Interview: Developing Bitcoin With John Newbery

Veteran Bitcoin developer John Newbery just launched a new, independent organization for funding Bitcoin's open source developer community.

This week’s newsletter features a letter from John Newbery, founder of Bitcoin Optech, information about IRC channel updates and more.

Brink, a nonprofit founded by John Newbery and Mike Schmidt, will offer fellowship and support to Bitcoin and Bitcoin-adjacent developers. The post John Newbery’s New Nonprofit Brink Will Train And Support Bitcoin Developers appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

Veteran Bitcoin developer John Newbery just launched an independent organization for funding Bitcoin's open source developer community.

Presidential candidate John McAfee, who has had a controversial past, made comments regarding Bitcoin, and some of its possible shortcomings, in a recent interview with an irreverent libertarian podcast called Revolution Report Live. In the interview, McAfee posited Bitcoin as a corollary with other emerging technologies of the past. Many of the first companies which are borne into a new genre of invention are not necessarily the survivors (although it is important to note that there are exceptions, such as, at least for now, Skype).