Jeff Garzik
Software Engineer & Co-founder of Bloq
United States
About
Jeff Garzik is an entrepreneur, software engineer, and futurist. Jeff is the co-founder and CEO of Bloq. Jeff is a member of the board at Coin Center and serves on the advisory boards of BitFury, Bitpay, Chain.com, Netki, and WayPaver Labs. He is a co-founder of Hemi, an advanced layer-2 network driven by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Quick Facts Full name Jeff Garzik Birth July 1974, United States Nationality American Education Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology Marital status Married Net worth Estimated in millions Jeff has given brief presentations on bitcoin and blockchain at TEDx, State of Digital Money, numerous bitcoin conferences, and private briefings for corporations, governments, central banks, and hedge funds. Jeff Garzik - Career Timeline • 2010 – Became one of the earliest Bitcoin Core developers. • 2013 – Launched Bitcoin mining pool ‘Eligius’. • 2015 – Co-founded Bloq, a blockchain tech firm. • 2017 – Supported SegWit2x proposal for Bitcoin scaling. • 2019 – Developed Metronome (MET), a cross-blockchain token. • 2022-Present – Focused on enterprise blockchain adoption. Jeff Garzik earned a degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996. His efforts in scaling Bitcoin, enhancing its security, and fostering blockchain development have established him as one of the most consequential figures in the history of cryptocurrency. Useful Links to Connect With Jeff Garzik Platform Link X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/jgarzik LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgarzik Bloq website https://bloq.com
Experience
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spacechain
Awards
- Blockchain Summit2023 - Lifetime Contribution to Crypto
- Forbes2020 - Blockchain 50 Top 100 Blockchain Influencers
- Linux Foundation2018 - Open Source Innovator Award
- CoinDesk Awards 2017 - Blockchain Pioneer Award
- Crypto Developers Network2015 - Top 10 Bitcoin Developers
FAQs
- A Bitcoin expert and blockchain developer.