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Best Tutorial I've ever seen.
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Please accept my apology, Charles. I was totally off-based with my comment. I will not even bother with explaining why, or what state of mind I was in when I wrote such shit.

Everybody else, please support Charles in whatever capacity you can.

Peace.

~Bruno K~

I'm sorry for my rough reply as well. With Matt and Greyhawk floating about, I sometimes get overly defensive in my comments.
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Let me see if I have this correct. You are getting paid via donations for something that I have been doing for free for over the two years and, in fact, have lost mega bucks in pursuit of the same goals.

Madness!

I am not paid. Donations are going to the Bitcoin Education Project to assist it in achieving its goals. Maybe in your world Lawyers and Accountants work for free, but in mine they don't.

For example, we seek to develop a peer reviewed course on the laws, regulations and taxes businesses have to deal with if they choose to accept bitcoins. It is functionally impossible to develop this content for free. It requires professionals with specific domain knowledge and skills alongside many hours of research also their vocational credibility.

I'm sorry you feel that isn't a worthwhile expense nor our goal of bringing one million new users into the ecosystem by the end of 2014. Phinnaeus I really do respect your work. Especially with Bitcoin 100, which is why I reached out to your organization to do a series of lectures on social innovation in the Bitcoin world.

The reality is that sometimes we have to invest a lot of time and money to get a movement where it needs to be. Bitcoin is growing up and if our community is careful and disciplined, then we can keep the values such as pseudonymity that many of us came here for. However, we cannot accomplish that without education. I, like you, am committed to it. 

Please accept my apology, Charles. I was totally off-based with my comment. I will not even bother with explaining why, or what state of mind I was in when I wrote such shit.

Everybody else, please support Charles in whatever capacity you can.

Peace.

~Bruno K~
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People need good reasons to use Bitcoin that they can both understand and agree with in order for Bitcoin to become mainstream, so education is key... lest they be dissuaded by fear mongering, rhetoric and lies.
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great project , thank you.
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Name:   charleshoskinson
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Let me see if I have this correct. You are getting paid via donations for something that I have been doing for free for over the two years and, in fact, have lost mega bucks in pursuit of the same goals.

Madness!

Both noble efforts, IMHO!
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Let me see if I have this correct. You are getting paid via donations for something that I have been doing for free for over the two years and, in fact, have lost mega bucks in pursuit of the same goals.

Madness!

I am not paid. Donations are going to the Bitcoin Education Project to assist it in achieving its goals. Maybe in your world Lawyers and Accountants work for free, but in mine they don't.

For example, we seek to develop a peer reviewed course on the laws, regulations and taxes businesses have to deal with if they choose to accept bitcoins. It is functionally impossible to develop this content for free. It requires professionals with specific domain knowledge and skills alongside many hours of research also their vocational credibility.

I'm sorry you feel that isn't a worthwhile expense nor our goal of bringing one million new users into the ecosystem by the end of 2014. Phinnaeus I really do respect your work. Especially with Bitcoin 100, which is why I reached out to your organization to do a series of lectures on social innovation in the Bitcoin world.

The reality is that sometimes we have to invest a lot of time and money to get a movement where it needs to be. Bitcoin is growing up and if our community is careful and disciplined, then we can keep the values such as pseudonymity that many of us came here for. However, we cannot accomplish that without education. I, like you, am committed to it. 
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Name:   charleshoskinson
Posts:   710
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Date Registered:   April 18, 2013, 12:13:20 PM
Last Active:   Today at 01:20:37 PM

Let me see if I have this correct. You are getting paid via donations for something that I have been doing for free for over the two years and, in fact, have lost mega bucks in pursuit of the same goals.

Madness!
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Thank you for what you're doing. The more people use bitcoin, the more stable it will be. And opportunities will grow too, with more shops and businesses willing to accept bitcoins.
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charles is doing a great thing! help him out and donate to his academy, I believe that he is very valuable to our community
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Thank you for your great efforts on educating people on bitcoin, this is a very challenging but important step for the future of bitcoin and cryptocurrency   

Thank the fellows who have volunteered their time uncompensated for the past few weeks to make this happen. It both humbles me and gives me hope that Bitcoin will thrive regardless of the challenges ahead.
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Thank you for your great efforts on educating people on bitcoin, this is a very challenging but important step for the future of bitcoin and cryptocurrency   Smiley
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I can't wait to watch the upcoming lectures!
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What does one million new Bitcoiners mean to you? To the Bitcoin Education Project, it means a $1,000 Bitcoin, thousands of businesses entering the ecosystem and a movement that will overcome the regulatory challenges of the future.

Our mission to bring one million new users through the power of community built free education. Our partner Udemy has given us the first of many great platforms with our flagship creative commons course:

https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/

And we are just getting started:
http://btcedproject.org/?page_id=189

http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/mind-to-matter/lets-talk-bitcoin/episode/24744719?fid=34200&refid=stpr&autoplay=true (11:40 into the episode)

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitcoin-magazine-proud-to-be-a-partner-of-the-bitcoin-education-project/

You can Help Support Our Goal in the Following Three Ways:
1. Become a Volunteer. We need content, marketers, fundraisers, economists and more
a. http://btcedproject.org/?page_id=26
2. Donate to the project we want to raise 100 bitcoins in 30 days: 189tfJJhCJFtkr4MZJgcB3yuGTfUh7cvUL
3. Tell your friends & family about us

Thanks for your support and feel free to contact us at any time: [email protected]

Also please post here about what one million new bitcoin users means to you.

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Also be sure to upvote this reddit post:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1fyr9b/the_bitcoin_education_project_needs_your_help/
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