The founder of Blur came out as a high school dropout who joined YC at 17 and enjoyed the anonymity of the development process

2023-02-22 12:09

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Although Pacman released his biography, he did not directly disclose his real name.

原文标题：《 Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？》

原文作者： Azuma，Odaily星球日报

On the morning of February 22nd, the anonymous founders of the hugely popular NFT marketplace Blur. Pacman officially revealed his identity on Twitter.

Pacman describes himself as a high school dropout who joined a well-known startup incubator at the age of 17. Y Combinator, followed by math and computer science at MIT, was once a billionaire. Peter Created by Thiel. Thiel Fellowship, and later founded a company called Namebase and sold it to Namecheap.

Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？

Pacman says that when he started Blur 401 days ago, he debated whether to use his real identity or remain anonymous. of Polychain Capital; AnishAgnihotri discussed with him and finally decided to use anonymity after Anish convinced him that it was OK to be anonymous before being public, but not the other way around.

Pacman added that he enjoys developing anonymously, but he doesn't shy away from using his real identity on personal phone calls in order to build trust. Franklin You can prove it.

Eg. However, although Pacman Biographies were released, but the real names of individuals were not directly disclosed. In this regard, pacman Explaining that the name "Pacman" is a synonym for identity and is easier to pronounce than his real name (an important clue), he will continue to call himself Pacman and participate in community video conferences using avatars.

Pacman didn't say his real name, but he gave us enough information to find out more.

As mentioned earlier, Pacman mentioned that he founded a company called Company of Namebase and sold it to Namecheap. According to Crunchbase's database, Odaily Planet found the company easily. It's worth noting that Paradigm, Blur's lead investor, is also on the investor list.

Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？

And through The founder of Namebase, again, we have located a name called Tieshun Roquerre (?? It's hard to read...) The people of

Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？

After searching for Tieshun Roquerre on Twitter, we can find one called Tieshun/ (@TieshunR), Y Combinator participant, MIT, Thiel Fellowship, founder of Namebase... This information is associated with Pacman's disclosure was an exact match.

Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？

While on Instagram, another social media platform, we were also able to find a user called "tieshunr". From the photos disclosed by the user, the tiesHunr were tieshunr. Pacman's shots are pretty much the same.

Blur 匿名创始人公开身份，「铁顺」究竟是谁？