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Title: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: steelboy on August 22, 2013, 09:51:10 PM Anybody got any favourites?
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: mises on August 23, 2013, 02:40:56 AM Personally I think all the intro-posts on this site are great.
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: illpoet on August 23, 2013, 04:59:08 AM http://atlantisrky4es5q.onion
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: charleshoskinson on August 23, 2013, 05:14:28 AM https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: favdesu on August 23, 2013, 06:08:00 AM https://www.weusecoins.com/en/
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: TitanBTC on August 23, 2013, 06:09:49 AM https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ No reason to be bashful about the work you've put into those videos, Charles. It's good stuff. When do you think you're going to upload the wallet reviews? Another very thorough video series for "intellectuals" is here" https://www.khanacademy.org/science/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-overview I love Khan, but its pretty dry. To get people excited about it, we really need to tell them what's in it for them. What are the benefits and how does it address pain-points they are currently feeling. This is a cool high level video that's pretty interesting as an intro to the bitcoin economy: http://vimeo.com/63502573 It all depends on how much someone wants to learn. Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: jantenner81 on August 23, 2013, 08:26:44 AM https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ +1 Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: steelboy on August 23, 2013, 09:02:23 AM Some great responses so far. The udemy vids look really interesting and in depth.
This http://vimeo.com/63502573 link is fantastic. Who made that? Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: genjix on August 23, 2013, 09:10:14 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br6j1D1xXvw
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: steelboy on August 23, 2013, 09:28:41 AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br6j1D1xXvw This is really good. Upbeat and i like the idea of the BTC timeline. I thought it was a bit political at times and the Silk Road thing was quite prominent at the start but i suppose thats the history of Bitcoin Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: The Bitcoin Catalog on August 23, 2013, 01:10:18 PM Use this one
http://thebitcoincatalog.com/what-is-bitcoin/ Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: The Bitcoin Catalog on August 23, 2013, 01:11:09 PM Some great responses so far. The udemy vids look really interesting and in depth. This http://vimeo.com/63502573 link is fantastic. Who made that? Check this out http://btcedproject.org/ Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: The 4ner on August 23, 2013, 03:24:42 PM Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: charleshoskinson on August 23, 2013, 07:41:08 PM Quote LOL! My thoughts exactly when i saw the onion link. I was like ok this isn't going to end well :) Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: freedomno1 on August 24, 2013, 04:31:00 AM I have a feeling that tonights going to be a good night tonights going to be a good good night Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: QuestionAuthority on August 24, 2013, 06:52:10 AM http://bitcoin.com/ (http://bitcoin.com/)
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: freedomno1 on August 24, 2013, 07:24:55 AM I have categories
Best Soundtrack (Someone please top this for me I beg you XD) (YES I mean it and this is what happens after a ride of SR) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdrSP0V-KLg Do it Yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiqbzqmxSE 2 Minutes and 5 seconds or less http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrK-152xfy0 Longer than 10 Minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7LQu-eIOO0 ____________________ All the rest Unusual videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzgY8taGyB0&feature=youtu.be&annotation_id=annotation_1934776217&feature=iv&src_vid=br6j1D1xXvw Generic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Other http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzHC7Pf2fk The Generic Best Paypal Conversation regarding Bitcoin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdx2Cxn6KnI Best Trolling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgr3qEjbstM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJINXeBjhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSj24_E_lU Best Historical Bitcoin Drama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYNMKdv36w Best Bloomberg for now Facepalm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUolhZG04c Think that's almost all the bitcoin videos I watched lols ASIC's dying from all the heat heat heat :) Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: remotemass on August 29, 2013, 08:06:17 PM Search for the video: 'United Colors of Bitcoin'.
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: LittleD on August 29, 2013, 10:55:16 PM ;)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=280243.msg2995470#msg2995470 Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: BorderBits on August 30, 2013, 06:35:21 AM www.buttcoin.org
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: LiteCoinGuy on August 31, 2013, 07:20:42 PM if they are able to read:
http://www.coindesk.com/information/ ;) Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: willphase on September 01, 2013, 04:38:43 PM https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ cool videos. how come the presenter calls the topic 'the Bitcoin'. 'you will learn all about the Bitcoin' it sort of keeps distracting me as I listen! Will Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: Scott J on September 01, 2013, 04:46:20 PM I like evoorhees' introduction to Bitcoin here:
http://evoorhees.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/bitcoin-libertarian-introduction.html Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: 01BTC10 on September 01, 2013, 04:49:09 PM A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)
Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: BorderBits on September 01, 2013, 07:40:26 PM A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper) Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: 01BTC10 on September 01, 2013, 07:44:26 PM A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper) Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: kiko on September 01, 2013, 08:50:29 PM Search for the video: 'United Colors of Bitcoin'. I hadn't heard of that one so I looked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sOFXHlhu That's the driest bitcoin primer out there. I would recommend it to anyone with insomnia, but probably not the best first impression if you're hoping to get people excited about bitcoin. Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: BorderBits on September 01, 2013, 09:16:15 PM A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper) Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. Invest or use? Is the goal to get newbies to invest in bitcoin or to use bitcoin as currency? The whitepaper's first sentence references electronic cash; however, a quick glance at the instability of the Title: Re: Single best link to explain bitcoins to newbies? Post by: 01BTC10 on September 01, 2013, 09:29:23 PM A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper) Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. Invest or use? Is the goal to get newbies to invest in bitcoin or to use bitcoin as currency? The whitepaper's first sentence references electronic cash; however, a quick glance at the instability of the The paper convinced me that it was not a scam and a robust system. When googling Bitcoin in mid 2011 there was more results calling it a scam than anything else. |