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Most at times I get confuse and stuck when I see some post with strange or unfamiliar threads but at the same time I will see a lot of people arguing the threads and comments. I don't know how wide is crypto currency with exclusive terminologies like nodes, cores, NFt etc. At some point I wonder what I can do to mingle deeply in the discussion and contributions of this hard terms but one can not said something where you have no ideas. That's why I want to know how you get much familiar with all bitcoin technologies? What should I do?

I think you should take a moment to reflect before you hit that post button.

I have noticed that you are posting a lot of new threads in a last few days. Are you just after merits and views or something? I mean, have you thought about whether your contribution is really worth sharing on the forum? How do you even come up with all these ideas? It doesn't seem very natural to me.

Don't go fast and in a hurry, take your time you cannot learn everything overnight, check what interests you more not because of the requirement on the signature you are eyeing to join, discussion should be natural and not redundant you should input your very own ideas not just the idea of the other posts that you have rewritten.

If you want to know more about terminologies we have a section dedicated to that subject and Youtube has a lot of resources for those terminologies and we also have a lot of articles online.

When you first signup and login, the forum already tells you where to go and start, at the same time, after you have change the settings that is required, you need to go ti beginners & help, obviously this should the new members should start.

By doing your own research? Like literally the same way you learn any other skill/topic.


* If you like reading articles: https://coindesk.com/learn
* If you like reading books: https://theinternetofmoney.info/
* If you like watching videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTuN6kdNWlElfr2tzigB9Nnj

Security related:
* https://chainsec.io
* https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information/security.html

If you want to get more technical
* https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook#chapters
* https://github.com/ethereumbook/ethereumbook#chapters

It's really hard in the beginning to grasp everything at one sitting, so my advise will be, just take it easy.

1. if you encounter terms that you are not familiar then Google is your friend. Try to find out the meaning of that word
2. read everything first before you post or answer
3. just go around and play around the forum to familiarized your self

Its not like everyone here at expert with that but when you continuously hearing and reading some terms and understand how does it work, slowly it become a knowledge to you and you already familiarize with it. If you arent aware on the topic, dont force yourself to engage but instead ask questions which is quite normal I guess.

as mk4 has said, by doing your own research. you can check the links he shared and you can also check the thread I shared created by a member.

here's a thread created by Ratimov, it is s quite a big list of books about cryptocurrency. in the comments on this thread, you can find two links to threads shared by a member that also has a list of books that you can read.
Big Library of Bitcoin & Blockchain Books (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5353061.0)

Let the forum live for a while without caring about your usefulness. Today's question is again very stupid. I wonder how you come up with such topics. For example, what if you don't know a term? Did you study at school? Did your teachers tell you that reading is the best tool? Today the world is flooded with the Internet; isn't it easier to explore it every time and strengthen your knowledge than to ask such questions and look like a fool?
There is a good thread on the forum about smart search; try it.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276341.0

Although if you are not friends with Google, I doubt that this will help.

If you got confuse about the words used on crypto scene you can simply search it up in google since it can make your life easier to understand those words.

Also try to stick on the sections where it catch your interest since topics there can help you familiarize on how to use this forum then search other information you need outside of that board. To many things to do before you can fully understand how this industry works and you need to do months of study to be prepared on ventures you want to do.

when you read more information, then you will get enough knowledge for you to discuss. like you do. discussion is not only about expressing what we know, it is also related to our ignorance which we can publish to get the right information.
when you follow crypto media, then you will get the latest information. not all of them are in forums, sometimes more people share information in the media and then it becomes a topic of discussion in forums. it becomes interesting for anyone who is into Bitcoin forums.

You can start watching the videos on Andreas Antonopoulos' YouTube channel -----> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ
You can also read Mastering Bitcoin ----> https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook
It gives you the basic ideas after which you can begin your learning journey.

Personally, I do not see taht learning a lot about altcoins, tokens, NFTs, and others would be appropriate because all alts are Bitcoin with small or many differences, and therefore learning Bitcoin gives you 50% of the knowledge you need.

Also, sources such as binance academy are not a source of learning because they contain information particles that may not be accurate, up-to-date or biased according to the point of view of the author or the platform.

