How did Andrew Chow start tinkering with Bitcoin?

Andrew Chow started tinkering with bitcoin in high school. Unknown to his parents, and before he even had a bank account, the teenage coder set up a website that said “I will work for bitcoin” and provided a wallet address for people to tip him. Copyright © 2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

What is bitcoin's Chow doing now?

He resorted to freelancing on the BitcoinTalk forum and began writing code in exchange for bitcoin (BTC). Chow, who says he's now in his mid-20s, gets paid as an engineer at the Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream, where aside from a few corporate tasks, his main priority is working on Bitcoin Core.

How did Chow get into bitcoin?

Chow is a gamer at heart, and only got into Bitcoin in high school to pay for video games he couldn’t otherwise afford. His parents wouldn’t give him a credit card, open a bank account for him or even give him an allowance. He resorted to freelancing on the BitcoinTalk forum and began writing code in exchange for bitcoin (BTC).

Who is Andrew Chow?

Andrew R. Chow is a technology correspondent at TIME. His covers crypto, AI, tech regulation, and culture. From Drake impersonators to the Hollywood strike, AI provoked both enthusiasm and panic across the entertainment world. AI tools can emulate famous singers and create entire songs.