The Mosaic Network
Welcome to Mosaic’s official medium blog. Mosaic is a decentralized market intelligence network focused on developing and distributing research and market data on cryptoassets. Since 2017 we have been working hard to develop a platform which we believe will be game-changing for the crypotasset community.
While people are constantly flocking to cryptoassets — with between $4 to $6 billion in token sale capital raised in 2017 alone — this new asset class is missing reliable research and information that is both accountable and transparent. As a result, today’s cryptoassets purchasers make decisions based more on hype than on hard facts and rigorous analysis.
In contrast, other asset classes — stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, national currencies — have well-developed research and information ecosystems. For example, 34 firms publish ongoing research on just Facebook’s stock alone. This context is dangerous for uninformed cryptoassets purchasers who may suffer devastating losses in a market crash and/or miss exciting long-term opportunities.
We believe the market desperately needs a trusted platform for research, information, and discussion of cryptoassets.
Cryptoasset investors face the following problems:
A lack of high-quality investment research on cryptoassets
A lack of sufficient coverage for research on cryptoassets
Misinformation about cryptoasset market data
A lack of transparency from current cryptoasset investment researchers (i.e. potential conflicts of interest)
Mosaic
Mosaic helps solve these problems by providing a decentralized market intelligence network. The Mosaic Network distributes research and market data through a user-friendly interface and is powered by Mosaic’s unique market intelligence protocol. Vetted Mosaic Analysts post research content (e.g., reports, articles, market updates, and discussions on cryptoassets); users read, discuss, and rate content and Analysts.
Mosaic Research Limited is the holding company that develops Mosaic’s technology platform and network of contributors. Contributors could be (i) full-time or part-time research analysts employed by Mosaic Research Limited, (ii) research analysts employed by other firms, or (iii) users. Incentives are tied to the Mosaic token (MZX) which is designed to reward both quantity and quality of contributions on the Network.
To access premium content, users must be Subscription Members. Token holders receive additional benefits in proportion to tokens held, including (1) voting for the cryptoassets and themes they want to see covered, (2) allocating votes to favored contributors, and (3) rating content. Content direction and compensation are tied to these voting and rating systems.
Roadmap
Over the next weeks, we will be publishing more details about the platform — our white paper, more short-form articles, as well as examples of research reports. We will be releasing a weekly email also. Our pre-sale begins in early/mid February for subscribers. Moreover, we intend for our platform to be live for early subscribers soon after the end of the pre-sale. We will post more details about further developments in the Mosaic network as soon as we can.
Team
Our team is comprised of graduates from some of the best universities in the world, investment bankers, strategic consultants, cryptoasset/DLT researchers, investment analysts, and software developers.
Below is a list of the core Mosaic team; please check our website for more detail:
Management Team
Dr. Garrick Hileman, Co-Founder and CEO/Head of Research. Garrick is one of the world’s most-cited researchers on cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technologies.
Alex Bradford, Co-Founder and Chairman. Alex is a veteran technology investor, serial entrepreneur, and active cryptocurrency investor.
Dr. David Horning, CFA, Chief Financial Officer. For the last 5 years, David was CFO of several technology startups in San Francisco.
Alpkaan Celik, Chief Data Scientist. Previously, Alpkaan was a Program Manager at Microsoft, where he led various data science initiatives in the Web Platform Team.
Select Members of the Technology Team
Ben Fisch, Software Developer. Ben is currently a PhD candidate in the computer science department at Stanford University, working with Dan Boneh and the applied cryptography research group.
Bryan Lemster, Software Developer. Bryan has over twelve years of development and project management experience.
Andrey Gubar, Software Developer. Andrey has more than fifteen years of experience in software development: web and mobile applications, blockchain and cryptocurrency, large-scale and distributed systems, and many others.
Eugene Panasenko, Software Developer. Eugene’s expertise is in web and backend development, and blockchain technology.
Zafar Gilani, Software Developer. Zafar is currently pursuing the final stages of PhD at the University of Cambridge.
Select Mosaic Researchers*
James Larisch, Senior Blockchain Researcher. James is a Computer Science PhD candidate at Harvard University, where he researches blockchain technologies, distributed systems, and cryptocurrencies.
Ana Duek, Senior Researcher. Ana currently works for Sarment Group as Head of Data Strategy and AI. She was formerly head of the research team at the Development Office of the National University of Singapore.
Simon Janin, Blockchain Researcher. Simon is a co-founder at chainSolutions GmbH, a Swiss company focused on development and consulting in the Blockchain space. Public Policy Director for Visa in Greater China, as well as a Research Fellow at UCL, Centre for Blockchain Technologies.
Andrew Hawley, Senior Analyst. Andrew is an MBA Candidate at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an analyst for the Boston Consulting Group.
Lanre Ige, Researcher. Lanre is a recent graduate from the University of Warwick, where he studied Philosophy, Politics, & Economics, specialising in formal logic, modern philosophy, and economics.
Dang Du, Researcher. Before recently pivoting to the private sector and technology, Dan had spent his career at think tanks, the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve.
Lauren Stephanian, Researcher. Lauren is a blockchain consultant for both large corporations and startups. She has experience in software development, trading, and venture capital.
Jason Yannos, Researcher. Previously, Jason was a research analyst at Galileo Global Equity Advisors where he focused on natural resources and energy.
Reid Tymcio, Researcher. He holds a Masters Degree in Finance from Olin Business School, and has years of experience working in the financial industry in both retail and institutional roles.
Dustin Ares, Researcher. Dustin worked most recently in Business Development supporting SaaS programs for many of the world’s top retail companies, including Wal-Mart, Target, and others.
*Currently 30+ researchers are covering a number of cryptoassets and themes
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Closing words
We hope you’ve found this post helpful. We intend to publish several blogs weekly with progress updates.
Thanks for reading!
The Mosaic Team
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