Contribution is not always about giving answers or opinions, you can ask other questions related to the topic if you want to know more about it. It's a great way to mingle in with the community.
So far I haven't even seen your attempts to mingle into the community, no ongoing discussions you've ever had. Just created a bunch of topics and then leave.

The resources by Andreas are really great to teach you a lot about bitcoin and even if you are non technical person who don't have development phase you still can get good knowledge about it from the first two chapters.His others seminars and videos are also great and I remember his video when he was spreading awareness about bitcoin at $100 and the hall was near to empty and see where we are now rushing to accumulate even one full bitcoin.

The truth is that nobody knows everything, but with someone's constant research, the knowledge develops. It is a process that takes time; nobody needs to rush through it. Many senior users of the forum who are knowledgeable about many discussion sections also began out at one level.Therefore, when you learn more about  entire Bitcoin, you become more familiar with its various sections, However, to make things simpler for you to comprehend, always focus on the sections that got your attention always, we not are expert in all sections of Bitcoin that why arguments do occur.

Simple solution is to ignore boards that you are not familiar especially if you are not interested on it. There is no need to get involved on every topic on the forum and just focus on topics that caught your interest. Make it a step by step process to learn different branches of crypto to avoid confusion and mixed up knowledge.

You use the ignore board option of the forum to temporarily hide all the boards that you didn't want to see so that you can focus only on topic that you want. You can access this feature through this link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3535601;sa=ignoreBoards

Getting familiar with threads is actually simple.
Keeping it real and natural, making a contribution inline with the thread and not just looking for merit.
When you see a thread that interests you, take a little time and go through it, there are many threads, you can always fine one and make a contribution. Do this every day and gradually you will be much familiar with the threads.
Getting familiar with the thread has no special strategy other than finding a thread that you can make a good contribution on.

The best thing to do is to take your time and study the thread, I believe most threads created in this forum are useful and important, as well as informative and knowledgeable, especially the technical threads, they speak a lot about Bitcoin technology, privacy, and security of our Bitcoin wallets, so if you take your time you will gain extensive knowledge in the thread, and there is also room for questions if you have a question regarding the thread.

It's better if you pause a little time to check again what you are going to post or create a topic, it's a good idea to do it because it's for the sake of good contributions and discussions later, and you should contribute with ideas that you think need to be discussed with other members. this is a broad forum you will be able to learn about what you should discuss in the forum, but it's always a good idea to double check what you're going to share later.

 :-*I really appreciate our contributions and advised here, I've gotten much insight from your comments and I think is good I open up event some sees it as meaningless post, I must admit it to be helpful. I will look forward to always see your guides as I ask questions related to issues of cryptosystem.

Basically you have to know what your initial intention was to join this forum, you have to remember again, what was the purpose of joining this forum. When it comes to how to get familiar with bitcoin terminology, all of that flows like water, I don't have too much of a mind to think about that, but what makes me continue to dig up all the information about bitcoin, is because I really like this bitcoin. So when I searched for deeper information about bitcoin, I never felt it was a pressure or an obligation, but I made it all a pleasure and most importantly, I did it wholeheartedly, without the slightest coercion.

So if you start with a feeling of liking, a sense of interest in bitcoin, it will definitely not be difficult for you to enter and get to know bitcoin.

OP, you seem unaware that there is such a thing as a "search" function on the Internet  ;D
If you don't know something, type the search term into Google search and you will immediately get a lot of quality answers.
There is also a search option on this forum and all answers can be found easily and quickly.
If you don't understand and don't know something, then you should look for answers via the search option, and that way you will get the answer you are looking for, and if you still don't understand something after that, you can ask for additional clarifications from other forum members. There's really no need for such threads.
Not all posts are for everyone as they require specific prior knowledge or experience. There is really no need to participate or follow every discussion on this forum.

You have to stop writing and start reading everything on this forum. The only way you can start contributing on this forum is by learning what it is all about.
The learning phase is something that you should stick with throughout your life.
Talking about myself, I have been here for more than 5 years and yet I believe I don't sufficient knowledge and so I keep learning every now and then.
This is the only way for you to know about crypto and the tech behind it.

