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Title: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: charleshoskinson on April 20, 2013, 04:22:05 PM
Hi all. I've just finished my newbie Bitcoin course on Udemy and I'll be beta testing it for some time. This class is the first in a series of four courses:
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/)
  • Bitcoin for Beginners
  • The Complete Bitcoin Miner's Guide
  • Bitcoin Speculation
  • Bitcoin for Computer Scientists

Under the topics of speculation, mining or the physical implementation of the Bitcoin, what have you always wanted to know? What is unclear or you think would be valuable to share to the general community as a whole?



 


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: bg002h on April 20, 2013, 05:55:02 PM
Clever idea. Good luck.

I'm still unclear how scripting works...perhaps the anatomy of a transaction in script would be helpful...


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: charleshoskinson on April 20, 2013, 06:08:01 PM
The Bitcoin is starting to enter the mainstream. We have a very small window to positively impact public opinion or else Colbert will do it 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)

And you are referencing this script I presume:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script)


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: ChristianK on April 20, 2013, 08:14:01 PM
Under spectulation I would welcome a model for the "real" worth of bitcoin.
How do you price the various risks?


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: charleshoskinson on April 20, 2013, 08:30:00 PM
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Under spectulation I would welcome a model for the "real" worth of bitcoin.
How do you price the various risks?

Risk is generally modeled and traded using options. The issue is that Bitcoin isn't compatible with regular forex models and risks associated with currency are not well understood. We would need to invent risk metrics, which will be done as financial institutions start developing options for the Bitcoin.


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: bg002h on April 21, 2013, 12:36:55 AM
The Bitcoin is starting to enter the mainstream. We have a very small window to positively impact public opinion or else Colbert will do it 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)

And you are referencing this script I presume:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script)
Bingo. It's kinda the most important part...and I don't understand why so many "words" (commands) are needed...


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: mokimarket on April 21, 2013, 01:01:56 PM
I'd be interested in a course with a bit more math. One similar to the cryptology course on coursera but focusing on bitcoin. By the end of the course I would want to be able to code my own coin.


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: BIGMERVE on April 21, 2013, 01:23:02 PM
Under the speculation try explaining how to read most of the charts and how market forces affect the charts.


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: charleshoskinson on April 21, 2013, 07:12:41 PM
Definitely. I might partner with a friend of mine who is a forex trader to develop my speculation course


Title: Re: Requests for My Future Courses
Post by: charleshoskinson on April 21, 2013, 07:26:31 PM
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I teach university-level Finance, and I am planning to build a standard online course in Entrepreneurship that focuses on Bitcoin, Crowdfunding, and Cryptography for non-techies.  These look like they might fit in well with what I am doing.

Send me a PM. Let's talk.