Reddcoin dev team - Bigreddmachine

Name: Bigreddmachine / Mike Age: 26 Nationality: American Day job: Researcher / Aerospace Engineer Programming languages / fluent: Matlab, HTML/CSS Programming languages / conversational: Fortran, Python Programming languages / learning: Javascript Time working on Reddcoin: I have been part of the community since late February 2014. My first venture into working on Reddcoin was as a content creator and moderator of the wiki page on /r/reddcoin sometime in Spring 2014. I officially joined the development team in late August 2014. Responsibilities on the Reddcoin team: I am the chief editor and admin of wiki.reddcoin.com and help on other projects when I am able and have time. For example, I recently helped with the initial porting of Bitcore/Insight-API to Reddcore/Reddsight-API, and the front-end of the Reddsight block explorer. Reasons for joining Reddcoin: I first got started with Reddcoin when the subreddit only had 2000 subscribers. I liked the goal of the project, and thought it would be cool to be part of something from nearly the beginning. I joined the development team because there was a need for a person to lead the Wiki project and I was approached by Laudney to take on the job. Interests and hobbies: Well, I’m an aerospace engineer, so it goes without saying that I like anything related to planes or space. Beyond that though, I love sports and the outdoors, and baseball was my first true love. Some of you might recognize my username as being baseball related, though it isn’t related to my favorite team. I’ll leave you guessing on who that is, but I will say that my team made the playoffs this year! I also love my alma mater’s football team. Favourite film(s): At the risk of taking a lot of crap from Laudney and MathyV… “Love Actually”. My other favorites are “The Rookie”, “Up”, and all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films. Favourite music: Country Music, especially Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum, and Big & RIch; I’ve been a huge Taylor Swift fan since I heard her first song Tim McGraw on the radio the day her first album was released… bought the CD the next day.



Favourite author(s): Grisham, Cussler, Rowling, Hemmingway, Martel Favourite quote: “ To whom much is given, much is expected” – May dad taught me this when I was younger, and I try to remember it every time I face some dilemma about what I should be spending time on. Favourite time machine destination: I’d love to go back to 30 AD or so and hear Jesus speak. I’d also love to see the Roman Empire at its peak. Besides anyone who created a crypto, who is your favourite inventor and how did they inspire you? I’m a big fan of Elon Musk. But I’d definitely say that Bill Gates is probably #1 for me… what he did with Microsoft is nothing short of amazing. More importantly to me though is what he has done since leaving Microsoft through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His friends have used their fortunes to buy sports teams and other luxuries, while he has channeled billions to endow his charity and support medical research and emerging markets. Not that he doesn’t enjoy a nice lifestyle himself. What are your favourite games? PC games or any kind? I love strategy games… Age of Empries, Galactic Battlegrounds, Warcraft II. I like trivia-type games, and other games like Settlers of Catan or Scrabble. Lately, I’ve logged dozens of hours of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U with my friends.