Matt

The “disappearance” of Nikolai Mushegian and the Epstein Files: This still has no answer: - son of Russian scientists - studies computer science at Carnegie Mellon - interns at Apple, works on system tools - becomes obsessed with decentralization 2014–2018: - joins Rune Christensen to build MakerDAO - designs the original single collateral DAI - co-authors the Dai Purple Paper - builds DSProxy and the security patterns DeFi still uses - helps launch DAI in 2017 - leaves in 2018 after fights about centralization and direction 2018–2021: - co-authors the Balancer whitepaper - helps create WETH, the wrapper every protocol uses - builds DappHub and the Dappsys toolkit - launches RAI, the “pure crypto” stable asset - works on Feedbase and Manaflow - donates over $5M to Carnegie Mellon for crypto research 2021–2022: - moves alone to Puerto Rico with his dog - becomes more private - tweets increasingly paranoid messages - writes about intelligence agencies and “bad actors” - friends say he struggled with mental health for years - family says he felt hunted October 28, 2022 - tweets about CIA, Mossad and a trafficking ring - hours later walks alone on Condado Beach - strong currents pull him into the water - “dies” by drowning - wallet still in his pocket, no signs of violence - police rule it an accident What happened here?