becoming a bitcoin expert

[northeastbitcoin]

Hi all my first post here so be kind ! like so many other's I'm sure have had bit-coin come to my attention through its recent media attention, if someone was looking to become an expert on the bit coin where would you guys point them to begin I'm sure starting right here in the forums is good idea but with so many threads i wondered if there a more structured approach are there any good books / eBooks videos any advice from some of the successful bit-coin traders and miners would be greatly appreciated

[Kluge]

http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

[nebulus]

To narrow down... Mining section of this forum is a good start..

[Peter Lambert]

Hi, Welcome to the bitcoin world!

Yes, this is the place to find out everything you want to know about bitcoins and probably alot you really don't need to know

There is a bitcoin wiki with lots of information.

If you have any specific questions, I could probably answer them (or any of the other people who have been around a while)?

To narrow down... Mining section of this forum is a good start..

Many people do not do mining, so that might not be the best place to start, depending on how you want to use bitcoins.

[northeastbitcoin]

Thank you for the very very quick response ill start with the pdf file and then ill get to some specific  questions .

Has anyone ran a successful solo mining operation my initial feeling is, this is where I would like to start what are the realistic possibilities with a budget of around £5k.   

[nebulus]

Yes, it is. It'll let you know what it really takes to get bitcoins generated and give you a foundation regargless what your goals are.

[RodeoX]

Keep in mind that there are no experts in where this is going. Many will claim to be, but noone knows how this experiment will turn out. Beyond the technical aspects of bitcoin, there are only opinions here.

[mjc]

A Good place to start is Bitcoin Step by Step: http://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Step-by-ebook/dp/B00A1CUQQU/

A new book on Mining will be out this week: Bitcoin Mining Step by Step.

If you do not own a Kindle reader the download is free and there is a Kindle reader for just about every OS:
http://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Step-by-ebook/dp/B00A1CUQQU/

This forum is a great place to be to become an expert, but its only one place if you plan to do a lot of reading not asking.  We can fill in the holes but don't expect us to teach you :-), not that you are. 

The Bitcoin Wiki is another.

[xilin]

You may start from http://bitcoin.org/en/

[northeastbitcoin]

thanks for the good luck messages and very true ill keep that in mind I still like as many informed opinions as possible . And in reply to what I would like to do with them , in the beginning i like to simply mine them and collect as many as possible .