Ask Me Anything, featuring Neil Woodfine, founder of Dustup

About Neil

Neil is a bitcoin industry veteran, growing some of the leading bitcoin startups in sales and marketing positions since 2014. He’s worked across a broad set of bitcoin verticals, including exchange (Okcoin), cross-border payments (Remitsy, Wyre), infrastructure (Blockstream), and custody (Unchained). Neil cofounded bitcoin-based cross-border payment startup Remitsy in 2015, which was acquired by competitor Wyre in 2017. Now Neil heads up Dustup, where he’s helping esports communities organise better online competitions.

About Dustup

Dustup makes esports tournaments simpler and more accessible. By automating registrations, check-ins, scoring, and bracket management, organisers are free to focus on growing their communities and streaming their competitions. Integrated bitcoin payments provide instant and global collection of entry fees and prize distribution.

Agenda:

• Who are Dustup and what do they do?
• Why Bitcoin and not Crypto?
• Why Neil believes Bitcoin is such an important technology to build on
• Neil's career journey and how he gained the skills to work in Bitcoin
• What he looks for when hiring for his company as a founder and CEO
• What skills he thinks students should start learning in order to get into the Bitcoin industry
• Suggested resources to learn those skills
• Q&A