Liu Yifeng

Defined the operational rules and contributor incentives for the Cortex model marketplace, creating the on‑chain processes for model submission, verification and remuneration that specified when CTXC payments occur. Published evaluation benchmarks and scoring scripts that standardized how models are judged and how rewards are distributed, directly tying model utility to CTXC flows. Curated and negotiated datasets and academic collaborations to populate the early marketplace with meaningful workloads, ensuring that inference demand would translate into real token burns or payments. Designed the reward composition between model authors, validators and node operators, which established recurring demand for CTXC as the unit of account for compute. Collaborated with protocol engineers to implement off‑chain verification gates and oracle integrations necessary for model validation; coordinated the release of reproducible experiments and tutorials that lowered entry barriers for model contributors. Managed research publications and technical demos used in investor and partner pitches that influenced adoption. By structuring marketplace economics, verification, and benchmarking, these research‑driven actions concretely affected how often and why CTXC is consumed on‑chain, shaping long‑term demand characteristics and the token's role as a payment and staking instrument.