Venom Foundation made headlines last year with its groundbreaking partnership with the Philippine government to digitize billions of accountable forms—a project hailed as potentially the largest blockchain use case in the world.
In this exclusive UseTheBitcoin interview at Philippine Blockchain Week 2025, Christopher Louis Tsu delves into Venom’s cutting-edge technology, the transformative potential of this national-scale initiative, and the broader mission to drive global blockchain adoption through education and strategic collaboration in the Philippines.
UTB: Can you tell us more about Venom Network / Foundation?
Christopher: We provide blockchain financial infrastructure, but the difference is that we do this at a sovereign level. The reason we do this is because we can do it. A lot of other blockchains in the past suffered from scalability — every time they scaled, the price went up, and it slowed down. We have a particular protocol that can scale; the cost stays the same, it goes very fast, so it can serve a hundred million or a billion people — low cost, high speed.
We have been going after governments, commercial banks, central banks, institutions, because we want to have a blockchain that’s compliant and regulated to create mass adoption. Because, if it is not at an institutional level, the people are not going to be able to get on board. So, this has been really our main focus, and people can build on top of our blockchain; they can build different applications, tokenization, wallets, and different types of registries for carbon credits. But the main infrastructure needs to be in place first, and that’s what we build.
UTB: The partnership with the Philippine government to digitize billions of accountable forms is described as potentially the world’s largest blockchain use case. Can you walk us through the vision behind this project and its expected impact on transparency and efficiency in the Philippines?
Christopher: For sure, blockchain is going to bring transparency and efficiency because of the nature of how it’s architected. One key difference in the Venom blockchain is that it comprises two distinct components. We have centralization, but we also have decentralization. So, those two can be merged together because there will always be certain parts where the government will need to control — assets, national security, things — but they also need to move into the real world, the decentralized world. And we have this overlapping hybrid architecture, where we have both available, and these networks are like launching particular blockchains.
UTB: The Philippines initially considered IBM’s Hyperledger but chose Venom for its scalability and low transaction costs. What specific advantages does Venom’s blockchain offer for this national-scale digitization effort?
Christopher: IBM Hyperledger—fantastic, these guys are trailblazers, right? I don’t want to put other protocols down. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. However, their architecture is limited. Once they started scaling to even hundreds of thousands of people, it just hit a dead end. So, Hyperledger could not scale efficiently or cost-effectively. And this world we live in is profit-driven—if you’re going to cost too much, and if you’re too slow, it’s just not going to happen.
UTB: The Philippines’ blockchain initiative could set a global precedent. What challenges do you foresee in scaling this project, and how is Venom preparing to address them?
Christopher: The challenges mainly are education. You know, people need to know about this thing, and over the years, there’ve been a lot of organizations like Philippine Blockchain Week — they’ve been, you know, ringing that bell for a long time. I mean, I was at an event here some time ago — there were like two people. Right now, we have thousands, so it’s growing really fast.
So, education is a big thing. And when I talk about education, I’m not just talking about educating developers or educating entrepreneurs. Governments, mayors, bankers, politicians — they need to know about this so they can prepare the right kind of regulation, they can prepare people for it, and they can make this acceptable. It’s a team effort; everybody needs to be onboard.
For further information on Venom Foundation and to stay updated on their announcements, please visit their official social media channels provided below:
👉 Venom Foundation’s Website: https://venom.foundation/
👉 Venom Network’s Website: https://venom.network/
👉 Venom Foundation’s Twitter/X: https://x.com/VenomFoundation
👉 Venom Foundation’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venomfoundation/
👉 Venom Network’s Twitter/X: https://x.com/Venom_network_
👉 Christopher Louis Tsu’s Twitter/X: https://x.com/louis_tsu/
