Garrett Minks, Founder & CTO of RAIR Protocol | From Bitcoin Mining to Open-Source Innovation and Privacy Tech | Bitcoin.com News Podcast

Bitcoin.com News Interviews · Jun 17, 2025 · 23m

Garrett Minks, Founder and CTO of RAIR Protocol, joins Bitcoin.com’s Frederick Munawa to share his journey from mining Bitcoin in 2012 to building one of the most forward-thinking projects in open-source software and privacy-preserving blockchain technology.As a true crypto OG, Minks reflects on more than a decade of innovation — from early Bitcoin adoption to the rise of decentralized protocols that prioritize data ownership, transparency, and censorship resistance. Through RAIR Protocol, he’s pioneering a new model for digital content distribution, where creators maintain control using…