{"id":420012,"date":"2026-06-30T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/autheo-introduces-the-internet-operating-system-a-decentralized-coordination-layer-for-the-web-blockchain-and-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:46:00","slug":"autheo-introduces-the-internet-operating-system-a-decentralized-coordination-layer-for-the-web-blockchain-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailybanglanewspapers.com\/news\/autheo-introduces-the-internet-operating-system-a-decentralized-coordination-layer-for-the-web-blockchain-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Autheo Introduces the Internet Operating System: A Decentralized Coordination Layer for the Web, Blockchain, and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main-body-container\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p align=\"left\">SHERIDAN, Wyo., June  29, 2026  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Autheo today launched the <strong>Mainnet<\/strong> of its decentralized operating system \u2014 a coordination layer enabling the Web, Web3, AI agents, and crypto applications to interoperate natively, with post-quantum security for digital identity, tokens, smart contracts, and agentic AI.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>THE COORDINATION LAYER THE INTERNET NEVER HAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Today\u2019s blockchain landscape is fragmented \u2014 Web2, Web3, AI agents, and crypto applications cannot interoperate natively, and cross-chain bridges operate at the bridging layer. Autheo provides a coordination and execution layer where Web services, blockchain networks, and AI agents coordinate natively on a common identity, messaging, and execution surface, anchored by an on-chain, quantum-resistant trust and identity layer for agentic AI.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse ;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:4%; width:4%; min-width:4%;;vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:96%; width:96%; min-width:96%;;border-left: solid black 1pt ; vertical-align: middle;   text-align: left;   padding-left: 30.0px; vertical-align: top ; \"><em>\u201cWe didn\u2019t set out to build just another network,\u201d said <\/em><strong><em>Scott Bayless, Managing Director and co-founder of Autheo<\/em><\/strong><em>. \u201cWe set out to find the right relation between the ones we already have. A body has many parts. A city is many trades. The Internet today is many systems \u2014 each doing its work, none of them moving as one. With Mainnet now live, Autheo is the layer where the web, the chain, and the agent can finally work together.\u201d<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>FOUNDED BY LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Founded in <strong>July 2021<\/strong> by <strong>Todd Mortenson<\/strong> and <strong>Scott Bayless<\/strong>, Autheo was built around four architectural foundations: <strong>TheoID<\/strong> (W3C-compliant DID for users, services, and AI agents); <strong>PQCNet<\/strong> (post-quantum framework on NIST standards: <strong>ML-KEM<\/strong>, <strong>ML-DSA<\/strong>, and <strong>SLH-DSA<\/strong>); a <strong>sovereign Cosmos SDK Layer 0<\/strong> with native IBC interoperability; and an integrated <strong>EVM-compatible Layer 1 execution environment<\/strong>, operating as a <strong>Proof-of-Stake with delegated staking and licensed validators<\/strong>, secured by <strong>block finality through CometBFT consensus<\/strong> (\u201cProof of Autheo\u201d). Engineering is led by CEngO <strong>Kenneth Harper<\/strong>, with contributors across MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Caltech. Audits: <strong>Halborn<\/strong> (testnet) and <strong>CertiK<\/strong> (Mainnet). Partners include <strong>Zeeve<\/strong>, <strong>InfStones<\/strong>, <strong>Hydrex<\/strong>, <strong>Halborn<\/strong>, <strong>CertiK<\/strong>, <strong>TrustSwap<\/strong>, <strong>Team.Finance<\/strong>, and <strong>Utila<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>TESTNET ADOPTION HAS COMPOUNDED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Autheo\u2019s public testnet went live in 2025 and attracted <strong>350,000 wallets<\/strong> and <strong>60,000 smart contracts<\/strong> over its first twelve months. Following the May 12, 2026 Mainnet Phase 1 announcement, adoption accelerated: wallet addresses grew more than 5x and smart contracts more than 15x in the 45 days since. Cumulative totals:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:4pt;\"><strong>1,812,088 wallet addresses<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:4pt;\"><strong>968,502 smart contracts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>(Figures per Autheo network data, June 24, 2026. Independently verifiable on the public testnet explorer: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=hChQgb8owCgqJ4kprAMwaPDbis5A02iN1BkukN_RsW31HKI_2GuUbUMBJ_BGWGvL7oRCX1An7OJhYQjHd1SPWY7TuoBhocjAxHOnURlhm3-JptCgSSaL58sXFNS3ScJh\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"testnet-explorer.autheo.com\">testnet-explorer.autheo.com<\/a><em> \u00b7 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=G1gytthCeJuBFUaMGImVk3FALkSgRH5sGGIisv-bJMoy_WBVd2u7rAzDWh6NB-HiehcJiYmW1TF6dgTAHhesSFRaYyjPaFankwV4Y2ezfmYPk2OyyqJIGvgG-uNDshTxYnS3KKSD60GIAL0fB1iiXQ==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"verified contracts\">verified contracts<\/a><em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width:100%; border-collapse:collapse ;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:4%; width:4%; min-width:4%;;vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:96%; width:96%; min-width:96%;;border-left: solid black 1pt ; vertical-align: middle;   text-align: left;   padding-left: 30.0px; vertical-align: top ; \"><em>\u201cMainnet is live,\u201d said <\/em><strong><em>Todd Mortenson, Managing Director and co-founder of Autheo<\/em><\/strong><em>. \u201cThe industry will be racing to retrofit post-quantum security ahead of NIST\u2019s timeline \u2014 our developers won\u2019t have to. We built PQC in from the ground up. One interface for Web services, on-chain protocols, and AI agents. One million human developers on-chain within three years. And the AI agents building alongside them? Orders of magnitude more. The coordination layer for that future is live today.