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u/LovelyDay · 1 pointr/btc

Honestly most people shouldn't need to care exactly how the actual technology works, otherwise it will fail.

What is important about Bitcoin is basically summarized in the Introduction section of the whitepaper, but there are other resources (books, videos) that can help a great deal.

Maybe try this:

https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Big-Deal-About-Bitcoin-ebook/dp/B00RF3BQDU

It's on the resources list at https://derekmagill.com/bitcoin/ , which honestly contain many deeper level links not very suitable for general introduction.

I am in particular searching for an early good video about 'What is Bitcoin', but haven't found the link yet. Will post it as a reply to you when I find it.

500 bits u/tippr to experiment with

u/Steve-Patterson · -3 pointsr/btc

You again demonstrate a poor thinking process.

So we start with a flippant insult about my production. Well, not to toot my own horn, but I actually have been creating value for the Bitcoin community for years, and I suspect I've grown the network more than 99.9% of others in this space. I've been introducing tens of thousands of people to Bitcoin through books (https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Big-Deal-About-Bitcoin-ebook/dp/B00RF3BQDU), podcasts, articles, videos, and conferences.

I mean, this introductory video alone reached 50,000+ people, and it came with the weight of a respected libertarian non-profit organization behind it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVdKgQ0jmH8 . I've been invited to speak in front of everybody from students to businessmen in multiple countries about the basics of Bitcoin. Even others in my family have been involved with and contributed to crypto. My wife was one of the first employees at Bitpay, and my brother wrote one of the first Bitcoin books and is the co-founder of OpenBazaar. Come on.

Now, we've got two possibilities:

  1. You simply didn't know that I've contributed to Bitcoin by growing the network and producing information that's reached probably 100,000+ people, but you're cool throwing around insults and alienating people
  2. You knew this, but simply don't value contributions to Bitcoin other than code

    Either way is foolish and arrogant, and it's another demonstration that your high-level technical skills are not coupled with high-level social skills or systems-thinking.