Student Onboarding

The purpose of this class is to foster an environment conducive to intellectual curiosity and discovery. Before anything else, we'll curate an information feed to get the best crypto news!

Information Curation in Crypto

To develop knowledge on any subject, it is necessary to immerse yourself in it.

In order to keep yourself up to date, you should set up an email to curate your news feed. Subscribe to these high value email newsletters/podcasts:

• Week in Ethereum Newsletter subscribe

• Token Daily Newsletter subscribe

• Epicenter Podcasts subscribe

Pick 3-5 projects in this space that interest you and subscribe to their newsletters as well. A couple of my favorites include,

• ZCash Development subscribe

• Mimblewimble Development subscribe

• Vitalik's Blog link (subscribe via RSS)

• Blockchain at Berkeley link

• Consensys Newsletter subscribe

Modern social networking enables anyone to curate useful data feeds.

Twitter has become a very popular social platform for blockchain/cryptography news.

Fake Charlie Lee Account on Twitter...Don't fall for this!

To help students become acclimated to the different parts of this space, I've put together Twitter lists for accounts that consistently add value on a range of topics related to blockchain technology. The main account that maintains the Twitter lists is @smerklenetwork and the list topics are

• Enterprise

• Permissionless

• Privacy

• Scaling

• Cryptoeconomics

• Dapps

• Cryptography

Other platforms that are used frequently for communication include Slack, Discord, Gitter, Telegram, and Spectrum.

Understanding this space requires plugging yourself into as many sources of information as possible. Information is power!