Bitcoin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crypto

Bitcoin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crypto, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.85, with 25 lectures, based on 3404 reviews, and has 113885 subscribers.

You will learn about By the end of this course, you will be able to explain what a bitcoin is and why we should care about them You will be able to start mining bitcoins if you desire You will be able to speculate on the bitcoin exchanges You will be able to securely store and use bitcoins in e-commerce You will able to integrate into the Bitcoin community This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone interested in the bitcoin or No special background is required or expected or Future Lectures will Cover Special Topics as Requested by the Course Community It is particularly useful for Anyone interested in the bitcoin or No special background is required or expected or Future Lectures will Cover Special Topics as Requested by the Course Community.

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Summary

Title: Bitcoin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crypto

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.85

Number of Lectures: 25

Number of Published Lectures: 25

Number of Curriculum Items: 25

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 25

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to explain what a bitcoin is and why we should care about them
You will be able to start mining bitcoins if you desire
You will be able to speculate on the bitcoin exchanges
You will be able to securely store and use bitcoins in e-commerce
You will able to integrate into the Bitcoin community

Who Should Attend

Anyone interested in the bitcoin
No special background is required or expected
Future Lectures will Cover Special Topics as Requested by the Course Community

Target Audiences

Anyone interested in the bitcoin
No special background is required or expected
Future Lectures will Cover Special Topics as Requested by the Course Community

Welcome to the first community built BItcoin course! This course serves as a central point of introduction to Bitcoin for anyone interested. It assumes no special skills or knowledge nor experience in computer science. All are welcome and the course shall forever be free under a creative commons license.

The course is divided into several sections. The Core Lecture Path serves as a comprehensive introduction for beginners on all relevant topics necessary to have a deep understanding of Bitcoin including why Bitcoins have value, why they can be used for anonymous transactions, the current economy of Bitcoins, how they are made and distributed as well as speculation.

The bonus lecture path addresses specific questions students have asked and are not necessary for to satisfy the goals of the course. Feel free to request a bonus lecture at any time! Finally, there are dedicated tracks for more in-depth analysis of the theoretical concepts of Bitcoin alongside the software that makes makes Bitcoin work well.

Bitcoin or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crypto by Charles Hoskinson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome to Bitcoin (Core Lecture Path)

Lecture 1: Course Introduction

Lecture 2: What is the Bitcoin?

Lecture 3: How to Acquire Bitcoins and Spend Them

Lecture 4: The Bitcoin Economy

Lecture 5: Bitcoin Mining

Lecture 6: Bitcoin Speculation

Lecture 7: The Future of the Bitcoin

Lecture 8: How to Contact Me

Chapter 2: Bonus Lectures

Lecture 1: Cryptography and You

Lecture 2: Cold Storage and You

Lecture 3: Bitcoin IRC and You

Lecture 4: Paper Wallets and You

Lecture 5: Transaction Fees and You

Lecture 6: Vanity Addresses: Theory

Lecture 7: Vanity Addresses: Application

Lecture 8: GLIPH: Encrypted Instant Messaging and Bitcoin Payments

Lecture 9: Foundations of a Programmable Society

Chapter 3: A Primer on Bitmessage by Derek Shaw

Lecture 1: Derek Shaw Presents Bitmessage (Lecture 1)

Lecture 2: Derek Shaw Presents Bitmessage (Lecture 2)

Chapter 4: The History of Bitcoin

Lecture 1: Brian Goss: A Brief Look at the Digitalization of Money 1985-1999

Lecture 2: Brian Goss: A Brief Look at the Digitization of Money: 1985-199, Part 2

Chapter 5: Jon Matonis on Bitcoin

Lecture 1: Consult Hyperion's Interview on Bitcoin

Lecture 2: Jon Mantonis on Bitcoin and Crypto-Currencies

Lecture 3: The Great Gold Vs Bitcoin Debate: Casey Vs Matonis

Lecture 4: Bitcoin Cryptocurrency: Is "Digital Gold" The Future of Money

Instructors

Charles Hoskinson
Entrepreneur, Mathematician and Cryptocurrency Evangelist
Brian Göss
Bitcoin Education Project, Senior Fellow

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2 stars: 43 votes
3 stars: 284 votes
4 stars: 1061 votes
5 stars: 1993 votes

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