The story of Makoto Takemiya is an interesting one and it has been speculated on for hours on Telegram. My interpretation is he may have some sort of mental deficiency, poor work ethic or another reason to explain his fallout. Before you strangle me - give me a few minutes to explain:
1. Makoto Takemiya was squeezed out of NEM development. He was demoted to marketer and for reasons never made public. Maybe his peak contribution was the POI formula and he was not a good developer at anything else? Who knows?
2. At his peak, he was later hired as the Chief Blockchain Officer at Tech Bureau (Parent Company of Zaif Exchange).
3. He had some very high-end development role at DragonFly too.
Question: how does a 'good' developer, such as Makoto Takemiya, burn bridges and get kicked out from so many different places? Got fired by Jaguar0625, got fired by Takao Asyama and got fired by Lon Wong.
Honestly, if you knew Makoto Takemiya, at the level like I did, then you know that guy was
always on Social Media, hanging out in bars in Tokyo and didn't have the best work ethic. His work ethic is like the textbook ivory tower intellectual: professor vest, smoking a pipe and sipping brandy in front of a lit fireplace - thinking about the inner-workings of the universe - but when it comes to work he does bugger.
