Founders & Builders
Illia Polosukhin quotes
Co-founder of NEAR Protocol
Co-author of the transformer paper that started modern AI, then built NEAR to make blockchains usable at scale.
2 epic quotes by Illia Polosukhin
“Users should never need to know they are using a blockchain.”
— Illia Polosukhin
“AI needs verifiable data, and blockchains are the only place to get it.”
— Illia Polosukhin
Why Illia Polosukhin is quoted so often
Illia Polosukhin is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As co-founder of near protocol, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
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