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Initiating Research with Motivation and Collaboration
The speaker initiated the foundation term in the core research team three years ago, starting with addressing the motivation for discussions. This was spurred by a request from Dan Krad for specific elliptic curves for a project involving Vitalik and led to the development of a new curve known as bandage notch. Prior to this, the speaker worked extensively on the topic of VDF and collaborated with Justin, which eventually led them to the term foundation.