Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general is new area of expertise. There are not many skilled people you can call 'gurus' of bitcoin.
Some of them you can find on this forum, some are posting their guidelines on the internet. As bitcoin is present only in digital form I guess you can find every information you need on the internet.
There are no bitcoin 'courses' as far as I know only bitcoin conferences and community.
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Topic: What skill sets should non-professional BTC-ers try to acquire? - page 3. (Read 1861 times)
December 30, 2015, 11:34:19 AM
December 30, 2015, 11:31:19 AM
This is what i am currently looking for. Do you have some suggestions about high speed and non-logging VPN-providers which allow to pay in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies?
Regarding the government snooping, TOR is quite slow for your everyday use. You may want to consider a high speed VPN instead.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
December 30, 2015, 11:21:28 AM
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Thank you all for your suggestions.
I will wait on possibly some more, and then see what is out there vs. how much time it would take. It looks like BTC may very well take off (price and usage), if so, it will likely be time well spent picking one or more topics to learn more about.
Is there an easy to use (and, hopefully, free) site offering PGP? 15 - 18 years ago I used Phil Zimmerman's PGP site (but I had no friends interested -- few of my friends know much about computers or have my interests), it was easy to use, but apparently he now charges for it.
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(And I will be watching the whole Human Resources thing that just popped up here, WHY would they be seeking so much help.....?)
Thank you all for your suggestions.
I will wait on possibly some more, and then see what is out there vs. how much time it would take. It looks like BTC may very well take off (price and usage), if so, it will likely be time well spent picking one or more topics to learn more about.
Is there an easy to use (and, hopefully, free) site offering PGP? 15 - 18 years ago I used Phil Zimmerman's PGP site (but I had no friends interested -- few of my friends know much about computers or have my interests), it was easy to use, but apparently he now charges for it.
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(And I will be watching the whole Human Resources thing that just popped up here, WHY would they be seeking so much help.....?)
December 30, 2015, 04:06:41 AM
Regarding the government snooping, TOR is quite slow for your everyday use. You may want to consider a high speed VPN instead.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you find one, let me know.... I see all VPN's as honey traps from personal experience, so I am not a true believer in them to provide anonymity at all. The tools being used for
snooping is more powerful than what most people could counter in any way. Well back to the topic at hand... Here is a article posted in 2014, where they listed some of the best
colleges offering Bitcoin courses. Go to http://www.coindesk.com/top-us-colleges-begin-offering-bitcoin-courses/ ...Hope it helps.
it is quite happy to know that so many users are interested in Bitcoin and its technology, and even top colleges are offering the bitcoin courses. but some countrys like i am living in india where still their is no clear picture about Bitcoin and its leagality.
their users and even the bitcoin community who are in the process of making clear picture of bitcoin in india.
December 30, 2015, 04:06:05 AM
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I have made no secret here that I am not a pro at anything re BTC. I had to learn most of what I know (and think I know) myself, although I did get some help along the way from people by email (also PeterR here at bitcointalk).
I may have more time in 2016 to learn some technology, but all of this is hard for me. I did very poorly in my computer programming in college decades ago. My only real quantitative skills are SQL and statistics.
So, I am curious to learn what some of you think would be good skills to start learning (basic level!). Here is a short list of possibilities that I am looking at:
Are there good books on some or all of the above?
Any suggestions, or additions, are appreciated, as well as comments re suitability for those 95% of us who are not technologically adept.
Thanks, and Happy New Year to all here!
I have made no secret here that I am not a pro at anything re BTC. I had to learn most of what I know (and think I know) myself, although I did get some help along the way from people by email (also PeterR here at bitcointalk).
I may have more time in 2016 to learn some technology, but all of this is hard for me. I did very poorly in my computer programming in college decades ago. My only real quantitative skills are SQL and statistics.
So, I am curious to learn what some of you think would be good skills to start learning (basic level!). Here is a short list of possibilities that I am looking at:
- Encryption and computer encryption, this would probably include learning about hashing functions (and YES, I already understand that encryption is very math-heavy and difficult for other reasons). PGP would be a good example of something of interest, maybe an approachable elliptical curve program (if such exists).
- TOR and related technologies, I certainly feel concerned about .gov snooping as much as the next guy...
- Is there such a thing as Bitcoin courses? I would like to learn more about how BTC works.
- I am always curious to learn more about BTC mixing.
Are there good books on some or all of the above?
Any suggestions, or additions, are appreciated, as well as comments re suitability for those 95% of us who are not technologically adept.
Thanks, and Happy New Year to all here!
if you are thinking of using and adopting gold should have a skill? if you agree with it, then adopt bitcoin should also have a good skill, one of which is a basic knowledge of the internet and bitcoin transactions, you can continue to learn to understand it.
