We'd love for you to attend C3 and meet us in person. We'll have a much more significant announcement there and also specific roadmaps and timetables for everyone who's like to be a volunteer, business partner or developer for the platform. We also would love to give you a software demo of our communication and ID systems. We'll bring a laptop

Browser plugins have been explored as a way to increase both the ease of use and better integrate with existing user experiences. I'm a big fan of Cryptocat and I can imagine similar apps working well in Chrome and Firefox; however, these would be side projects pursued after the core product has been relentlessly refined.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/pull/162#issuecomment-23188122

let's post the link for clarity. The post came from a convo with one of the posters in the repo and was part of a much larger conversation. Again it has since been deleted because it does not reflect what we are trying to accomplish

Thanks Max for quoting me out of context in a post that has since been removed in a conversation  on github that started four months ago. I really appreciate it. We are perfectly comfortable in the Bitcoin ecosystem and support all cryptocurrencies equally. That statement was in reference to the blockchain bloat, the lack of community involvement in decisions regarding the open source development of bitcoin and also the general resistant amongst devs to embrace emerging new ideas.

There are some clear philosophical differences between your vision and ours including the threat of ASICs and the continuing centralization of Bitcoin. But let's be very clear, BitShares is not meant as a replacement of Bitcoin, but rather the infrastructure needed to ensure compatibility between cryptocurrencies and fiat monies in general. Our primary design goal has always been to reduce volatility and increase liquidity for all cryptocurrencies. Since we are playing the posting thread game let's go down history lane: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=229315.0

My statement about Bitcoin's death comes from the idea that new cryptocurrencies using our ecosystem will be better positioned for the needs of the future and thus more competitive when compared with Bitcoin. In a free market, the best product wins. 

But please do take a single deleted statement out of context from a four month old thread that resulted in the creation of the Bitcoin Press Center as a statement of our business strategy. As I recall specifically because of the issues mentioned above. We have gone to great pains to explain our vision and goals in our whitepaper, partnerships, media interviews and upcoming conference lectures. And we will continue to do so as much as possible. Successful open source projects all require a rich, diverse community that has a legitimate opportunity to participate in the evolution of the software.

We are an entirely new ecosystem combining some amazing innovations from decentralized identity management, always encrypted communication and p2p decentralized exchange into a single protocol and a single easy to use multi-platform piece of software. This is not an alt currency. It is an ecosystem for all cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin.

My thoughts exactly when i saw the onion link. I was like ok this isn't going to end well

Coming from a mathematical background, the whitepaper reminds me of one of those papers with enormous inspiration, but some clarity issues yielded as a result of not being in the author's minds. We've made a commitment in September to completely rewriting the paper specifically to make it more readable and also to address some of the feedback we get from the community.

I love constructive criticism and critical thinking. It's a wonderful experience to work with so many bright minds in discovering how to take a collection of technologies and turn them into something really magical.

Yes, we are releasing our first preview in October at C3 as stated in the article. Our beta in November as stated in the article and our global release at a conference in Tokyo in February. I look forward to reading your feedback once it is released.

Absolutely, I've created a free course on the MOOC provider Udemy on Bitcoin under a creative commons license that now has 5,000 students and many collaborators providing content:

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

And  our project webpage outlining the philosophy:

http://btcedproject.org/

We have a particularly strong emphasis on international students and will soon localize out content for the Chinese thanks to our great director in China Li Xiaolai. I'm also chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation's education committee.

In terms of Elizabeth's experience, I'll refer you to her website:

http://elizabethtploshay.com/

When I first had an opportunity to interact with Elizabeth it was roughly four months ago right when we were gearing up to launch the Bitcoin Education Project. I sent an email to Bitcoin Magazine requesting an article about our Udemy course and grand vision (I suppose those are in great supply these days ). Initially their response was a bit muted. I just received what looked like a well written template email from this Elizabeth Ploshay girl thanking be for my questions and saying they'd be in touch.

