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I created the most comprehensive introduction to the Bitcoin ever produced on Udemy. If anyone wants to learn about the Bitcoin from Mining to Speculation, then check it out:


https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ (https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/)

I'd love any feedback. The Course is Free

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You forgot to mention that the course cost is $9.

If you'd like to beta test, then I'll send you a coupon code. Just please leave me some feedback. And yes it costs money because I spent time and lots of effort making it. Why should my time be free? Not very Bitcoinish of you hmmm?

Can you edit the OP to reflect that it costs 9$?

If its not free its not worth buying; The Bitcoiner philosophy.

Who the fuck says that?

A communist

No communists here ;D

Well, they're lost, if they are.

Lol was just kidding. Looks like you put a lot of work into the videos. Might check them out.

if you have the time, then please beta test for me. Reviews are worth more than sales right now. Shoot me an email: charles.hoskinson@gmail.com

To be fair, $9 for a comprehensive understanding on Bitcoin isn't bad.  The cheapest courses around my area are $50 per credit hour, so typically around $150 a class.  Some people believe that if you're not getting any closer to a degree, then it's not worth taking.  But then again, fuck the state and its pieces of paper :P

All we need now is a way to pay with Bitcoin :D  Any idea how that's gonna work, or is it already supported?

If we get enough interest, then I can convince Udemy to use Bitpay. This is a work in progress. Please relay the class across twitter and facebook. We need to spread the revolution. Steve isn't doing a good job for us:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/425561/april-17-2013/bitcoin-plunge (http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/425561/april-17-2013/bitcoin-plunge)

we need a little trailer to put some enthusiasm :)
nice idea, a lot of confusion out there

Let's open source the trailer. Anyone want to volunteer?

Would be nice if it clearly stated the cost  ;)

ok........

I'll take the course and provide feedback. PM a coupon

Thanks I really appreciate it. Any other takers?

Especially when all you need to do is youtube bitcoin and you have all the information needed.

The donation is to make additional content. And why should my time and effort be free? I'd like to make this the goto course for the bitcoin community. This will take hundreds of hours and lots of feedback. Isn't that worth something?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSj24_E_lU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoK8HXMSsNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP7uBcVDM5A

yes, very high quality info.....:(

Guys, the Bitcoin is hitting the mainstream and we need high quality peer reviewed information that is self contained and capable of addressing the tough questions people will ask. We cannot rely on youtube or some free resource nor can we expect someone to spend countless hours asking questions on a forum. This is like the Internet in the early 90s. There were a lot of 80s guys running around with massive technical knowledge and a libre demeanor fighting the mainstream. Lucky for all of us, the 80s crowd didn't win

I've decided to make the first 200 slots free. Enter the coupon code free200.

Sry if I came off strong. I just meant there is plenty of free information out there if you do a little research. For the general public to see your "course" they prob already read through a bunch of information already.

I think you would be best off taking the $9 fee and just accepting donations until you get "accepted" then maybe add a small fee and drop the donation gig.

All recommendations, I understand you would like to get compensated for your time but in the long run building good feedback and a small following will be best for you.

I've been involved in cryptography research for the past two years specifically studying fully homomorphic encryption and zero knowledge proofs. My formal background is in additive and analytic number theory and I attended grad school at University of Colorado, Boulder for pure mathematics. I've worked with several computer scientists during my time there who were involved in some way or another with the bitcoin open sourced project or hash cash back in the 90s.

I don't profess to be an expert, but I'm willing to collaborate with the community and invest the time necessary to develop a great mainstream introduction for newcomers to our currency. Over time and with enough input, we can create something that will help make the Bitcoin more mainstream.

I should also mention that I've worked on several open sourced projects and there is a world of difference from projects that are completely donation based and projects that have some sort of monetary backbone. Simply put, to accomplish my goal, I need more than a donation. Even the Mozilla foundation collections fees.

Ok I quickly whipped through the course the course. Quick summary follows ->

Pros:
- walks slowly through the different parts of what is money, what is a bitcoin, how to mine, and future outlook as well as other topics
- very newbie friendly, this is something my parents could watch and learn to understand what a bitcoin is
- everything is available off one site, you don't have to jump around youtube pages to find somewhat sketchy information
- couple hours of lectures, you get what you pay for

Cons:
- it doesn't go into a lot of mathematical details on what a bitcoin actually is, some references to complicated hashes and #s, blocks and blockchains, but doesn't explain the algorithm itself. I'd really like a course that does this. It'd be valuable to create a 2nd course for computer scientists or bitcoin fans that want to understand the algorithm
- most of the foils are text based, no graphics or animations that help illustrate the bitcoin flow. The verbal explanations are good, but the text seems to be mostly filler. One exception: I did like it when you brought up the different sites, and references under mining

Summary: if I was just starting out I think this would be worth $9, but for most of us on this forum I think we would want an advanced edition of the course.

