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by jenkinrocket
Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:18 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Bitcoin on Khan Academy
Replies: 0
Views: 1194

Bitcoin on Khan Academy

Those just getting started or still in the early stages of learning might what to check out the bitcoin/cryptocurrency videos on Khan Academy. That's where I got my start understanding, and I found them to be enormously helpful in making heads or tails of bitcoin.

However, I really wish there were ...
by jenkinrocket
Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:03 pm
Forum: Bitcoin Discussion
Topic: Industrial Currency in the Digital Age
Replies: 5
Views: 2293

Re: Industrial Currency in the Digital Age

Mmm. Yes, that's a very good point. Still, it was originally created from "nothing" and with no formal or physical value backing it, yes? If not, my argument might be in a little trouble!

But even if that were the case, the movement from the numbers on screen being representative to them being ...
by jenkinrocket
Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:19 am
Forum: Bitcoin Discussion
Topic: Industrial Currency in the Digital Age
Replies: 5
Views: 2293

Industrial Currency in the Digital Age

Physical money is an industrial and pre-industrial idea, one that doesn't belong in the current epoch of human civilization. In the industrial age if someone took a can of something off of the shelf, there was one less of that thing. Physical money and it's online analogs are very much a part of the ...
by jenkinrocket
Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:09 am
Forum: Bitcoin Discussion
Topic: Is Money the same as Currency?
Replies: 11
Views: 6780

Re: Is Money the same as Currency?

In my opinion, even more important than making a distinction between the two is understanding what they have in common. Both are made up. The only things of real value are those things that can be used directly. Currency and money are both meta in that they can't be used directly but are ...
by jenkinrocket
Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Wallets
Topic: Which is the simplest bitcoin wallet for newbies?
Replies: 28
Views: 12526

Re: Which is the simplest bitcoin wallet for newbies?

I have to admit... As a complete newbie I'm at once fascinated and incredibly intimidated by cryptocurrencies. I've yet to even set up my first bitcoin wallet because of the amount of analysis paralysis I have. Part of me does want to take routes that are initially easier, but another part of me ...

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