Tari Labs, founded by former Monero developers including Naveen Jain and Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni, designed the network to revive early Bitcoin’s accessible mining ethos

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Led by a group of former Monero developers, Tari’s mainnet follows the network’s testnet launch in September 2024

Tari’s founders — early Monero contributors Naveen Jain and Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni — were inspired by the early days of Bitcoin, when anyone with a personal computer could contribute hashing power and earn mining rewards.