The Architect behind The Deck – a pioneer and visionary in blockchain technology since 2014
Dr. James Stroud, PhD is an early innovator in the blockchain space, an NFT trailblazer, and Co-Founder of Stealth R&D LLC.
Summary
James is one of a handful of very early NFT pioneers, creating many NFT innovations before the name “NFT” was ever invented. These innovations include the first NFT playing cards, the world’s first NFT PFP (profile picture) project, the world’s first functional NFTs, and the world’s first in-wallet pictorial representation of NFTs.
All of these inventions, and many more, were well ahead of their time, requiring the rest of the NFT industry years to catch up.
Recognizing the need for a cryptocurrency that was not only private, but fast and feeless, James launched the Stealth cryptocurrency in 2014. Later, James incorporated quantum proof-of-stake, nicknamed “Junaeth”, into Stealth. Junaeth is a feeless transaction protocol designed for the fastest cryptographically private transactions possible.
Also in 2014, James co-founded CryptoCertify, the world’s first service dedicated to validating and certifying cryptocurrency code. Before the Ethereum token revolution, review by CryptoCertify was a prerequisite for having a verified market on Bittrex.
In 2015, Breakout Gaming hired James to develop a blockchain platform for Breakout’s online casino. For this project, James developed the world’s first true multiple-cryptocurrency (multicurrency) platform called Breakout Chain, where several on-chain assets contributed to incentivizing consensus. Part of the impetus for a multicurrency platform was James’s desire to create full-fledged NFTs.
From 2016 to 2018, James served as Chief Technical Officer and Chief Coin Officer for Breakout Gaming before co-founding Stealth R&D.
Before the advent of the cryptocurrency industry, James was a biomedical scientist. James has authored 21 peer-reviewed scientific articles in the world’s leading journals, with an average of over 100 citations per article.
James earned a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder, then studied the biochemistry of neurodegenerative diseases at UCLA as an NIH Kirschstein postdoctoral fellow.
After his post-doc, James served on the faculty at University of New Mexico’s Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Engineering before starting a career in cryptocurrency development.
Contributions and blockchain novelties
1. World’s first collectable NFT cards Contributions
2. World’s first NFT playing card set Contributions
3. World’s first NFT PFP project Contributions
4. World’s first in-wallet pictorial representation of NFTs here
5. World’s first functional NFTs
6. World’s first cryptocurrency code review company (CryptoCertify).
7. World’s first cryptocurrency software publishing company (CryptoCertify).
8. World’s first permanently bonded proof-of-stake (Junaeth).
9. World’s first heterogenous staking, where one currency stakes to mint another (Breakout Chain).
10. World’s first NFTs that function to secure a blockchain
11. World’s first staking NFTs Contributions
12. World’s first flex of an NFT here
13. World’s first public NFT auction here Contributions
14. World’s first and only NFT mined as block reward Contributions
15. World’s first and only NFTs that are enforced by a consensus protocol
16. World’s first and only mineable crypto-multicurrencies.
17. World’s first multicurrency UTXO blockchain (Breakout Chain).
18. World’s first demonstration of sending cryptocurrency over SMS (Stealth Text).
19. World’s first and only cryptocurrency distributed clock (Stealth’s Junaeth protocol).
20. World’s first cryptocurrency with consensus level transaction expiration.
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