brandon ivy

about

I'm a Computer Engineer currently living in Southern California. Saying that I love to program would be an understatement. Programming is an essential part of who I am, and all of my projects, professional and personal, involve progamming in some form.
I could do it all day, every day. No really.

I started programmng over 10 years ago when I was a freshman in high school. Soon after diving into the vast world of code, I was introduced to a new idea, one that would change not just my life, but the lives of everyone: Bitcoin.

For the next few years, my PC spent its days mining Bitcoin; over the course of three years, I managed to pay off the cost of the three video cards I used, and mined approximately 50 Bitcoins.
...wish I still had those.

experience

After mining Bitcoin in high school, I continued to engage my interest in cryptocurrency, hosting a few nodes and staying up to date on cryptonews. My interest was re-piqued with the launch of Ethereum in 2015, and I began learning how to write smart contracts. More recently, I have been exploring different ways to visualize blockchain data, and have developed multiple interfaces which are published for public use. A bunch of people look at them every day.

I have worked in a few different fields, including embedded aerospace, distributed systems, and app development. I've managed to get a decent amount of experience in encryption as well. I invented a generator design that works well at low RPMs, all but eliminating the need of wind turbine gearboxes. I also assisted my former high school in becoming the first to send experiments to the ISS.

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