It takes time but eventually you will sure get the hang of it if you stick around long enough.
Try this. Whenever you are less busy go through the threads one after the other. Click on the one that catches your attention the most and looks very interesting. Read the OP, followed by the comments. Try to do a little bit of interest search if you are confused and need more knowledge. Then go back to the thread and form your own opinion. It could either be a supporting argument or a counter-argument.

Explore the forum first and read everything as much as you can. That will really help you a lot to be familiarized with cryptocurrency and how its market works. And when you encounter words that confused you, then do your due diligence to DYOR. Research is the only answer for that. After all, everything is laid down on the internet for free, you just have to spend most of your time studying and researching if you want to achieve maximum crypto learning.

If you do not understand the topic, you don't need to reply, you can just read and see the development of the conversation in the thread. If you are confused you can join the discussion by asking questions that have a relation to the topic.  And if you wanted to participate, you can also use the search function and do research and give supporting sites that can aid the discussion.

Participating in technical discussions needs learning.  You can learn more if you read more. So do not worry if you can't participate in this kind of field(reading is enough).  Just absorb what you can learn in reading technical discussion.  The time will come when you are knowledgeable enough, that you will be able to join technical discussions and give or state your ideas.

In short, learning is the key in order for you to actively participating in every discussion.

I think people will reply to a topic or respond to another post because they want to add some relevant opinion or want to correct something that went wrong. If the reply contains no such things then I believe it is a spam post whose sole purpose is to increase the activity count. If they don't have any relevant ideas then I don't think they need to reply to the post and the best advice is to read.

The OP doesn't seem to have anything to worry about as some of the advice and guidelines have been mentioned on the previous page. I hope he has a great journey on the forum and no longer feels insecure with his minimal knowledge.

Well for starters, people discuss and comment on topics that they are familiar with. Of course, not every post is something that is known or familiar to me as there are still some things for me to learn along the way.

Again, this forum is all about cryptocurrencies and expect posts related to the latter. Since you joined this forum, you at least have the responsibility to know and comment on threads that you think you know in order to avoid any spam on the forum which can contribute to trash replies, etc.

If you want to know about BTC technologies like you mentioned, the best way to do it is for you to actually experience it. I also suggest asking help from a friend that is familiar on the topic for him/her to explain it to you.

Actually learning takes time. It’s not just a one day learning, but maybe months of reading and understanding the whole crypto set up and how they work in the market. However, when it comes to terminologies used in crypto, everything is explained well in Google so you don’t have to worry on it. Just do your due diligence and you will understand everything about crypto and also never gets tired of researching too as that will add to your crypto understanding.

I was like that at first too. It is very important for every member to develop your understanding of the terms that appear in forums or even in everyday life. I think that Google is a very useful resource for looking up the meaning of unfamiliar terms.

However, I'd like to add that besides relying on Google, there are other resources that can assist in understanding the terms, such as reference books and Feel free to ask questions if something is unclear or poorly understood. More experienced forum members will help answer your questions. Of course, there are lots of threads discussing all of this. You just need to take the time to read it. Discussions with other forum members can help broaden your understanding of the topics discussed.

Most importantly Patience and persistence are essential to mastering the terms. By making it a habit to read and find out the meanings of unfamiliar terms, you can develop your understanding of the topics discussed in this forum.

Sir please do have any problem with the OP ?? Because I see no reason for your aggressiveness or anger or I should I call it rudeness, OP created this thread for him/her to know (Learn) or maybe for merit purposes instead of you to teach him/her, you replied with something very different. Read down the comments see how people who are ready to make impacts replied with good advises, If you notice anything on OP you can PM and advise him or better ignore.

Thanks for understanding

It comes naturally with interest. I do not understand cores, nodes because I don't have interest about them, while in nft I'm interested, this interest automatically bestows knowledge.

Don't force yourself if you have no natural inclination toward subject, it won't work

Bitcointalk The forum is very popular. So everyone can come to the forum.But not everyone can survive on the forum. It is seen that most of the people come to the forum only to earn. So they can't stay long in the forum .This forum is a place to gain knowledge and earn from here. If you stay patient in the forum you can gain knowledge about everything.

Everything is on the internet, and what we need to do is spend time on it if we don't already know about it. Honestly, people sometimes abbreviate and many topics I don't know what those are, but it's not too hard to understand what they mean with the Google search engine, duckgo...these days.
No one will become good immediately, knowledge is endless, and we need to study, learn more, and learn forever.

