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I wanted to give the community an update on our progress with the Bitcoin Education Project. We have acquired the domain btcedproject.org and we are developing a centralized project website with wordpress to serve as a project hub. Until then I'd like to share the mission of the project with everyone.
When I first got involved in bitcoin, I considered it to be a technological curiosity, but not a legitimate store of value. It seemed like another project that would eventually die off save a few loyalists. But you guys wouldn't throw in the towel and thus Bitcoin has grown. It's grown so large that we are now at the edge of mainstream acceptance. Yet we won't get there if we don't resolve two problems.
First there is the enormous barrier to entry for the bitcoin ecosystem. It requires knowledge sets that are beyond what we should expect from average computer users. Everyone here should be proud they have mastered the skill sets, yet millions have not nor should be expected to do so independently. Therefore, the community must work tirelessly to both teach new users about Bitcoin in an easy to understand, yet comprehensive way while also developing better, more user friendly software.
I firmly believe in the will and skills of our community's software devs and thus the latter shouldn't be an issue. The Bitcoin Education Project is taking the mantle of removing the knowledge barriers to entry for newcomers. Yet we also have the second issue of personal relatability.
People have to see why Bitcoin is important to them. We have to show the social innovation, the technological accomplishments, the rich history,the entrepreneurial opportunities and also the changes to economics should a decentralized deflationary currency be embraced.
I cannot do this alone. I need members of this community to share their years of experience and passion to the next generation. People have to understand why Bitcoin is awesome. Thus I need your help to record lectures for our course, speak at local meetups, market the course and improve the quality of what we already have shared.
If you are a veteran in any of these five areas and want to help bring the mainstream into our community, then please post here or PM me:
(1) Technology of Bitcoin
(2) The History of Bitcoin
(3) The Economics of Bitcoin
(4) The Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Bitcoin
(5) The Social Innovation of Bitcoin
We are also looking for people to help us with media training. I'd like to have a local bitcoin expert in every community to evangelize whenever possible. And of course, donations are always welcome:
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Let's get this done.
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I think they have an app for that
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Free forever, Please spread the word
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Ah thanks. There's been a lot of forking around lately
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Dan is Peter Thiel still involved in this idea?
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Ok, my first request is to draft Peter Thiel to be the new head of the foundation
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Canton,
Very kind of you to drop a mention of the Safe Paper Wallet.
Today I upgraded the initial order, from 4000 to 8000 wallets, from regular perforation to micro-perf and from digital offset to 4-color linotype press.
The paper is a textile-weave texture, on 250gsm weight heavy paper which is acid-free and archival quality to last a lifetime, even on display and under light (which degrades regular paper and inks).
I will have samples at the conference.
The next print run will include your design as I branch out to more designs (and the MB Messer design too).
If the current rate of orders continues for a few days, I will be running break-even by end of week and ordering the next print run for 20,000 wallets.
Thank you for the mention and all your incredible work on this and other projects!
I didn't know you had entered the wallet business. I'll update our course to mention the safe paper wallet in the paper wallet lecture. |
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Luke did I miss something? Are you hard forking?
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My goal is to bring this community together to remove the barriers to entry in the bitcoin world. We can't accept ponzi scheme or rapid dismissals. Bitcoin needs an army of well educated Evangelists to spread the world throughout the world. The Bitcoin Education Project is going to build that army.
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Would I said it is time for a fork I don't know yet. If I could get Peter Thiel and Paul Allen to join a new foundation for a new cryptocurrency that preserves some of the best features of Bitcoin, yet implements some of the features of the Hard Fork wishlist. Would you consider adopting it? I was thinking about a system with 100 million bitcoin2.0s with 21 million premined and given to a special exchange allowing bitcoiners to convert their holdings in btc to btc2.0 on a 1-1 conversion rate. Miners would have control of transaction fees by a market system. Perhaps develop a P2P currency exchange to eliminate the need for a Mtgox. I might write a whitepaper over the Summer. |
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All you need to do is change your config file. It's not too difficult. I'd suggest that you develop your own client but changing the config file of 8.2 would be simpler. Your "problem" is solved. If Bitcoin is going to become mainstream, then this is a bad idea. We need to understand the vast majority of new users will just accept the default configuration. It is unrealistic to expect anything else. |
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Gweedo you need to be a bit more patient with people. You're attacking Gavin for doing something and then when I ask what would you like to do you say it's not my job. Ok, I gather that so I ask about an alternative system. I'm sorry if someone asked this before, I just came to this thread.
But let me ask a slightly broader question. Do you still feel the bitcoin protocol reflects your philosophy? Or has the time come in your opinion for a fork?
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