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:
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.
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!
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