Most of us had to listen to the older generation's opinion about
the fact that computers and smartphones specifically come up with such complex.
When you tell it again, give an example of the Creator of the first
antivirus John McAfee, who is now 72 years old. Today he found himself
in the world of cryptocurrency, which enjoys great prestige, and continues
to lead an active and scandalous lifestyle.
Biography
John McAfee was born in Scotland on September 18, 1945.,
(possibly born in 1946, since there is no exact information). Practically
immediately after the birth of his son, John's parents moved to the United States and settled
in Roanoke, Virginia.
On the early years of John's life little is known. There is information, that in
young age, he organized a company for the delivery of mail to residents
Roanoka, as well as very early addicted to alcoholic beverages, going on
in the footsteps of an alcoholic father.
It is known that in 1967, John graduated from Roanoke College and received
bachelor's degree in mathematics. The next year he got a job
in NASA. Then he went to work at UNIVAC, Xerox and Computer Sciences Corporation. In
1980 he worked at the Lockheed Corporation, then
he began to write his first anti-virus software.
In 1989, John became one of the world's leading experts in the field
cybersecurity, he quits Lockheed Corporation and creates his own
McAfee Associates. In 1994, he sold his stake in the company for
$ 100 million. After that, there were several years of a comfortable life, during
which McAfee has been investing, teaching, yoga and
various projects until the global financial crisis of 2008
years.
Adventures in Belize
In 2009, the New York Times reported that out of 100 million $ from McAfee
there are only $ 4 million left due to unsuccessful investments. To save on
taxes, John moves to the state of Belize in Central America,
which borders Mexico and Guatemala.
The remaining money McAfee would be enough for a comfortable existence, but it is not
his style. In 2010, he creates a company for the production of antibiotics
QuorumEx is headquartered in Belize. In may 2012, McAfee was accused of
the sale of unregistered medicines and storage
guns, police raided his Villa. But later all charges were
taken down, John had all the documents. He himself said that the case
related to his new business and the search was initiated by a selling official,
McAfee which refused to give a bribe. John has even filed a lawsuit against
the government of Belize for wrongful arrest.
But McAfee did not get the fighter for the rights and freedoms of citizens of Belize,
because six months later, on 10 November 2012 his neighbor Gregory fall
found shot to death. Fall and McAfee, often conflict, so John is not
he waited till he was charged with murder and ran off to Guatemala. There he
detained by local police for illegally crossing the border. He stated
his innocence and asked for political asylum. Around the continued
accuse corrupt officials of Belize and claimed that the killer confused
at home and killed fall for him.
The Guatemalan authorities denied McAfee asylum and made a decision
deport him to the United States. On 13 December 2012, he arrived at the airport
Miami, where he was met by FBI agents. But the Belize police have not put forward
against John's formal accusation, so he just gave an explanation
regarding the incident, and the story ended. By the way, the killer
Gregory Falla was never found.
McAfee and cryptocurrencies
The age of John McAfee can be called cryptomodule, but it's hard
find more scandalous and energetic character kryptomere. He
calls himself a bitcoin investor and miner, is friends with Roger Vert and
he has 800 thousand subscribers on Twitter.
Speaking of Twitter, John is remembered for his column “the coin of the day”. He every
the day did a tweet in which praised the little-known cryptocurrency, and she immediately
grew in the price. McAfee blamed the pump, after which he first changed
format and released "advertising" once a week, and then promised to abandon
such post. A couple of days after that, his Twitter appeared advertising
token TRON, but John denied it and said about hacking your account
hackers.
Another scandal happened after McAfee tweeted that
he paid with cryptocurrency for the services of girls of easy virtue. This news
caused a great resonance, John was accused of creating a bad image for
digital currency. But he is not bewildered by such change. He said that
paid for cryptocurrency drugs, porn and other questionable goods,
which his followers can only imagine.
Cryptologist respects McAfee for his stance against bitcoin.
He has repeatedly stated that cryptocurrencies are real money, and
the dollar and other Fiat currencies are a hoax. John even promised to eat
own penis, if in 2020 bitcoin will not rise in price to $500 thousand.
Later, he raised the rate to $1 million.
We have given only a part of the episodes from the life of John McAfee. In fact, in
it was far more action and apparently it isn't going
stop. Maybe we'll find out some interesting details about him.
biography of the black Comedy “the king of the jungle”, in which the role McAfee
johnny Depp will play. It should be interesting.
Translated from russian community http://telegra.ph/Skandalnyj-kriptoinvestor-Dzhon-Makafi-03-22 by Damir Koshkarov