Announcing Full Node

Gnosis and Cosmos/Tendermint open Europe's largest co-working space for blockchain companies

In the blockchain community, we believe that information should be shared, continually reconciled, and truly public. While the technology still is in its development stages, it is especially important for a young ecosystem to be grounded in a common space to work and closely collaborate towards making the technology more mature.

It is that belief that motivates us to build one of the first co-working hubs for the blockchain community in Europe. In April 2018, we are opening Full Node, the European Blockchain Hub in Berlin on Skalitzer Straße 85–86, right in the center of the vibrant Berlin neighborhood of Kreuzberg. The name "Full Node" refers to computers in a blockchain network that verify all transactions and consensus rules. Full nodes form the backbone of a blockchain network.

Full Node is located on Skalitzer Straße 85–86 in Berlin Kreuzberg

The 1000m² co-working space on the 3rd floor will have room for about 100 people who can spread out in either separate company offices, shared meeting rooms, hang-out areas, or in the open co-working space. Meetups, workshops, and hackathons can be hosted in a designated event area, featuring a built-in café. The renovation was realized by LXSY Architekten who are also known for the refurbishment and modernization of Berlin's Impact Hub.

Parts of Berlin reachable within 30 min of public transport (via http://www.mapnificent.net/berlin/).

Kreuzberg is an important business district in the dynamic and up-and-coming city for entrepreneurs. It’s home to some of the city’s best restaurants, bars, and clubs, and an easy commute via public transportation from all parts of Berlin.

Amenities within 1km (Courtesy of LXSY architekten).

We’re doing this together with our amazing partners at Cosmos/Tendermint. A project led by the Interchain Foundation, Cosmos is a network of blockchains that allows many independent blockchains to interoperate with each other, creating a deep integration of the virtual token economy, and providing a path toward blockchain scaling. The technology underpinning the Cosmos Network is a state of the art proof-of-stake blockchain engine called Tendermint Core. The team behind Tendermint is also developing an inter-blockchain communication protocol (IBC) which facilitates communication between blockchains as TCP/IP did for computers to form the World Wide Web.

While we’re still deciding on the teams moving in with us, don’t hesitate to reach out about open spaces.