From accessible computing to user-owned software

I was born in Southern Oregon in 2000 with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. A community-funded BrailleNote gave me early access to computing; naturally, I spent as much time probing its limits as using it for assignments. Screen readers, magnification, orientation and mobility training, and patient teachers helped technology become a source of independence rather than another barrier.

I moved from teenage games to cryptographic communication, then payment processing, non-custodial wallets, and infrastructure. In 2020 I formed the company behind Project Babbage. As Founding President, I have helped turn the same recurring questions—who owns identity, who grants permission, and how applications exchange value—into standards and working software.

TyWEB preserves the technical trail: early privacy articles, project artifacts, Gateway, Element, and the ideas that grew into BRC-100 wallet interfaces, relationship-specific keys, authenticated payments, overlays, and user-owned applications. My fuller personal story, including the teachers and community that made it possible, lives on TyEverett.com.