bugs Creator

purplestoke

In the digital world I go by the name purplestoke, In the real world my name is Preston Eversaul.

When Covid happened I struggled continuing on with my schooling due to the new ways "teaching" was being done. So out of spite I decide to take on that task myself, I first started learning about financial tools. Stocks, Bonds, Options etc.

While in that pusruit of knowledge I stumbled across the blockchain and instantly became fascinated by the implications of not cryptocurrency, but the blockchain. Cryptocurrency is blockchain, but the blockchain is not cryptocurrency. And the only reason blockchain is possible, is due to public key cryptography. Which enables the ability to establish trust between anonymous parties. Allowing everything to be seen with little to be known.

In my continued pursuit of attaining knowledge around blockchain and cryptography I decided that my future would not be found in schooling. In the Spring of 2021 I decide to dropout of my University and pursue my gut.

I began experimenting with different ideas using the blockchain. One of them being a wordsearch puzzle. I generated wallets with a small prize, took the seedphrase of those wallets and put the words into a wordsearch. Particpants would then solve the wordsearch and access the wallet, claiming the prize.

When experimenting I realized that while I may have cool ideas and an understanding of the blockchain to where I knew how they could work. What I did not know is how to create them. That was when I decided to begin learning coding, but I did not jump straight into Solidity. I believe that in order to be better rounded in this field it would be best to learn a simpler language first and then learn Solidity. So I taught myself Python.

After learning Python I began experimenting with small projects to broaden my learning. This is when I started creating Discord bots and Stoke was born. I also realized that if I wanted to create something that people would use it would have to be simple.

Blockchain is new and exciting, but the keyword there is new. Most people are unwilling to jump into something that is new. Especially if it involves currency. Many people in the blockchain space are creating amazing brands, projects, and tools. However, they are quite complicated to a new user of the blockchain. Connecting your wallet to applications, buying Nfts, staking Nfts, earning a token and understanding what to do with that token.

It's all to much for the new user to jump right into. That's why bugs is an extremely simple approach. bugs will teach its users about cryptocurrency wallets, security of your wallet, and how to send and receive transactions.

In order to create bugs I have decided to return to school and pursue an education in Computer Science. When I was previously in school I had switched majors 5 times, I had no idea what my true interests were and as a result I just went through the motions. Now I know what I need to learn and more importantly I want to learn it. The real journey begins now.

Purple's Public Key

This key can be used to verify all social media posts made by purplestoke see GitHub for more information

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-----END PUBLIC KEY-----