Uncovering Blast Founder Pacman From Dropout at 16 to 16 Billion TVL Business Empire

Can Pacman change the market sentiment again?
This is Pacman, who dropped out of school at the age of 16. Now, he owns a billion-dollar empire. Here is the untold story behind the founders of Blast and Blur.


When Pacman was in his teens, he wanted to start a company. So, at the age of 16, he cloned an existing startup company and was hired by them. To work there, he dropped out of school and moved around the country, and within a year, his whole life changed.
At just 17, Pacman founded StrongIntro, a platform that helps tech startups build and develop engineering teams. Despite putting in a lot of effort, and raising $120,000 through YCombinator, the project did not succeed as planned, and this setback brought him back to square one.


Pacman realized that the next venture needed a co-founder. He decided to look for one in the best place: college. After two years at MIT, he finally found his business partner, Anthony Liu. Their partnership was further solidified when Pacman received a $100,000 grant from the Thiel Fellowship, allowing him to drop out of college and start a startup.


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Together with Anthony Liu, Pacman founded Namebase, an on-chain website domain marketplace. The platform quickly gained attention, with transaction volume exceeding $10 million in just three months, and raising over $5 million in funding. The company was successful, but they decided to sell it after two years.


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In 2021, Pacman discovered NFTs and was immediately captivated. His first NFT purchase, Blitmap, earned him 30 ETH, which further sparked his interest. He began writing articles about the space and delved into its intricacies. However, he noticed a significant lack of infrastructure in the NFT ecosystem.


In October 2022, Pacman took decisive action and created Blur, an NFT marketplace. Within a year, Blur became the largest NFT marketplace, thanks to some key features and strategic airdrops. Despite facing criticism and comments like “Blur is killing NFTs,” the platform’s success is undeniable.


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Pacman wasn’t satisfied with the status quo and launched Blast, the first L2 solution with native revenue. Initially, the project faced a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). However, once Blast exited the testing phase, it experienced explosive growth, with people flocking to get the airdrop.


Fast forward to now:
Season 1 airdrop has been released.
Blast has a total locked value (TVL) of $1.68 billion.
Over 1 million wallets are connected to the platform.
Despite these achievements, Blast still faces FUD, with the biggest question being: Can Pacman change the market sentiment again?


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