Meet Marguerite deCourcelle, also known as @coin_artist, founder & CEO of Blockade Games. Marguerite is a celebrity in the gaming community and all around incredible human being. I was inspired by Marguerite from the moment I met her and the Blockade team during our meeting at the Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator. I was fortunate enough to be Marguerite's lead mentor throughout the duration of the program and continued to be amazed by her poise, passion, and dedication to co-creating the future of gaming. As a gamer myself, I couldn't be more excited to be along for the ride.
Marguerite built a brand within the Bitcoin community under a long list of blockchain art and puzzle challenges. She is credited with creating the genre now known as "cryptopuzzles". Her most famous work is the "Torched H34R7S", sometimes referred to as "1Flamen", which received international publicity from BBC, Bloomberg, MIT Tech Review, NPR, IBTimes, Venturebeat, and Motherboard. Her second most famous piece was The "Dark Wallet Puzzle", which created the most popular thread on bitcointalk.org during that time. As an expert in growth hacking, she has been recruited to build numerous cryptocurrency communities. Her work leveraging blockchain technology has inspired thousands of people to work cooperatively towards a shared goal. But Marguerite wanted more and thus, her gaming studio, Blockade Games was born.