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15 G/hashs with a custom FPGA
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I've been studying the blockchain for a bit and I'm thinking about developing a metric to label bitcoins that are likely dead (ie the private key is no longer accessible). Do you guys have any advice for possible starting points?
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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/- 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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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Also what makes you an expert on bitcoin, you don't own a business, you don't claim to have any experience with bitcoin, why are you making a course if you aren't that experienced with bitcoins? 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. |
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Don't do a donation and a price tag, pick one. Your just being greedy. Plus no one knows if your content is even that high of quality you show 2 min clip of you just moving your mouse around and giving an overview. Plus your voice is kinda hashed and monotoned. I've decided to make the first 200 slots free. Enter the coupon code free200. |
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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? Especially when all you need to do is youtube bitcoin and you have all the information needed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSj24_E_lUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoK8HXMSsNghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP7uBcVDM5Ayes, 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 |
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Thanks I really appreciate it. Any other takers?
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I created the most comprehensive introduction to the Bitcoin ever produced on Udemy it's only $9. ok........ |
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Let's open source the trailer. Anyone want to volunteer?
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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 |
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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?
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I'm Charles from the United States. I'm a mathematician
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