FLIP
Modular derivatives · Options + Perps
2023 – 2024
Gravity DEX
DEX module on Cosmos Hub
2021
Active Research
Commonware Stack
Modular blockchain framework with composable consensus, execution, and storage. Simplex and Minimmit for low-latency consensus; QMDB and MMR targeting 1M TPS.
Canton Network
Selective data disclosure across counterparties. Validator node ops and Daml application development for multi-party settlement use cases.
Wallet Infrastructure
MPC-based key management with key share recovery. Institutional-grade onboarding and operational UX. Currently in PoC phase.
Ecosystem Presence
HyperliquidMonadStoryChainlinkEthereumCosmos HubInjectiveCelestiaSomniaSolanaFogoStableLayerZero
We're hiring
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