Every factual claim on this site traces back to one of these sources. If something isn’t listed here, it’s marked with a TODO.
Source Index
1. Archivist Website
- URL: archivist.storage
- Key fact: Archivist is the first project of Durability Labs. Jessie Santiago is listed as COO and Co-Founder of Durability Labs.
- Used on: about, Archivist, Durability Labs, timeline
2. X / Twitter Profile
- URL: x.com/JessieBroke
- Key fact: @JessieBroke X/Twitter profile exists and is active.
- Used on: contact, elsewhere
3. GitHub Profile
- URL: github.com/jessiebroke
- Key fact: github.com/jessiebroke profile exists.
- Used on: contact, elsewhere
4. Institute of Free Technology (IFT)
- URL: free.technology
- Key fact: Portfolio company created by Status to house Waku (private messaging), Codex (private storage, originally Dagger), and Nomos (private consensus/execution, originally also called Logos). Jessie Santiago was the first Logos Program Manager (April 2021 – June 2025).
- Used on: about, timeline, now, elsewhere, Logoss, writing seeds
5. Algorand Reddit Post
- URL: r/AlgorandOfficial post
- Key fact: “We’re building a Dad DAO” — posted on Algorand subreddit, February 2022. Project was partially built but never launched.
- Used on: timeline, writing seeds
6. Civic AMA Event
- URL: coindar.org event listing
- Key fact: Civic held an AMA on X on March 25. Connection to Jessie Santiago implied by inclusion in this content pack.
- Used on: timeline, writing seeds
7. Durability Labs X Account
- URL: x.com/DurabilityLabs
- Key fact: @DurabilityLabs X account exists. Durability Labs is the company co-founded by Jessie Santiago, Mark Spanbroek, and Dmitriy Ryajov. Archivist is its first project.
- Used on: Durability Labs, Archivist, elsewhere, about, index
8. Devfolio Profile
- URL: devfolio.co/@jessiebroke
- Key fact: Location: Atlanta, US. Role: Program Manager. Skills: Python, JS, React, C++, Arduino. Robotics background (3D-printed/CNC/laser-cut parts, embedded controllers). Working on Codex. 1 hackathon attended.
- Used on: about, now, contact, elsewhere, Logoss
9. Amazon — The Bitcoin Podcast
- URL: Amazon — The Bitcoin Podcast
- Key fact: Co-host of The Bitcoin Podcast Network since 2017, part-owner since 2020. One of the oldest crypto podcasts.
- Used on: about, index, timeline, elsewhere, index, writing seeds
10. Hashing It Out
- URL: thebitcoinpodcast.com, YouTube
- Key fact: Co-host of “Hashing It Out” podcast (2018–present) — deep technical blockchain infrastructure interviews. Now merged with The Bitcoin Podcast content.
- Used on: about, timeline, elsewhere, index, writing seeds
11. Bitcoin Podcast Network About Page (compiled)
- URL: (compiled from search snippets, Amazon, and Apple Podcasts listings)
- Key fact: Robotics researcher. Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University. Passion for teaching & building machines. Worked at consultant engineering firm. Side projects in image-processing, ML, and Ethereum.
- Used on: about, index, timeline, writing seeds
12. Clemson Digital Commons — MS Thesis
- URL: open.clemson.edu/all_theses/2169
- Key fact: MS thesis: “Continuum Robots for Space Applications Based on Layer-Jamming Scales with Stiffness Capability.” Author: Jessie Lee C. Santiago. May 2015. Advisor: Dr. Ian Walker. Committee: Dr. Keith Green, Dr. Richard Groff. PDF (78.8 MB).
- Used on: about, timeline
13. IEEE Xplore Author Profile
- URL: ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37087351928
- Key fact: Jessie Lee C. Santiago has an IEEE Xplore author profile with published work.
- Used on: about
14. SlideShare Resume (2016)
- URL: SlideShare resume (Jul 2016)
- Key fact: Full name: Jessie Lee C. Santiago. BS + MS in EE from Clemson. EE Designer. Teaching Assistant. IEEE Robotics. FE Exam passed May 2015. MS granted May 2015.
- Used on: about, timeline
15. LinkedIn Profile
- URL: LinkedIn
- Key fact: Headline: “Ex-Engineer/Podcast Host/Co…” — confirms career arc from engineering to crypto/media.