Each thread comes with their own different idealogies,thoughts,and intentions,Some are brought to get answers to questions,while some are brought to know the reason behind some certain actions taken.When threads brings topics that are familiar,it makes one have a fast knowledge of how to access it,and give contributions on the topic given.When threads that are interesting drops,it makes the writer joyous because he knows what to write and it will give him merits in less than no time.
Threads are a piece of a person's idea,contribution to the bitcointalk community.If,you have no idea about the topic made,you don't have to bother yourself trying to say something about it,ideas comes naturally on it own.

I mean, to be honest, I don't think you need to discuss it with all other threads here in the forum, if you don't know what they talking about just don't discuss it with them it doesn't really matter we all have a lot to learn because bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and its technology is a wide topic so there are topics what we might don't know. If you really want to know about it you could easily research it to have an idea, but in my opinion, the best thing to do is just continue your journey on cryptocurrency and then share your experience or ask what you need to know.

Those complex things on cryptocurrency would surely come soon as you continue your investment journey on Bitcoin etc. You don't need to post on every thread just post on the threads that you have experience and know really well.

You will be able to get some basic knowledge about a thread when you read other people's comments on the thread. Therefore, it is important to read and understand the purpose and direction of the discussion before contributing. It will also be ideal to get more information from other sources if you feel you have not gotten a clear understanding of the topic.

Don't rush to post on the thread until you have gotten something different that is related to the discussion. You might not necessarily contribute but asking relevant questions might also be a good way of getting clarification. As you keep investing time in the forum, you will gradually get used to these strange terms you come across. In summary, be swift to learn but slow to post.

The topic of cryptocurrency is incredibly broad, and many newcomers struggle to understand its many terms. For instance, understanding all the intricate details of Bitcoin's transactions, blocks, keys, addresses, network, market, trading techniques, and other components would take some time. The majority of people that contribute so much to discussion threads have a lot of experience with cryptocurrencies, therefore as you gain experience in the field, your knowledge will expand in a similar manner.



Just as it is Outside cryptocurrency that you can’t have knowledge in all aspects so it is in the crypto space, You can’t have knowledge in every aspect because the cryptocurrency ecosystem is so vast. You just have to pick the subjects you are mostly interested in and focus on learning more about them to gradually broaden your knowledge. I have seen some people engage in discussions about wallets and privacy but they don’t engage in discussions about nodes, blocks and mining. Its not because they don’t want to but they don’t have enough knowledge about it and they choose to read and learn from other peoples discussions.

You don't have to participate in every topic you come across, you can contribute to those you are familiar with and simply read through discussions in threads you are unfamiliar with in order to gain knowledge about them.

actually, you can also search for it. information is in the forum and also you can search for information through your browser. when more people are active, you think you're not in the world you like. then you will not be able to follow the discussion. multiply your information and you will have an opinion worth sharing. in this forum do not see the rank for those who share information. everyone can discuss when they have the desire like you.
if you have trouble understanding something, search for it in your browser. I also do it when I can't understand something. that's very helpful.

Keep on making DYOR especially if you encounter some terms that you are not familiar with. Slowly you will learn and understand them how they can be effective when used in such threads. And as you’ve said, crypto is such a wide topic, so if you aim to excel and make the most of it, then never stop from exploring crypto and keep in mind that learning is a continued process, so you need not to stop from learning and even encourage yourself to be highly knowledgeable regarding cryptocurrency and it’s related topics.

The thing is you need not to follow all threads posted in the forum, stick to what you think is applicable for you and in which you have high knowledge to share with. Otherwise, avoid joining from a discussion if you think you have no ideas to share in the first place. Also, do not limit your learning process inside the forum. The internet has provided us a lot of resources to learn, so if you are not satisfied with the answers from the forum, then try to google search the topic and learn additional information from other sources.

That's the best thing to do if you don't know the thread that you see being posted but it also doesn't mean that we can't post in there sooner or later when you have a knowledge about it. That's what I did before when I am a newbie and I came across a thread where I am not familiar with so I am researching about it before I post in the thread but if I can't learn it much faster then I don't have to mingle in there and came back later on when I am knowledgeable and the thread is still active.