December 30, 2015, 03:37:37 AM
Regarding the government snooping, TOR is quite slow for your everyday use. You may want to consider a high speed VPN instead.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you find one, let me know.... I see all VPN's as honey traps from personal experience, so I am not a true believer in them to provide anonymity at all. The tools being used for
snooping is more powerful than what most people could counter in any way. Well back to the topic at hand... Here is a article posted in 2014, where they listed some of the best
colleges offering Bitcoin courses. Go to http://www.coindesk.com/top-us-colleges-begin-offering-bitcoin-courses/ ...Hope it helps.
December 30, 2015, 03:22:32 AM
There are some free courses you can take from very reputable Universities:
Coursera offers FREE courses on Bitcoin from Princeton University: https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech
Learning about TOR might be interesting but if the bitcoin economy has to use TOR to access it the market will die. There may be something that lives on in the dark net but nothing that would keep mainstream interest, and that mainstream interest is what's needed to make this Project work long term. Also, if TOR allows anonymity in what you're doing on your computer, the computer most definitely can show that one is using or accessing TOR...which with other suspicion is enough to keep the Government on you.
Coursera offers FREE courses on Bitcoin from Princeton University: https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech
Learning about TOR might be interesting but if the bitcoin economy has to use TOR to access it the market will die. There may be something that lives on in the dark net but nothing that would keep mainstream interest, and that mainstream interest is what's needed to make this Project work long term. Also, if TOR allows anonymity in what you're doing on your computer, the computer most definitely can show that one is using or accessing TOR...which with other suspicion is enough to keep the Government on you.
Have you taken the course yourself? Seems very interesting but only a waitlist is available at the moment. Don't see any future sessions.
December 30, 2015, 03:11:00 AM
While you are in the bitcoin economy/community its really good to spend most of the ti,e to understand how its works and about what programmes are used i mean what programming languages have been used. i am in this from 2010 and have mostly spend my time for web develpoment skills because i belive if i know web work then i can go for real programming codes like c and java.since now i am able to gatter enough knowledge about html,css,javascript,php(sql too),jquery,ajax,bootstrap and little bit of some others too and now i have started with the java . i will advice you to learn c and k\java then learn about networking with bitcoin that will surely help you al lot
December 30, 2015, 02:51:06 AM
Regarding the government snooping, TOR is quite slow for your everyday use. You may want to consider a high speed VPN instead.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
If you pick one that does not log anything from its costumers (including real IP, DNS, websites visited, etc), you are already very difficult to find.
December 30, 2015, 01:40:14 AM
There are some free courses you can take from very reputable Universities:
Coursera offers FREE courses on Bitcoin from Princeton University: https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech
Learning about TOR might be interesting but if the bitcoin economy has to use TOR to access it the market will die. There may be something that lives on in the dark net but nothing that would keep mainstream interest, and that mainstream interest is what's needed to make this Project work long term. Also, if TOR allows anonymity in what you're doing on your computer, the computer most definitely can show that one is using or accessing TOR...which with other suspicion is enough to keep the Government on you.
Coursera offers FREE courses on Bitcoin from Princeton University: https://www.coursera.org/course/bitcointech
Learning about TOR might be interesting but if the bitcoin economy has to use TOR to access it the market will die. There may be something that lives on in the dark net but nothing that would keep mainstream interest, and that mainstream interest is what's needed to make this Project work long term. Also, if TOR allows anonymity in what you're doing on your computer, the computer most definitely can show that one is using or accessing TOR...which with other suspicion is enough to keep the Government on you.
December 30, 2015, 01:10:19 AM
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I have made no secret here that I am not a pro at anything re BTC. I had to learn most of what I know (and think I know) myself, although I did get some help along the way from people by email (also PeterR here at bitcointalk).
I may have more time in 2016 to learn some technology, but all of this is hard for me. I did very poorly in my computer programming in college decades ago. My only real quantitative skills are SQL and statistics.
So, I am curious to learn what some of you think would be good skills to start learning (basic level!). Here is a short list of possibilities that I am looking at:
Are there good books on some or all of the above?
Any suggestions, or additions, are appreciated, as well as comments re suitability for those 95% of us who are not technologically adept.
Thanks, and Happy New Year to all here!
I have made no secret here that I am not a pro at anything re BTC. I had to learn most of what I know (and think I know) myself, although I did get some help along the way from people by email (also PeterR here at bitcointalk).
I may have more time in 2016 to learn some technology, but all of this is hard for me. I did very poorly in my computer programming in college decades ago. My only real quantitative skills are SQL and statistics.
So, I am curious to learn what some of you think would be good skills to start learning (basic level!). Here is a short list of possibilities that I am looking at:
- Encryption and computer encryption, this would probably include learning about hashing functions (and YES, I already understand that encryption is very math-heavy and difficult for other reasons). PGP would be a good example of something of interest, maybe an approachable elliptical curve program (if such exists).
- TOR and related technologies, I certainly feel concerned about .gov snooping as much as the next guy...
- Is there such a thing as Bitcoin courses? I would like to learn more about how BTC works.
- I am always curious to learn more about BTC mixing.
Are there good books on some or all of the above?
Any suggestions, or additions, are appreciated, as well as comments re suitability for those 95% of us who are not technologically adept.
Thanks, and Happy New Year to all here!
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