Blur NFT marketplace CEO reveals his identity

According to CoinDesk, the platform’s co-founder known by the nickname Pacman is Namebase founder Tieshun Roquerre

22.02.2023 - 16:40

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What’s new? One of the co-founders of Blur NFT marketplace, known by the nickname Pacman, has revealed his identity by sharing a picture of himself on Twitter. In a series of posts, the developer revealed that he “enjoyed the privacy” of being anonymous, but in the year since Blur launched, the community had “grown exponentially” and he felt it was time to go public.

Web2 me vs Web3 meA thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/9BKyNdan3x — Pacman | Blur.io (@PacmanBlur) February 22, 2023

What else is known about Pacman? The CEO of Blur revealed that he is the founder of Namebase, which he later sold. Pacman also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Thanks to the data provided, CoinDesk was able to link Pacman to profiles on Crunchbase and LinkedIn in the name of Tieshun Roquerre.

What is known about the marketplace? Blur was launched in April 2022 by the US crypto exchange Coinbase after raising $11 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Paradigm. The platform stands out for its personalization options and works similarly to major social networks: users can show personal information in profiles, subscribe to others, like and comment. In February 2023, former CEO of BitMEX crypto exchange Arthur Hayes invested in the marketplace

On February 22, Blur announced the start of the airdrop of 300 million native tokens of the platform, in which the main criteria for the distribution and calculation of rewards will be the activity and loyalty of users. On the same day, a platform user under the nickname MachiBigBrother sold 536 non-fungible tokens, including NFTs from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection. The value of his sale was $128 000.

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