# Joshua D. Tobkin

> Joshua D. Tobkin is the co-founder and CEO of Supra, a blockchain infrastructure company. His public career spans SaaS, digital payments, online gaming, the Bay Area Whitepaper Club, and the Taipei research lab Unitychain. He is a co-author of research on oracle agreement, blockchain consensus, and AI-agent memory, and announced a personal SUPRA-token bounty for a competing execution engine in November 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Supra
- **Organizations:** Supra, Unitychain, Bay Area Whitepaper Club, Content Mutual Inc.
- **Education:** Drew University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Supra and the Unitychain research lab., Co-authored DORA, accepted at ICDCS 2023., Co-authored the Moonshot consensus paper published at DSN 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before blockchain** — Worked in SaaS, digital payments, and online gaming, including Creative Director and CTO roles; public biographies report a successful exit.
- **2017** — Organized the Bay Area Whitepaper Club in San Francisco.
- **2018** — Began working with Jon Jones and established the Unitychain blockchain research lab in Taipei.
- **2021** — Publicly discussed SupraOracles and its research on randomized node selection.
- **2023** — Co-authored DORA: Distributed Oracle Agreement with Simple Majority, accepted at ICDCS 2023.
- **2024** — Co-authored Moonshot research; Supra launched its Layer 1 mainnet on November 27.
- **2025** — Discussed native automation and AutoFi; announced a personal token bounty for competing parallel EVM execution.
- **2026** — Co-authored Supra Cognitive Modes: A Routed Architecture for Agent Memory with David Yang.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Supra and the Unitychain research lab.
- Co-authored DORA, accepted at ICDCS 2023.
- Co-authored the Moonshot consensus paper published at DSN 2024.
- Led Supra through its November 2024 Layer 1 mainnet launch.
- Announced up to $1 million worth of personal SUPRA tokens for a defined execution-engine challenge in November 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Submitted the Supra Cognitive Modes AI-agent memory preprint with David Yang on July 21.
- **2025-11** — Announced a personal pledge of up to $1 million worth of SUPRA tokens for the SupraEVM Speed Challenge.
- **2025-11** — Discussed oracle data, reference pricing, and anomaly detection with Jame DiBiasio.
- **2025-06** — Discussed AutoFi and Threshold AI Oracles in a BloomingBit interview.
- **2025-03** — Appeared on Bell Curve to discuss vertical integration, native automation, MEV, and developer incentives.

## Links

- Website: https://supra.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuatobkin/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JoshuaTobkin

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Last updated: 2026-10-12