662 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr 25 Nov 2022 \ on: Jon Atack AMA bitcoin
what made you decide to work on Bitcoin Core rather than on the Bitcoin application layer?
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992 sats \ 2 replies \ @jonatack OP 25 Nov 2022
My first decade of professional software development was working in assembly language. I suppose that I like low-level fundamental work.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Murdawk_Media 25 Nov 2022
Working on the metal. Nice!
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @jonatack OP 26 Nov 2022
There is another reason that recalled while answering a newer question here just now:
Wladimir van der Laan's humble, intelligent, experienced, service-oriented, uplifting, tolerant, reluctant leadership style as lead maintainer of Bitcoin Core over a decade provided the original inspiration for me to consider returning to open source and working on Bitcoin Core. I think Wladimir is the gold standard and best example I have seen of open source maintainership that people can aspire to.
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