Peter McCormack
| Peter McCormack | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31st Oct 1978. Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading |
| 🏫 Education | Bedford Road Lower School, then Bedford Modern School. |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Journalist, Film Maker |
Peter McCormack is a British Bitcoin investor, podcaster, former in the advertising industry, who founded What Bitcoin Did podcast[1] McCormack has written the book Online Advertising Does not Work.[2][unreliable source?] What Bitcoin Did has been teaching and podcasting one to one conversation.[3]
Life[edit]
McCormack was born in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire. He grew up in Kempston, a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire. He dropped out of Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College where he studied Music Industry Management in 2000. From June 2005 to February 2007, McCormack was of commercial director at Evolving Media, which launched his temporary career in digital marketing. From February 2007 to May 2009 he was managing director of Evolving Media Network. In September 2009 he set up the digital transformation consultancy McCormack & Morrison with his Evolving colleague Oliver Morrison.
McCormack's mother died in January 2017, after which McCormack took time off to grieve. Around the same time, after about a year of trading bitcoin, McCormack started blogging about the crypto industry. In 2017, he got briefly rich on Bitcoin but then "lost almost everything".
In November 2017, McCormack started his podcast What Bitcoin Did. In October 2019, he released the first episode of his other podcast, "Defiance".[4]
What Bitcoin Did Podcast[edit]
Peter started What Bitcoin Did Podcast[5] after quitting the advertising industry and discovering bitcoin, he started the podcast in November 2017 as a hobby to learn more. On What Bitcoin Did, McCormack interviews experts on the topics of Bitcoin development, adoption, privacy, and investment. He has discussed political topics on the podcast as well. Some notable figures McCormack has featured on What Bitcoin Did are Adam Back, Brian Armstrong (businessman),Nayib Bukele, Vitalik Buterin[6] and many more people. The podcast has grown to over 100 episodes with a guest list that is a testament to the diversity of knowledge and opinions that represent the broader Bitcoin community.[7]
Defiance Podcast[edit]
Defiance has no political bias.[citation needed] They select guests based on the story alone and will not enter into any debates regarding guest choice or topics covered. Nobody is "given a platform", guests are offered an interview[8] as they stated on website.
Bedford FC[edit]
Peter is in negotiations to buy the football team Bedford F.C., a football club based in Bedford, England. <ref>
He announced in December 2021 that he had agreed on a deal to acquire Bedford F.C., with the intention of changing their name to Real Bedford at the end of the 2021/22 season. "There is no intention of creating a token." Peter's team said[clarification needed].
References[edit]
- ↑ "What Bitcoin Did - The #1 Bitcoin Podcast". What Bitcoin Did. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "Online advertising does not work". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Cathie Wood Will Discuss Bitcoin Live at 'B Word' Event – Featured Bitcoin News". Bitcoin News. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ Fieser, Ezra (June 17, 2021). "Bitcoin Beach: What Happened When an El Salvador Surf Town Went Full Crypto". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Adam Back". What Bitcoin Did. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ↑ "What Bitcoin Did Podcast Guests". What Bitcoin Did. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ↑ Vardi, Nathan. "'Craig is Satoshi': a former online gambling mogul's contentious campaign to change Bitcoin's future". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ↑ "Transparency". The Defiance Podcast. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
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