- Used on: about, contact, elsewhere
16. Dad-DAO GitHub Org & coin.fyi Summary
- URL: Dad-DAO GitHub org, coin.fyi summary
- Key fact: Dad DAO started with Michael “The Trosen One” Trosen & Demetrick “Fergulati” Ferguson. Intended as a paid learning community & incubator. Built NFTs on ARC-69 and created ARC-333 metadata standard for NFT-controlled DAO governance, but never launched a token or the NFT collection.
- Used on: timeline, index, writing seeds, notes
17. Bitcoin Podcast Network Episode Pages
- URL: (various episode listings)
- Key fact: “Just the Headers” — weekly crypto headline show co-hosted with Dee (Demetrick Ferguson).
- Used on: index, writing seeds
18. Roetteler et al. (2017) — Quantum Resource Estimates for ECC
- URL: arXiv:1706.06752
- Key fact: Shor’s algorithm on n-bit ECC requires at most 9n + 2⌈log₂(n)⌉ + 10 logical qubits. For secp256k1 (n=256): 2,330 logical qubits. Authors: Roetteler, Naehrig, Svore, Lauter (Microsoft Research). Published at ASIACRYPT 2017.
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
19. Gidney & Ekerå (2021) — Factoring RSA with 20M Qubits
- URL: Quantum journal, arXiv:1905.09749
- Key fact: 2048-bit RSA can be factored in 8 hours using 20 million noisy physical qubits (superconducting, 10⁻³ gate error rate).
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
20. Gidney (2025) — Factoring RSA with <1M Qubits
- URL: arXiv:2505.15917
- Key fact: 2048-bit RSA can be factored with fewer than 1 million noisy physical qubits in under one week. 20x qubit reduction from 2021 estimate via algorithmic improvements. Author: Craig Gidney (Google).
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
21. Webber et al. (2022) — Hardware Specs for Quantum Advantage
- URL: AVS Quantum Science, arXiv:2108.12371
- Key fact: Breaking a Bitcoin secp256k1 key within 1 hour requires ~317 million physical qubits. Within 24 hours: ~13 million. Authors: Webber, Elfving, Weidt, Hensinger (University of Sussex / Universal Quantum).
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
22. IonQ Quantum Roadmap
- URL: ionq.com/roadmap, IonQ blog
- Key fact: Targets 10,000 physical / 800 logical qubits by 2027, 2M+ physical / 40,000–80,000 logical by 2030. Trapped-ion architecture.
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
23. IBM Quantum Roadmap (Starling / Blue Jay)
- URL: IBM Quantum blog, IBM newsroom
- Key fact: Starling: 200 logical qubits / 100M gates by 2029. Blue Jay: 2,000 logical qubits / 1B gates by 2033. Shifting from surface codes to qLDPC codes (up to 90% overhead reduction).
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
24. NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (FIPS 203/204/205)
- URL: NIST announcement
- Key fact: Three PQC standards finalized August 13, 2024: ML-KEM (FIPS 203), ML-DSA (FIPS 204), SLH-DSA (FIPS 205).
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin
25. Santiago, Walker, Godage (2015) — IEEE Aerospace Conference
- URL: IEEE Xplore
- Key fact: “Continuum robots for space applications based on layer-jamming scales with stiffening capability.” Authors: Jessie Lee C. Santiago, Ian D. Walker, Isuru S. Godage. 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 2015. DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2015.7118897.
- Used on: about, timeline
26. Santiago, Godage, Gonthina, Walker (2016) — Soft Robotics
- URL: DOI 10.1089/soro.2015.0021
- Key fact: “Soft Robots and Kangaroo Tails: Modulating Compliance in Continuum Structures Through Mechanical Layer Jamming.” Authors: Jessie Lee C. Santiago, Isuru S. Godage, Phanideep Gonthina, Ian D. Walker. Soft Robotics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 54–63, 2016.
- Used on: about, timeline
27. NIST IR 8547 — Post-Quantum Transition Timeline
- URL: NIST IR 8547
- Key fact: Classical public-key algorithms (RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, ECDH) deprecated by 2030, disallowed by 2035. Includes secp256k1.
- Used on: Quantum and Bitcoin