@PiCoreTeam You only kyced 18m, those who haven't submitted before the deadline are no longer with us anymore. And, I am still 9 yellow, haven't got migration for almost 3 years.
😎 LITTLE KNOWN FACT: BEHIND PI NETWORK'S FOUNDER ARE TWO TOP STANFORD PROFESSORS 🥸
While digging through Nicolas Kokkalis's research record on DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project), I found he co-authored numerous scientific papers with two very well known Stanford University professors:
👨🏫 Scott R. Klemmer
👨🏫 Michael S. Bernstein
Both are hugely influential names in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Crowdsourcing, Social Computing, and human-centered AI.
Bonus fact found while checking this on Bernstein's own CV: it lists Kokkalis as one of his supervised PhD students from 2013 to 2018, with the note "Co-founder, Pi Network." So this goes beyond co-authorship, Bernstein was actually his doctoral advisor.
💥 SCOTT R. KLEMMER
Scott R. Klemmer is one of the world's leading experts in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Design Thinking.
He was formerly a Computer Science professor at Stanford University, and is currently a professor at the University of Washington.
Notable achievements
🏆 Pioneered bringing Peer Assessment into large scale online courses (MOOCs), opening up a new way of learning for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
🏆 His Interaction Design course on Coursera attracted more than 300,000 students, becoming one of the most famous interaction design courses in the world.
🏆 Co-founded the Design Lab together with Don Norman and Jim Hollan, one of the leading research centers in interaction design and design thinking.
🏆 His research group developed several open source tools such as PeerStudio and Talkabout, used by many universities and organizations around the world.
🏆 Recipient of numerous prestigious awards including:
NSF CAREER Award
Sloan Research Fellowship
Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship
Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize
🏆 More than 40 research publications, of which 11 received Best Paper or Honorable Mention at top HCI conferences worldwide such as CHI and UIST.
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💥 MICHAEL S. BERNSTEIN
Michael S. Bernstein is currently a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI).
He is considered one of the world's leading experts in:
Crowdsourcing
Collective Intelligence
Social Computing
Human-AI Collaboration
Notable achievements
🎓 Graduated from Stanford University, then earned his Master's and PhD in Computer Science at MIT.
🏆 His research focuses on:
Large scale collaboration systems
Crowdsourcing
AI that assists humans
Social Computing
Generative Agents
Large scale online community platforms
🏆 Recipient of numerous prestigious awards:
NSF CAREER Award
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
UIST Lasting Impact Award
Patrick J. McGovern Tech for Humanity Prize
George M. Sprowls Award (MIT)
🏆 Hundreds of research publications with a very high citation count, and many papers that received Best Paper Awards at prestigious conferences such as CHI, CSCW, and UIST.
🏆 Author of the book Flash Teams (MIT Press), which studies how to organize and coordinate large scale online work teams.
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THE CONNECTION
Before Pi Network was created, Nicolas Kokkalis co-authored many research papers with both of these professors. The research topics mainly revolved around AI, Human-Computer Interaction, Crowdsourcing, Social Computing, and Collective Intelligence, fields that are having a strong influence on the development of modern technology today.
Adding to this, Bernstein's CV directly confirms he was Kokkalis's PhD advisor at Stanford from 2013 to 2018, the exact years Pi Network's founder was completing his doctorate.
💭 Does knowing Pi's founder came out of this Stanford HCI research world change how you see the project's technical roots? Drop your take below.
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@hackapreneur You won't say so if you have a little finance experiences. Who will invest a project that there are still so many locked coins and tentative kyced accounts which still have a unclear agenda for approval. Unless, the biggest move you mean is to be fully kyced😞📷 📷 🤪
I feel a strong sense of responsibility toward the Pi Network community because I have been one of its main advocates over the years.
We will give the Pi Core Team @PiCoreTeam until the end of August to deliver significant progress on Pi Network.
As I have said before, what the Pi Core Team @PiCoreTeam has achieved so far feels like 2 years’ worth of work stretched over 7 years.
The Pi community deserves clear answers on the following:
1. Updated Whitepaper and Roadmap
There is still no clear timeline. The community is tired of guessing Pi Network’s goals, direction, and long-term vision.
2. Clear Tokenomics Explanation
The circulating supply is around 11 billion Pi, with an effective total supply of around 17 billion Pi. The current price is around $0.098, while close to 83 billion Pi remains.
What is the plan for this large remaining supply? What burn mechanisms will be introduced?
3. Blockchain Protocol Upgrade to V26
The V26 upgrade was expected in mid-June. We are now in July, yet Pi Network is still stuck on Version 24. Why the delay?
4. The Promised 100 DApps
The Pi Core Team promised 100 DApps by 2024. Two years later, we only have a few community DApps and no serious, highly engaging ecosystem. Where are the promised 100 DApps?
5. Community DApp Funding and Support
Over the past 7 years, the majority of the Pi Network community has gained very little from Pi Network.
Where is the funding for community DApps? Where is the influencer programme? I have not heard of a single community member receiving meaningful support to build DApps.
Instead, I have heard many stories from Pi Network DApp builders who abandoned their projects because they could no longer cover operational costs.
So where is the promised $100 million fund going?
The Pi Network community is one of the most dedicated and loyal communities in crypto. Yet the Pi Core Team continues to treat the community like a liability instead of its greatest asset.
The community deserves answers and solid progress from the Pi Core Team by the end of August.
Share this post and tag the Pi Core Team. If this goes viral, it can attract media attention. If it attracts media attention, the Core Team may finally wake up from their comfort zone and deliver.
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🚨🚨🚨DEAR DR. NICOLAS AND DR. FAN, THE SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS. WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT PIONEERS ARE CRYING AND BEING MOCKED BY THEIR ENEMIES WHO CALL THEM DREAMING. TODAY, WE ARE SEEN BY THE WHOLE WORLD AS FOOLS WHO FOLLOWED 2 PEOPLE AND A TEAM FOR 8 YEARS WITHOUT A CLEAR OBJECTIVE. IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE A COMMUNICATION BY AUGUST ON THE REAL VALUE OF THE PI TOKEN, THEN WE WILL NOT LEAVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEMAND AN ACCOUNT FROM YOU. KNOW THAT WE ARE WITH YOU, BUT WE WANT CLARIFICATION ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT🚩🚩🚩. RETWEET PIONEERS FAMILY.✊✊✊✊✊