Story in 60 Seconds
Chris McCoy grew up on food stamps in Kelso, Washington. He discovered that Hamilton (1787) and Lamport (1982) solved the same problem 195 years apart - distributed agreement under adversarial conditions. Same math. He built it and governed $30 million over 8 years with zero constitutional violations. His test: would this work for someone back in Kelso - AND strengthen America's position globally - AND help democratic capitalism set the rules for AI? The framework is called Trusted America. When America wins, you get paid.
Full Bio
Chris McCoy is a hidden researcher and the founder of constitutional mathematics - the field proving that the mathematics governing American democracy for 238 years can govern artificial intelligence.
The Discovery
In 2017, McCoy formalized something nobody had connected: Alexander Hamilton's 1787 constitutional design and Leslie Lamport's 1982 Byzantine Fault Tolerance mathematics are identical solutions to the same problem - distributed agreement under adversarial conditions. No faction above one-third. Two-thirds consensus to override. Same threshold. 195 years apart. Neither knew about the other.
The Founders encoded distributed systems mathematics into the Constitution before computer science existed.
McCoy didn't just recognize the parallel - he formalized constitutional mathematics as a field: eight core formulas, seven named protocols, and the Fermi Index for measuring whether governance is real or fiction.
The Proof
Rather than publishing a paper and moving on, McCoy built the system and governed it for 8 years. $30 million in real economic decisions. Zero constitutional violations. He brought it home to Kelso, Washington through Hilander Democracy - 97% community approval.
The Framework
Trusted America is McCoy's comprehensive policy framework: GDP growth exceeding debt growth, surplus distributed through mathematical allocation (40% families, 33% America's future, 25% debt, 1% democracy, 1% allies). The partner everyone wants, not the bully everyone fears. When America wins, you get paid.
The method is symbiosis - deals where all parties agree and everyone gains strength. Symbiosis isn't idealism. It's how democratic capitalism wins the AI age.
The Test
Every policy must pass: "Would this work for someone back in Kelso - AND strengthen America's position globally - AND help democratic capitalism set the rules for AI?"
McCoy grew up on food stamps, free lunch, and Medicaid in Kelso - a timber town that lost most of its jobs. Raised by a village of four McCoy men when his single mom couldn't manage alone. If a policy doesn't work for working families, it doesn't ship.
The Methodology
Drawing on 27 years of cross-domain research (1999-2026), McCoy inherited the pattern recognition of his second cousin twice removed, Linus Pauling (the only two-time solo Nobel laureate) - the same systematic thinking that won two Nobel Prizes. Pauling won Chemistry AND Peace. Created molecular understanding AND worried about weaponization. McCoy continues that tradition: build systems, then take responsibility for what you build.
Data4America advances this systematic approach to policy analysis - monetary systems, economic growth, housing, cryptocurrency regulation, and AI governance - addressed through mathematical optimization rather than political compromise. Purple means market-incentivized means achieving progressive ends, with both sides verifying the calculations.
As inventor of the BlockFinBFT consensus algorithm (two US patents, 15+ citations) and CEO of STORE Research, McCoy bridges constitutional mathematics with modern governance challenges. 2,500+ AI endpoints operate under democratic governance across 5 global data centers.
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