In every field and aspects to our human existence, there exists terminologies, not meant to confuse anyone but to use to differentiate or set aside certain things to come by a different and particulate meaning. Cryptocurrency is no different from what is obtainable out there.

It's of an individual's interest after building some interest in a field to get acquainted with the terminologies that is used as an everyday language in that field. Some of the things you've come to meet on the forum and these threads exists not just on the forum but on the web as well. You could as well search these terms out.
Don't make the mistake of skipping the details or meaning to a sentence because you did not understand the meaning to the text due to the terms, ask questions and search out what that term mean in relation to the field and gradually build your vocab about that field. That's how you learn and get familiar with them threads.

Mr. Antonopoulos is a very extraordinary person, I also remember being very interested in listening to and even reading the book he wrote when I saw a video on Twitter showing him teaching about Bitcoin to several people in an almost empty hall, at that time the price of Bitcoin was still very cheap.

his book that I really like is;
- bitcoin mastering (first and second editions)
- the internet of money (all editions)

I'm curious, does Mr. Antonopoulos have plans to make another new book related to bitcoin?

Before contributing your thoughts to a subject, you don't need to be an expert or completely knowledgeable about it. The most of your threads appear to be extremely fascinating, and people are participating there, so why are you asking how to become familiar with a thread? I assume you posted them because you had on your mind when you took the time to read carefully and without asking for advice.
People you see interacting on a thread aren't magical; all you need to do is read hard when you want to contribute on a thread; by doing so, I believe you'll grow to know threads. If you don't understand a post in that thread, you can abandon it and move on to another.

Threads aren't created for arguments but rather for discussions and whenever you see such discussion extending in pages doesn't mean you must have an idea on what they are saying, which means not every topic you have an idea on the discussion matters, some members also track a thread and follows it up, they keep to the updates on that particular topic and responded from time to time to the discussion thread.

Why forcing yourself to understand all threads in this forum when you're not familiar with it? I didn't mean to say you will never understand about Bitcoin technology or other terms you found it's difficult, but the answer is always "learning", so there's nothing can be discussed.

If you understand and you have something to add, you can create a new reply. But if you not understand, then you shouldn't reply and learn about the topic.

Firstly, you must not involve every conversation in every thread. You should only involve in the conversation that you are able to understand what is going on, as such that your contributions will be very good in the thread. Remember if you keep contributing where you don't have the knowledge of what is happening. All your posts will become spam in that particular thread.

Secondly, if you so wish to involve in those conversation, what you will do is to pick the topics  one after the other and study them at your leisure.
When you pick, what is Node and had to run a node, study it for few days to one week, you will see yourself being able to involve in any conversation related to nodes.That is the best way to go and that is the essence of the forum - to widen our knowledge of bitcoin and improve ourselves.

All these concepts are scary only at the beginning, but then you will understand all the details of any time here.
Start by watching simple videos on YouTube about cryptocurrencies, where not complicated concepts are used. And so over time you will be able to learn all the basic principles of cryptocurrencies.
And you will also learn the key events that happened to bitcoin in its formation.
The main thing is to move forward and learn something new.

We all get to encounter unfamiliar words or threads every now and then, but if we also make some follow up research about it, that’s the time it becomes clearer to us. But I believe not everyone is doing their due diligence when it comes to research and studies, that is why they will never grow in the forum and are still lack of knowledge even if they have stayed already quite long years in the forum. Except for those who are still new to crypto, if they won’t stop learning everyday, then the bigger the knowledge and advantage they will get from the forum.

There’s no other ways to make you familiar with the threads but to make yourself focused on studying and learning new tech every now and then so that you can engage in a meaningful conversation in the forum. Laziness has no rooms to grow in the forum, so you need to achieve learning everyday so you can be a significant contributor in the forum by sharing the valuable knowledge you have gained.

Help yourself to read some more of the information you aren't familiar with by searching what all of those means so that you can easily mingle to others if they have a discussion. It's not that easy to just assume you know everything in the first try but at least learn what they are discussing. All of the information you needed available already on the internet it's just like a book in your shelf waiting to open.

Learning can be taught by reading and asking questions that's why there are people discussing about it and the forum is one of that to discuss everything that's why we have different or specific board for the question.