Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:12 pm

I never really got bitcoin until I read your book. After that, I become interested in the technology and bought a good 5 figures (USD) of bitcoins. I think most of the negativity that comes with it, is due to ignorance.



1. Do you really think that Bitcoin has over 1million active users? It seems to me if this is the case, then we should be already doing +1million transactions per day.



2. If we agree that educating people about bitcoin will help it grow, what is the next step? Should we have a non-technical people book about bitcoin? How can we get it to be read by +100 million person?



3. I learnt software development on my own, and it makes me money. If I want to get into the bitcoin world, how can I monetize my new skills?

1. Yes, I think bitcoin has more than 2 million users, possibly as many as 5 million. Most of us (me included) do about 1 transaction a week or less. Many do one or two transactions a year. That is normal at this stage in the development of the system.2. There are already dozens of books about bitcoin. The best thing to do is to become an example of an honest, helpful and enthusiastic bitcoin user yourself. Tell people about it without being pushy. Answer questions without being patronizing. Counter all the negative stereotypes by being an example of an honest and... "normal" user. Help people experience it and donate some funds to setup wallets for them. Spread the word one person at a time.3. It's hard to monetize skills in any area nowadays, including in bitcoin. I can't say I have the secret to monetizing skills as I do a lot of my work for free. If you want to develop in bitcoin, start by writing open-source code that solves a problem you have and no one has solved yet.