Last year, Brink announced Marco De Leon would join us in London for a year long fellowship with Niklas Gögge as his mentor. Today we celebrate not only all that he accomplished in the last year, but also that we are excited to continue support for him full-time as a Bitcoin Core engineer.

Marco writes of his Brink fellowship experiences:

This past year, I had the awesome opportunity to work on Bitcoin Core as a fellow, sponsored by Brink. Like many people, my initial fascination with Bitcoin came from its philosophical and economic implications. But the more I learned, the more I realized that to truly grasp it at the level I wanted, I would have to understand the code underlying the network. The idea of diving into a codebase as critical and complex as Bitcoin Core’s was intimidating, and frankly, I was a bit worried I didn’t have enough experience to contribute meaningfully. The fellowship provided the perfect bridge. It gave me a path to receive mentorship and guidance from an experienced developer (dergoegge), allowing me to learn how to make valuable contributions and build my confidence along the way.

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