Bitcoin My first online course: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies This fall I completed my first "official" online course, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies offered by Princeton University on Coursera. It's amazing how much progress has been made in the technology powering online courses in the last few years. I've studied topics in larger MOOC offerings that interested me
Bitcoin Bitcoin Exchanges Bitcoin Exchanges are market places where users can buy and sell bitcoin (and in some cases other digital currencies) with their local fiat currency. In a lot of ways, they function very similarly to Stock Exchanges though technically they are more closely aligned to a Foreign Exchange Spot Market at
Observations Trust in currency trumps control of currency I was overseas during some of the climatic moments of the Greek debt crisis. My hotel in Brussels was actually a few hundred yards from the European Commission Building where we witnessed some of these sights: Soldier on guard duty: Authorities on standby before Greek referendum vote: During this time
Bitcoin What is Bitcoin?: Describing Bitcoin in 2 sentences or less Answering this question is a lot like answering the “What do you do for a living?” question if you work in esoteric industry. Ideally, you’d know the knowledge and experiences of the person that you’re speaking with, but most often times, you don’t have a clue. So,
