01 / Systems
Distributed systems & infrastructure
Consensus protocols, fault-tolerant storage, and planet-scale coordination. We design systems that stay correct when everything else fails.
- Raft / Paxos
- CRDTs
- Kubernetes
- Observability
3rd Bit Labs partners with ambitious teams on the hardest problems in computer science - from distributed systems and cryptography to machine learning infrastructure and decentralized consensus networks. We move research into production.
We work in a small number of technically demanding domains where depth matters more than breadth. Every engagement is led by a principal engineer and grounded in peer-reviewed methods.
Consensus protocols, fault-tolerant storage, and planet-scale coordination. We design systems that stay correct when everything else fails.
Zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and post-quantum migrations. Formal guarantees you can actually deploy.
Training stacks, custom kernels, and low-latency inference for large models. From first dataloader to production serving at scale.
BFT protocol design, cryptographic state accumulation, and formally verified execution environments. From peer-to-peer network engineering to production-grade decentralized systems.
We're structured as a senior-only practice. Every engagement is staffed with people who have shipped the thing you need - not a pyramid, not a layer of junior proxies.
We begin with a short technical discovery, agree on falsifiable success criteria, and then deliver in short, reviewed increments. You keep the code, the designs, and the knowledge.
Most engagements run 6 to 16 weeks. We also offer ongoing advisory retainers for teams navigating a multi-year research roadmap.
Two-week paid scoping: problem framing, risk map, and a written technical plan with success criteria.
Spike the riskiest assumption first. Either it works, or we learn fast and change course together.
Production implementation in weekly reviewed increments. Your engineers pair with ours throughout.
Runbooks, docs, and a knowledge transfer. Optional retainer for continued advisory support.
We respond to every inquiry within two business days. If it's a fit, we'll schedule a 30-minute call with a principal engineer - no sales layer.