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vip
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September 01, 2013, 04:29:23 PM
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A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)

Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues.  

I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show.  
This is the paper that convinced me to invest after 6 months reading.

Invest or use?  Is the goal to get newbies to invest in bitcoin or to use bitcoin as currency?  The whitepaper's first sentence references electronic cash; however, a quick glance at the instability of the currency commodity shows that it's not a favorable medium of exchange except for illegal markets.  However, another recent paper shows how unanonymous BTC is for kiddie-touchers -- http://fc13.ifca.ai/proc/1-3.pdf.  
First I invested in a mining rig, then I bought more bitcoins with fiat, then I started to purchase and sell products and services.

The paper convinced me that it was not a scam and a robust system. When googling Bitcoin in mid 2011 there was more results calling it a scam than anything else.
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A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)

Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. 

I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. 
This is the paper that convinced me to invest after 6 months reading.

Invest or use?  Is the goal to get newbies to invest in bitcoin or to use bitcoin as currency?  The whitepaper's first sentence references electronic cash; however, a quick glance at the instability of the currency commodity shows that it's not a favorable medium of exchange except for illegal markets.  However, another recent paper shows how unanonymous BTC is for kiddie-touchers -- http://fc13.ifca.ai/proc/1-3.pdf
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Search for the video: 'United Colors of Bitcoin'.

I hadn't heard of that one so I looked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6sOFXHlhu

That's the driest bitcoin primer out there. I would recommend it to anyone with insomnia, but probably not the best first impression if you're hoping to get people excited about bitcoin. 
vip
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A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)

Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. 

I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. 
This is the paper that convinced me to invest after 6 months reading.
sr. member
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A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)

Except that they'd read that and realize that BTC was simply intended to be a proof of concept; they'd quickly want nothing to do with a currency/commodity riddled with so many issues. 

I hear Bruce Wagner might be planning a new BTC show. 
vip
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A good link for noobs with some technical background: (can't put the link. Search Google for Satoshi white paper)
legendary
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cool videos.

how come the presenter calls the topic 'the Bitcoin'.

'you will learn all about the Bitcoin'

it sort of keeps distracting me as I listen!

Will
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In Satoshi I Trust
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ASMR El Salvador
Search for the video: 'United Colors of Bitcoin'.
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)
I have categories

Best Soundtrack (Someone please top this for me I beg you XD) (YES I mean it and this is what happens after a ride of SR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdrSP0V-KLg

Do it Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiqbzqmxSE

2 Minutes and 5 seconds or less
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrK-152xfy0

Longer than 10 Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7LQu-eIOO0

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All the rest

Unusual videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzgY8taGyB0&feature=youtu.be&annotation_id=annotation_1934776217&feature=iv&src_vid=br6j1D1xXvw

Generic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs

Other
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzHC7Pf2fk

The Generic Best Paypal Conversation regarding Bitcoin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdx2Cxn6KnI

Best Trolling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgr3qEjbstM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJINXeBjhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qSj24_E_lU

Best Historical Bitcoin Drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jYNMKdv36w

Best Bloomberg for now Facepalm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOUolhZG04c

Think that's almost all the bitcoin videos I watched lols

ASIC's dying from all the heat heat heat Smiley
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)

I have a feeling that tonights going to be a good night tonights going to be a good good night
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LOL!

My thoughts exactly when i saw the onion link. I was like ok this isn't going to end well Smiley
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The Bitcoin Catalog ---> Get Started!
Some great responses so far. The udemy vids look really interesting and in depth.

This http://vimeo.com/63502573 link is fantastic. Who made that?

Check this out http://btcedproject.org/
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The Bitcoin Catalog ---> Get Started!
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This is really good. Upbeat and i like the idea of the BTC timeline. I thought it was a bit political at times and the Silk Road thing was quite prominent at the start but i suppose thats the history of Bitcoin
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