Who is Nicolas Kokkalis? Who is The Founder of Pi Network?

Pi Network is a cryptocurrency project that aims to provide widespread access to the world of digital currency. It was officially launched on March 14, 2019, by its founders, Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan.

Pi Network is a community of tens of millions of humans mining Pi cryptocurrency to use and build the Web3 app ecosystem. This blockchain network relies on its community of Pioneers, and rewards them, through an innovative mobile mining mechanism, for their diverse contributions and digital citizenship in a clear, meritocratic  and decentralized way.

Who is Nicolas Kokkalis? Information About Nicolas Kokkalis

Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis is a Stanford PhD and instructor of Stanford’s first decentralized applications class, CS359B, in 2018. His work focuses on combining distributed systems and human computer interaction to bring cryptocurrency to everyday people.

He started with a BS and MS in Computer Science, which led him to do a Ph.D. at Stanford University and then continue as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Computer Science department there. Through and after his PhD work, Nicolas created an early framework for writing “smart contracts” on fault tolerant distributed systems, and multiple human-focused products including online social applications with over 20M users and a crowd-powered email assistant.

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As a strong and long-term believer of the technical, financial and social potential of cryptocurrencies, he is determined to move them beyond their current limitations and is committed to bringing the power of blockchain to more people. With the founding of Pi Network, he aims to accomplish this by improving the current blockchain experience and empowering everyone to create, build and experience the future of online life through a user-centric design philosophy.

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Who is Chengdiao Fan? Information About Chengdiao Fan

Dr. Chengdiao Fan is a Stanford PhD in Anthropological Sciences harnessing social computing to unlock human potential on a global scale.

Chengdiao finished her Ph.D. in Anthropological Sciences from Stanford University, with expertise in human behavior and human groups studies, and her later research interests have focused on human-computer interaction and social computing—specifically, how we use technology to positively impact human behavior and societies.

Her deep understanding about human societies and behavior and those principles—which have been used for previous research projects around productivity software, scaled social communications, and online human relationships and interactions —have influenced her work with Pi Network. With Pi Network, Chengdiao applies those same knowledge and principles to blockchain and decentralization as a real instrument to empower people with more accessible and frequent opportunities for collaboration and utility-building.

By optimizing human-computer interaction and envisioning the future human socioeconomic life through the web, Chengdiao is building Pi Network to mobilize individuals all over the world to participate and be rewarded for their contributions, and establish an inclusive ecosystem for global citizens to unleash and capture their own agency, and in turn create utilities and productions for society and the world.