Emmanuel Abiodun

Emmanuel Abiodun
Born Adeniyi Emmanuel Abiodun
(1982-04-12)April 12, 1982
Residence San Jose, California
Alma mater Queen Mary University of London
Occupation Bitcoin & Crypto Currency Expert
Religion Christian[1]
Spouse(s) Gloria Abiodun
Children Two

Emmanuel Abiodun is a Software Engineer and Crypto Currency enthusiast based in San Jose California. He was the CEO and founder of CloudHashing.[2][3][4] In May 2014, Emmanuel Co-founded PeerNova Inc via a merger [5] of CloudHashing & HighBitcoin. In January 2015, PeerNova closed down their bitcoin mining business to focus solely on blockchain based financial applications

Education and career

Abiodun attended Queen Mary University of London where he received his degree in electronic engineering in 2005. Upon graduation, he worked as a software engineer in the oil and gas industries before transitioning to investment banking. Abiodun then held positions at JPMorgan and HSBC investment banks.[6][7] In January 2011, he installed a free application on his home computer to start bitcoin mining in the evenings after work.[8] After realizing he needed to mine constantly to make any money, he started investing in specialized computers to carry out constant bitcoin mining and set up his computers in a data center in Kansas City, Kansas.[3] In February 2013, he founded CloudHashing, a bitcoin mining company which rents computing power to those who want to mine without purchasing a powerful enough machine.[3][9] In October 2013, he added a datacenter in Iceland.[4]

In March 2014, Abiodun presented his company at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, Cryptocurrencies: Opportunities, Challenges and Profitability in the Migration from Main Street to Wall Street in New York City and at Coin Summit in San Francisco, California.[6][10][11] He is a board member at Digital BTC.[7]

Personal life

Abiodun is married to Gloria and they have two children.

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Farah (January 11, 2001). "Look Out, Steve Case". WND.
  2. ↑ James Dunn (December 23, 2013). "Bitcoin ripped by National Bureau of Economic Research report". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Nathaniel Popper (December 21, 2013). "Into the Bitcoin Mines". The New York Times Dealbook. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Shawn Knight (December 23, 2013). "Inside the walls of a professional Bitcoin mining facility in Iceland". Tech Spot. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "CloudHashing, HighBitcoin Merge Hosted Mining to Form PeerNova". CoinDesk. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. 1 2 "CoinSummit". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Management". DigitalBTC. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  8. ↑ Rich Miller (January 21, 2014). "As Bitcoin Infrastructure Booms, Mining Heads to the Data Center". Data Knowledge Center. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ Danny Bradbury (May 15, 2013). "Cloudhashing to offer Bitcoin Mining as a service – MaaS". Coin Desk. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  10. ↑ "CloudHashing.com to Simplify Bitcoin at SXSW". PR Web. March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Elizabeth Ploshay. "Bitcoin Magazine to Serve as a Media Sponsor for NY and London Conferences". Bitcoin Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
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