thepredestrian

Think of a blockchain like linked lists. The linked lists exist on the network and is peer to peer, so there is no central server that stores the data.

Whenever a new transaction is made, in the case of Bitcoin, a new node is created and joined to the linked list.

The bitcoin blockchain is limited in the sense that you can only buy / sell bitcoin. Ethereum is another up and coming blockchain that allows you to write smart contracts (contracts that enforce themselves). There is a whole community of developers working on developing decentralized applications for Ethereum blockchain now.

Come join us over at /r/ethereum

Oh wow, what a coincidence. I was just reading it last night (had bookmarked it earlier and decided to read it yesterday). Very cool project though, would love it if the interviews were longer / turned into podcasts

And just to add on to my previous comment (can't edit it), I have over a 1,000 email subscribers from my website. Haven't actually done anything with those emails yet, but I think marketing to them can be accelerated if I get my site to be more user-friendly and feature rich. Would definitely be interested to talk to you about it

Where can I contact you? I run a website in the vacation space that ranks well on Google for over 100 keywords. I was planning to expand my website and build a drag n drop feature like the one you did. Let me know if I can reach out to you via email, or you can send me one at thepredestrian@gmail.com

This is awesome!

www.thevacationbrain.com

Ranks top search on Google for over a hundred vacation related keywords.

I recently redesigned the site and although there's quite a lot lacking, I do intend to add more features to it. Unless someone makes a good offer I'll probably keep working on it

Do you have any advice on websites that generate a decent amount of traffic and email subscribers but are not generating any revenue? I have a website exactly like that but I have no idea what to do with it, and was actually playing with the idea of selling the email list. Would appreciate any advice!

Maybe I will expand a little bit more on my original post.

A colleague of mind left a little earlier before work ended because he had an appointment with some of his highschool friends. From what he told us they don't live in the same area any more but make it a point to meet up once a month.

After work I made a detour to get some stuff, and I happened to walk past the cafe where said colleague was hanging out with his friends. I was walking opposite the street but could see them through the glass windows laughing and having a good time, and in that moment I felt a visceral pang of emptiness / loneliness.

I am unable to forge a deep level of friendship with people that I meet in Meetup groups - simply because they already have their own cliques and social circle. Even if they do form a new one, it will never be as close-knit as the ones they have formed throughout highschool simply by virtue of the fact that one has been ongoing for a longer time.

If you can visualize it like a spider web, where you are in the centre and the 'webs' that branch out are your friends - the more friends you make and the stronger connections you form (usually happens throughout high school and college) - the larger your spider web grows exponentially. The closer a person is to you, the nearer he is to the 'centre' of the web. Think of it this way - the larger the spider web people have, the harder it is for someone to get as close to the centre of the net as possible. At this stage of life - almost everyone already has established their 'spider web'.

I know this because I actually do have such a clique since highschool. We still maintain contact over Whatsapp but since I am the only one that is overseas, I am unable to meet up with them frequently. And within that circle I do have a couple of close friends who I message on a weekly basis, and who I would call lifelong buddies. No way will the new friends I make over volunteering/hobbies/meetup groups ever become closer to me than these lifelong buddies I have - so how how can I expect the same for them?

Maybe not an explicit 'I hereby declare a ban on all friendships', but in my experience, I find it hard to draw close to someone simply by virtue of the fact that we did not form our friendship early in life. No matter how much I hang out with someone, his childhood friends whom he grew up with will always take 'precedence' - I will never be that 'close friend who people can be comfortable sharing their personal lives with'.

Where exactly do you find people to do such stuff? Everyone is busy with their own work and lives

Was it Waterloo? If so, I have a few questions I'd like to ask if you don't mind

Hi there

I do have some questions regarding working/living in the Canada. Is there an email I can reach out to you for some questions and advice? Would appreciate it. Cheers

I too would am curious to know

Off topic but I am curious to know - how did you manage to land your first customer? Sales has always been an enigma for me

>Investing/saving $5K a month for 15 years with an expected rate of return of 7% and an expected inflation rate of 3% will bring you to a place where you end up with a balance of ~$1.5MM (or $1MM after inflation) to your name. Would that make you wealthy in your books?

Definitely not. You get 'wealthy' when an event clears you a million. Anything other than that is just being 'well off'

OP, if you are serious about needing help, I'd love to offer my services for free. I am the same age as you and would love to take this project on to explore and develop myself in this aspect.

Something like quora where you get to follow topics of your choice.

What did you do to market your app?

Just want to say that the name bitgym is super awesome. Not too sure about the service itself though.