In this video, Jeff Garzik shares his experiences from the early days of Bitcoin, including his role in promoting Bitcoin by giving away over 15,000 Bitcoin to developers. Back in 2010, Jeff was using part of his salary as a Red Hat software engineer to purchase Bitcoin and distribute it to encourage development and integration efforts. This was essential for building the Bitcoin ecosystem, as there were no easy ways to buy, sell, or use Bitcoin like there are today. Jeff discusses the concept of “dogfooding,” where developers use the technology they are building, which was key in getting Bitcoin adopted. Developers not only received Bitcoin as compensation but also had to figure out how to use it since there were no platforms like Coinbase or Kraken. This helped incrementally spread Bitc
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