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Jackson Palmer (Developer)

Jackson Palmer (Developer)

Jackson Palmer is an Australian software engineer and technologist best known for being a founder of Dogecoin, which he created alongside Billy Markus in 2013. [18]

Trivia

  • Elon Musk often tweets about Dogecoin.

  • Palmer was employed at Adobe when he and Billy Markus launched Dogecoin.

Education

He attended the University of Newcastle (Australia) graduating in 2008 with a degree in marketing. [2]

Career

Adobe

Palmer spent almost all of his professional career working at Adobe.

After transitioning from Business Catalyst, he was appointed as a product marketing role. [2]

Dogecoin

In interviews, Palmer stated that he wanted Dogecoin to draw positive attention to cryptocurrency and to encourage innovations with the technology by making it accessible and appealing to new users.

[7]

In 2015, Palmer announced that he would take an extended leave of absence from the cryptocurrency community.

[7] He returned three years later to help educate friends and family members interested in investing in cryptocurrencies.

[7]

Quotes

"A lot of what I do is trying to understand and then measure, qualify this stuff about adoption, and actual decentralization."

[8]

See also

References

[1]
Citation Linktwitter.comJackson Palmer on Twitter
Jul 10, 2017, 12:58 AM
[2]
Citation Linklinkedin.comJackson Palmer on LinkedIn
Jul 10, 2017, 1:06 AM
[3]
Citation Linkgithub.comJackson Palmer on GitHub
Jul 10, 2017, 1:08 AM
[4]
Citation Linktechcrunch.comDogecoin Founder Jackson Palmer | Foundation
Jul 10, 2017, 1:15 AM
[5]
Citation Linkeveripedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.comJackson Palmer giving a presentation on Dogecoin
Jan 31, 2021, 11:21 AM
[6]
Citation Linkwww.vice.comMy Joke Cryptocurrency Hit $2 Billion and Something Is Very Wrong
Feb 1, 2021, 12:33 AM
[7]
Citation Linkwww.coindesk.comDogecoin Founder Exits Crypto Community Citing ‘Toxic’ Culture
Feb 1, 2021, 12:39 AM
[8]
Citation Linkdecrypt.coThe man who dodged the Dogecoin
Feb 1, 2021, 12:40 AM
[9]
Citation Linkcointelegraph.comJackson Palmer on Cointelegraph
Feb 1, 2021, 12:41 AM
[10]
Citation Linkwww.the-sun.comWhat are Dogecoin engineers doing with their Net worths?
Feb 1, 2021, 12:42 AM
[11]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comThe story behind Dogecoin – Jackson Palmer interview on Epicenter
Feb 1, 2021, 12:49 AM
[12]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Feb 1, 2021, 12:50 AM
[13]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comJackson Palmer on the rapid success of Dogecoin
Feb 1, 2021, 12:50 AM
[14]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comDogecoin $2 Billion Bloomberg Jackson Palmer Doge
Feb 1, 2021, 12:52 AM
[15]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.comnterview with Jackson Palmer - Creator of Dogecoin, His Millions, Programming, Blockchain Tech
Feb 1, 2021, 12:53 AM
[16]
Citation Linkwww.youtube.com
Feb 1, 2021, 12:53 AM
[17]
Citation Linkwww.smh.com.au'It was a piss take': the Aussie behind 'joke' cryptocurrency dogecoin and how it reached $2.4
Feb 1, 2021, 9:18 AM
[18]
Citation Linkdecrypt.coDogecoin’s Co-Founder Speaks Out Against Abuse
Feb 1, 2021, 10:57 AM