Jeff Garzik

Jeff Garzik

Hemi | Co-founder

Jeff Garzik is the co-founder of Hemi, a modular layer-2 network powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum. He has long been at the center of developing and commercializing open source software related to Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Previously, Jeff spent five years as an early Bitcoin core developer and ten years at Red Hat. His work with the Linux kernel is now found in every Android phone and data center running Linux today. During the early days of Bitcoin, he gave away 15,678 BTC in developer bounties, which is worth $1.4 billion today.

About Hemi

Powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum, Hemi (https://hemi.xyz/) is a modular network for superior scaling, security, and interoperability. While other projects approach Bitcoin and Ethereum as ecosystem silos, Hemi views them as components of a single supernetwork. This unlocks new levels of programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi envisions a converged Internet ecosystem that is ready for the many challenges of Bitcoin DeFi, as well as a web3 and AI-driven future that is colliding with the Internet at-large. Follow Hemi at https://x.com/hemi_xyz/.