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After reading many posts in this forum, it's clear there is some dissent in the community regarding the nature, mission and true purpose of the bitcoin foundation. As a community, what do you feel we should focus on? I'm legitimately curious. Bitcoin has moved well beyond just a plaything for computer scientists. It is here to stay and will soon enter an area that is both brutal and very old filled with massive banks and sovereign governments.
We have a serious PR problem in the media and there still exist serious barriers to entry for normal people to safely use bitcoins in daily transactions. If you were king of bitcoin land for a day, then what would be the first item on your agenda to improve or change? Does the foundation connect with your vision or is there a divide?
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I am setting up a donation drive for photos of Sugar Bush the Squirrel holding both a Bitcoin and also our course logo: http://www.sugarbushsquirrel.com/The squirrel seems to have viral appeal and would greatly help to visually market our efforts and the Bitcoin as well. We need 10 BTC to get both photos. Photos will be released to the open domain for all to use: Donate to the Sugar Fund: 189tfJJhCJFtkr4MZJgcB3yuGTfUh7cvUL Top Reasons to Donate: - By connecting Bitcoin to a meme, we can increase awareness and bring more into our community
- Sugar Bush can help promote the crowdsourced bitcoin course creating more exposure and incentive for people to learn about Bitcoin
- You'll be financially support a crazy lady who dresses up dead squirrels in patriotic ways
--------------------------------- [Currently Raised: 0.0787951 BTC ] [ BTC Left for Goal: 9.92012049 ] --------------------------------- Donation Ledger: ac00c1611ad8d651ab6cb5dc1771f385253287c63d5e7e601452d78985281e77 -] Birdy {0.029506 BTC aaa181155a12b77dcd6ee9126f333cb6f229e4c1de0664362b537fd278b2226f -] Anonymous {0.05037351 BTC |
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After much discussion on this forum regarding the business practices of Butterfly labs [BFL], it has become clear to me that there are several unanswered questions. Should BFL not commit to a ship date for their ASICs by the end of April and independent members of this community verify that they have received the product they ordered, I will draft an open letter to BFL. Its purpose is to determine the following: - When did BFL have a working prototype of at least one of the ASIC products and how did they infer their engineering claims for both performance and power consumption?
- Will BFL consent to an independent audit of their corporation accounts?
- Did BFL finance (in part or fully) the development of their product line from preorders?
- Who is currently fabricating the chips within their products and can BFL produce on demand the contract signed with said fabricator?
- What is BFL's estimated shipping volume for ordered units per month
- How was BFL able to sustain itself during the delays?
- Has BFL engaged in mining and if so for how long and to what extent?
This list is a starting point. I'd like the engineers, accountants and legal professionals in this community to chime in to contribute their concerns. We have a duty to self-regulate and root out fraud where it occurs. Many people here have invested in BFL products and this forum runs ads. |
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With now nearly 200 subscribers for my course within just a few days, it's become apparent to me that if this momentum continues, then there a chance tens of thousands of future bitcoiners will begin their integration into the bitcoin world as my students. Thus, I figure there is a duty for me to solicit feedback from the community about a common language when describing concepts like wallets, addresses, and yes "the Bitcoin".
While technical language should never be changed for the sake of brevity, I have seen a debate about addresses for example. Also the terminology used in describing a transaction is somewhat cumbersome for a non-computer scientist. What do you guys suggest that I include and exclude in my course. What language and notation would you like to see become the standard for our future bitcoiners?
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Working with several members of this community, we are going to redo my core lectures in the course over the next few weeks to better reflect a unified set of information that serves as the best summary of what Bitcoin is and why it is important- including legitimate criticisms. If you had six lectures to discuss all the high and low points of Bitcoin, then what would you emphasize? What should be mentioned? What should be left out of the discussion?
Please take the time to deeply think about these questions. I really do value your opinions. Also please do not debate the opinions of others in this thread. I want to collect everyone's ideas, not provoke a philosophical fight like the Matonis thread.
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I'd like some feedback and perhaps support from you guys on my education project. I'd like to create a one stop shop to learn about Bitcoin starting with my course and then eventually moving to a dedicated website thats like a combination of Udemy, stackexchange, code academy and youtube. The goal would be to centralize the knowledge necessary for people to integrate into the Bitcoin community in whatever role they seek.
Any advice or takers?
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After some debate and discussion with the community, I have decided to release my course effectively immediately under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/In normal english, use and consumption of my work is forever free and you are also free to both share and modify my work for both commercial and non-commercial use under two conditions: - Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
- Share Alike — If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
I feel this a fair compromise and it also means that I am solely working for donations now. I will make every attempt to continue to add as much community reviewed content as quickly as possible to help us better communicate Bitcoin to the world. If anyone wants to help me with advice, suggestions, making lectures or interviews, then please PM me or email me at Charles.Hoskinson@gmail.com |
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After reading Hal's post, I've decided to commit to archiving the history of the Bitcoin Open Source Project as told by the first hand accounts of those who participated in this revolution. It is important that we record our history (especially the early days). Thus if you were involved in some way with Bitcoin during 2012. Please share your experiences, links to major events, who the major players were, and other pieces of information you feel are noteworthy. I will collect your posts and convert them into a cohesive living history for my class: https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/So that future bitcoiners can know the history of Bitcoin from those who lived it |
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After reading Hal's post, I've decided to commit to archiving the history of the Bitcoin Open Source Project as told by the first hand accounts of those who participated in this revolution. It is important that we record our history (especially the early days). Thus if you were involved in some way with Bitcoin during 2011. Please share your experiences, links to major events, who the major players were, and other pieces of information you feel are noteworthy. I will collect your posts and convert them into a cohesive living history for my class: https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/So that future bitcoiners can know the history of Bitcoin from those who lived it |
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After reading Hal's post, I've decided to commit to archiving the history of the Bitcoin Open Source Project as told by the first hand accounts of those who participated in this revolution. It is important that we record our history (especially the early days). Thus if you were involved in some way with Bitcoin during 2010. Please share your experiences, links to major events, who the major players were, and other pieces of information you feel are noteworthy. I will collect your posts and convert them into a cohesive living history for my class: https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/So that future bitcoiners can know the history of Bitcoin from those who lived it |
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After reading Hal's post, I've decided to commit to archiving the history of the Bitcoin Open Source Project as told by the first hand accounts of those who participated in this revolution. It is important that we record our history (especially the early days). Thus if you were involved in some way with Bitcoin during 2009. Please share your experiences, links to major events, who the major players were, and other pieces of information you feel are noteworthy. I will collect your posts and convert them into a cohesive living history for my class: https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/So that future bitcoiners can know the history of Bitcoin from those who lived it |
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I've been developing a comprehensive introductory course on the Bitcoin for mainstream consumers and I'd like to include a lecture on the history of the Bitcoin in the course. Do you guys have a suggestion for authoritative resources on the history of the Bitcoin? If not, then lets build one. Start posting major events in the History of the Bitcoin https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/ |
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