According to ebaumsmworld's user RustyBuckler, the 29-year-old died as a result of drowning at Condado Beach in San Juan, which is known for its dangerous currents. Eight people died at the beach in 2021.

 Mushegian was an important figure in the crypto world and a talented "Dia architect," best known for his work with MakerDAO and the proof-of-stakes blockchain network BitShares. Many people who knew the young developer say that he did important work with Maker and played a crucial role in the early days of Ethereum.

After a hack in the market resulted in the loss of tens of millions of dollars' worth of Ethereum, Nikolai was able to set up a defence in the MakerDAO system that prevented the same hack later that year. Mushagian was quoted as saying, "The DappHub team discovered the same recursive withdrawal flaw a few weeks prior to the infamous breach of DAO. The issue was fixed, preventing an impending catastrophe. Because of our clean code and logical interfaces, which reduced the attack surface we had to secure, we were able to do this. Since that time, no active contracts made for MakerDAO have caused us any problems."

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Just a few days before his death, Mushegian posted a disturbing tweet accusing the CIA and Mossad of conspiring to frame and torture him to death, which caused a stir in the community.  He also made a tweet back in September, speculating on his own future as a "CIA brain damage slave asset".

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