Jared is most definitely alive, that article is 2 years old.
The Bitcoin blockchain mining hash rate just dropped almost 40%. Jared explains why the difficulty bug could kill $BTC, what a "difficulty adjustment" is & how DigiByte fixed this issue in 2014 & numerous blockchains followed our lead. Including dogecoin, ethereum, bitcoincash etc.
https://twitter.com/jaredctate/status/1176562358170333184?s=20