I figured that I'd been politely ignored and it was time to move on. It appears in life cynicism is usually rewarded with near presentient accuracy, yet something happened that surpassed my wildest expectations- I received a follow-up email from that same pleasantly polite girl with questions about our project and its goals.

In the following month we've collaborated, I have come to know an intelligent, hard working and utterly dedicated (to a fault) woman who both understands our movement and its libertarian roots. Therefore, when she announced her candidacy for a board seat, I was inclined to invest serious time in a process I originally considered to be rather unnecessary. Due to the Matonis directorship, I am really starting to believe in the Foundation as an effective vehicle for preserving what I admire most about Bitcoin and I can think of no one better than Elizabeth to help guide us for three reasons.

First, she is committed to something close to my heart- education. One of our biggest challenges as a movement is addressing the fear, uncertainty and disinformation that has been so rapidly spread by the media and self-interested actors. We are not involved in a fair fight when the criticism of our technology, economics and beliefs is based on a throne of lies. The only way we can begin to win is through education; free, in as many channels as possible and localized where we want to grow. Elizabeth understands this and will help mobilize the Foundation into a FUD slaying powerhouse.

Second, she has worked in government for those who make the very laws and regulations we so fear and seek to avoid. I believe firmly that we must bravely embrace the battle Washington will eventually provoke and we need allies who understand the tactics, media and thoughts our enemies and potential friends on capital hill will invoke. Having worked for the Ron Paul campaign in 2008, I can recall the brutality of the process firsthand and I understand the value she brings to the table in this respect.

Finally, Elizabeth has the time to commit herself full time to our board. I've had the privilege of meeting many titans during my lifetime from Elon Musk to Terry Tao and while I deeply respect their accomplishments and diversity, they share a mutual limited pool of time. Often their participation on boards, committees and other non-profit services take a backseat to their primary field. Talent without time equals limited results regardless of the person. Our board is Elizabeth's domain and I know she will take it as seriously as a full time job. At 3 AM, she'll be there, not building a rocket or trying to solve the Goldbach Conjecture. That's what we deserve in a candidate, someone who shows up everyday working for us.

Thanks for reading and I wish everyone well,
http://elizabethtploshay.com/

Charles Hoskinson

Chief Executive Officer of Invictus Innovations

Director of the Bitcoin Education Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYNMKdv36w

Now Josh pissed hitler off. When will it end

Yes he is alive and well

Back to forums Josh? You coming to C3?

I didn't make any mistake. I chose a MOOC provider that gives me free bandwidth, has converted my course to an Iphone app, gives me statistics about my users including which lectures they have watched and demographic data and other features. You are getting a free product and yet you complain? Seriously dude? You're weak and entitled. If you don't like it, then please just move on. No one is forcing you to consume our free content nor are you even forced to use facebook for the account creation.

Again, I do not own nor control Udemy. They are providing free bandwidth and hosting for our content. Please do not infer I control Udemy's account creation policies. I'm also sorry that you feel money grows on trees and I can distribute terabytes worth of bandwidth without a partnership like this.

If Adam is not running, then I will support Elizabeth.

Silver send me a PM. I think we can work together on your project.

Thanks, if you like them, then you'll love the course I have on its way called "Breaking Out of Prism: a Hacker's Guide to the Internet".

My company is developing an open sourced communication protocol for one of our products that will be in beta this November that enjoys equivalent security to OTR and preserves anonymity in communications. GMaxwell, I'd like to thank you for also taking on this task. The more tools we have to secure and anonymize our communications, the better the world becomes.

http://www.ivcpost.com/articles/13078/20130804/phoenix-fund-near-investment-200-million-bitcoin-company.htm

And now this is public knowledge I can dance. Sorry Josh, maybe you guys will get the next 200 million dollar investment. Or perhaps you can "fire" your investors.

Told you guys BFL was doomed.