{"id":74509,"date":"2023-02-22T17:46:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=74509"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:30:06","slug":"blur-ceo-reveals-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/blur-ceo-reveals-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Blur CEO Reveals Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known in the community as Pacman, Blur&#8217;s head revealed his identity amid a sharp rise in interest in NFT marketplaces.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Web2 me vs Web3 me<\/p>\n<p>A thread ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BKyNdan3x\">pic.twitter.com\/9BKyNdan3x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pacman | Blur.io (@PacmanBlur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PacmanBlur\/status\/1628223367487848451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhen we created Blur, I liked using the pseudonym. [\u2026] Now that the Blur community has grown geometrically, I no longer have the ability to take so many one-on-one calls as before. It is time to reveal my identity publicly,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the thread, Pacman studied at <span data-descr=\"Massachusetts Institute of Technology\" class=\"old_tooltip\">MIT<\/span> and founded Namebase, which he subsequently sold.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAt this point, Pacman is synonymous with my own identity, and that name is much easier to pronounce than my real one. I will continue to call myself Pacman,\u201d he added, Blur\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the information provided, CoinDesk linked Pacman to profiles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tieshun-roquerre-06181659\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/tieshun-roquerre\">Crunchbase<\/a>. According to the former, Tieshun Roquerre [Tieshun Roquerre] left MIT, received a grant to create Namebase, and in 2021 sold the project.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-02-22-v-17.32.19.webp\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-02-22-v-17.32.19\" class=\"wp-image-198753\"\/><figcaption>Source: LinkedIn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the LinkedIn profile it is also noted that since January 2022 Roquerre has led the Stealth company. On ForkLog UA\u2019s network, it was possible to find a company with the same name. It is noted that it is engaged in software development.<\/p>\n<p>On February 14, the marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-blur-valuation-rises-to-1-billion-amid-airdrop-reports-say\">held the first season of the airdrop<\/a> for Blur. Against the backdrop of distributing reward packages, the platform <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/blur-nft-marketplace-leads-nft-trading-volume\">outpaced in weekly trading volume<\/a> the long-time leader of the segment \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/why-opensea-is-the-most-popular-nft-marketplace\">OpenSea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, Pacman urged NFT creators to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/blur-ceo-urges-nft-creators-to-boycott-opensea\">ignore the competing<\/a> platform due to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/opensea-launches-new-tool-to-collect-royalties-from-nft-collections\">the royalty policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, the OpenSea team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/opensea-overhauls-royalty-model-amid-stand-off-with-blur\">transitioned the marketplace<\/a> to an &#8216;optional royalties&#8217; model, temporarily suspended fees and allowed assets to be listed on third-party platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on February 21, Blur announced the distribution of an additional 300 million tokens in the second season of the airdrop. 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