Months before Ethereum’s mainnet launch, Jason Teutsch introduced the Verifier’s Dilemma in the first-ever scientific publication about Ethereum (CCS 2015). His solution to the Verifier’s Dilemma, known as “Truebit,” ranked among Ethereum’s earliest scaling protocols. While optimistic “Layer-2” platforms use Truebit’s Verification Game as a secure basis for high transaction throughput, Jason has continued to expand this technology’s application trajectory beyond smart contracts through Truebit Verify. Before NFTs existed, Jason kicked off the art and blockchain movement with the steel-and-plexiglass Dogethereum #ArtProject as a medium to showcase Truebit’s original raison d'être. He has persisted in his role as Founder and Chief Scientist at Truebit for the past decade.
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