Thanks for the coupon, I hope your course does well.

Thanks for the set of eyes. My goal is to eventually create a series of courses that build in detail until one gains a total mastery of the Bitcoin. I figured with the amount of misinformation floating around that the first priority needs to be just getting a firm foundation laid.

Could you leave a review on the Udemy course site? That will help me get exposure. 

Hi charleshoskinson,

I suggest you to make a #bitcoin-otc course for newbies.
I found that lots of the people involved in bitcoin economy still don't know how to start using OTC, signing GPG contracts, etc.

That's a great idea. I'll create a new thread at some point for future class ideas. I could also (if this class is a commercial success) add new content to the course when there is a market demand.

bump

I've decided to make the course free for now.

I will view the course, I certainly do not know all I wish too about btc ,
I wish to offer support to you and anyone else helping to get out the real concept of btc. I get angry everytime I see a blip on CNBC or other news, it seems like they all have a vested interstate in portraying btc as negatively as possible. Cudos to anyone spreading more truth about btc to the public at large.

Thank you. My goal is to build something the community can universally adopt. So when someone asks about the bitcoin, you can give them a single link and all will be explained.

I appreciate you making it free.

Sadly, I simply do not have the patience to listen to _anyone_ talk for nine hours.

Now if your course had the same information presented a text / graphic form (think text book), I would be happy to read and review it for you. 

I would likely also be able to do so in much less than the 9 hours of video you are presenting...

the forum should have a plafond to order things like this one...
manuals, advertising, etc etc

You haven't been keeping up to date  8)


Phase 1 is developing a core set of information that is accurate, reliable and easy to understand. Phase 2 is to port this information into other formats like a book or audio only for example. This is a long term project.

The Crypto and Cold Storage Lectures are Now Up!

This is great. I think you should add it to the Bitcoin wiki and such :)

Send me some links and also if you have any topics you'd like me to cover let me know.

Very nice +1

Nice one, thanks.

you know donations are always welcome............... ;D

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Thanks for sharing this.  I left a review.   :)

I saw that thank you so much. If there is any additional content that you desire, then let me know. I'll be regularly making bonus lectures.

Sounds great.  :)  I have your course bookmarked. 

I left a review. Well done.

I think its a wonderful effort. I will Beta test for you

Quite impressive.  I will need to begin your courses at a later date however since it is was already past my bedtime when I read this post and there looks to be a lot of hours to view.  Thanks for your efforts in training up the newbies.

it seems it will help newbies and old school guys.
back to basics is a good aproach

I really appreciate the feedback. Is there anything you guys would like me to elaborate on or anything that was unclear?

nice course

This is perfect for my accountant who I have been introducing to cryptocurrency. Thanks!

That's really good! :)

Thanks. Check out my latest announcements

I would take this course.  bitcoin-otc has always been a bit of a mystery to me, despite lounging in the channel quite a bit.

can you make a blog or news feed with the new courses you add?
or here in the forum, as you want..

I'd like them to give me a subforum for my efforts, but that will have to be earned. I'll create a mailing list at some point. Signup for the class and I'll have the ability to push updates to you.

http://stuffexists.com/bitcoin/

I'd highly recommend this link

Transaction fee lecture is up

More lectures soon to come

I Just sent you the following as an e-mail: Posting a copy here for benefit of the forum: Thank you very much! I highly recommend it to anyone that is just starting to try and learn about bitcoin, it will save months of looking for this info own your own, unless you personally know someone who is a Sr. Member.
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I have just finished your course and wanted to let you know I thought it was very informative, not being any sort of progamer I learned a very great deal and now feel that I understand enough about bitcoin to be much more comfortable investing in it.

I also wanted to learn how to create a paper wallet, and prevously had no idea how to encrypt a file of any sort. So just to down load the file encrytpion program you showed was well worth all the time if I had learned nothing else.

I feel the course was well worth the mere $9.00 you had origionally priced it at, and in seeing how much time and research you put into it, and how much value I recieved from it I will gladly pay the $9.00 if you will send me some type of invoice.


I wish to pay by credit card or pay pal, instead of bitcoin if possible, Frankly I am just having too much troubel acquiing bitcoins to part with any as of yet. 

Thank You and if you will e-mail me that invoice I will be happy to pay.

I agree with the many others.

You should edit "The Course is Free", and change it for "The cost is $9, butt I'll send you a coupon code if you're interested".

Just to be perfectly clear from the beginning.

The course is completely free and has been released under a creative commons license.