\u201d<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top ; \">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHAT\u2019S NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Developer access (Mainnet, live today):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The <strong>THEO<\/strong> token is anticipated to list on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=TTfgmbSOr3EvYM5y54CA_UG7jiHrHB4tMS_rpVAyOd6eAeD2L8zcpDMnPEccDwSCRmTVXsdYmN33oF1qZWfzVA==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hydrex.fi\">Hydrex.fi<\/a> in early July 2026. Core Node, Prime Node, and Sovereign Validator (399 NFT-licensed; 275 subscribed) programs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=eNalFcvisazThV2T_PGbUEIAN0amQzYB211J398j-9N6uIUKt1W_fessbCus2ZmZiqSjs-MZWFrObbnnbyUW1f4GEXCSJ_2ZX5pz4GFO9Eo=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"commerce.autheo.com\">commerce.autheo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The complete press release with extended technical detail is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=GF56Nks9HqQ2mZH6CYetW3Xr6QltSCx-FsL9TY_bYC_0sPm9Egcj0e6_jeL185k9QrENuwUfD2TdkAz2lcFXDo50IXDqZxPUjG68j21XtNU=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"autheo.com\/press\">autheo.com\/press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ABOUT AUTHEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Autheo is building the Internet operating system: a decentralized coordination layer for Web, blockchain, and AI agents, anchored by <strong>PQCNet<\/strong> (NIST post-quantum cryptography) and <strong>W3C DIDs<\/strong>. Addresses the convergence of AI, blockchain, and crypto \u2014 supporting agentic AI, tokenomics, enterprise blockchain, and on-chain digital sovereignty against quantum computing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=GF56Nks9HqQ2mZH6CYetW-LrASoHMHK3CFfde-59She9f5Qo1OSSI_-7s12yInH_1Jg94438evNEShyzljGSWg==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"autheo.com\">autheo.com<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=BT4o7jhNtgaGfsv5-T4NaZYNhUH7DQmcw6QVre0f1yQJiKIKjmER-b2g4It-xi_KpW_KHl7mYuqtJhpKL29nlPm8fkMg0Fw-IEI_-CZQtBo=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@Autheo_Network\">@Autheo_Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>MEDIA CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Ryan Teigen<\/strong>, Director of Product Marketing<br \/>Email: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=PXs4fiGikvbjCSIqRabWgs7YsmwpXT7l7XyQ6DJCiKrucdsMLAOfZ7NW9CDeZtq9hYUF1ZKIDcUM225MEwmhr0gcaTP_dI2_m26Rz1QA5Mo=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ryan@autheo.com\">ryan@autheo.com<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=RyyaZCVITdiYaY3at4ped-VtpCVN5_HgVilHoiRFfCAz_XoM5C0xxsIjaV8Bxjlo4gUtKMePwxBnuw2prWcWBdh0O26HGgqpuxNFUaPXK_k=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"press@autheo.com\">press@autheo.com<\/a> \u00b7 Phone: 608-713-1028<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=GF56Nks9HqQ2mZH6CYetWwo5Xjs5dgQzDje-Qh8SIyN7TLDZDATV6hYx-xh1mxh1GTGZkGRYzzwPJ107V1Burw==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"autheo.com\">autheo.com<\/a> \u00b7 X: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=BT4o7jhNtgaGfsv5-T4NaT1WoslRVhsrc7euLOv3Dy2RZ_39wZc1EcYCWoj_sgrjNGONfUuTftGtWwG3P316J4E7dKOKV4BoB6vvNUgdX6s=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"@Autheo_Network\">@Autheo_Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Forward-looking statements: Certain statements in this release, including statements regarding anticipated network growth, partnerships, and roadmap, are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ. Autheo undertakes no obligation to update such statements except as required by law.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A video accompanying this release is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=AAzcyU3_Xn9AErexmuk0_rYatklf18B2oz66BRqAi8sxgMmq2cAy_ldQ9FdgI2yOJTjZCx9gCp46mugTRwqDyFUw80ebKXvjRB19cupyZPUXGk2xMzWKNXaa8x-D0CQe1cswR7q4RVnnCHJZHUA-mdgSEHeKoC2dppuQlKroT2-73w3ZY5qUSAUCTt97NyRvxfd2Uo60xcIAno59pWN17Nq3jMzpKFcFYHl-su4e7Kn0oxSvt2C5aBEg8cvWe8SF7L2K-Q3JdniWl9BLsWzByQ==\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/NewsRoom\/AttachmentNg\/99a95dde-f8e8-42d6-8e59-72d34724b7f9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/YTA0YzgxN2ItZTdmMC00ZGE4LWJlMDEtMGM5NzNlZTZhM2JjLTEzMzQ0NDctMjAyNi0wNi0zMC1lbg==\/tiny\/Autheo-LLC.png\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHERIDAN, Wyo., June 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Autheo today launched the Mainnet of its decentralized operating system \u2014 a coordination layer enabling the Web, Web3, AI agents, and crypto applications to interoperate natively, with post-quantum security for digital identity, tokens, smart contracts, and agentic AI. 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