I'm pretty sure people get tired from the verification for EVERY post.

Can this be fixed? If one has a successful session on the forum, it is surely no spammer and a verification ain't needed for every reply.

Hi,

Ik will maintain this thread, with the help of others possibly.

As I'm new, I'm gathering material by asking others and by searching on the Net. Instead of every newbie doing the same thing, I'd like to start what I found and share it, so even newer newbies can start with this thread.
Please add content your missing in this main post, and I'll add it.

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General:
https://bitshares.org
https://openledger.info
https://bitshares.org/technology/
https://bytemaster.github.io

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/psN-hhDcBrY  (What are BitShares by Jonathan James Harrison)


Whitepaper and documentation:
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,19520.0.html
https://docs.bitshares.org

Testnet:
http://testnet.bitshares.eu

I have another question, on the homepage under technologies it says:

https://bitshares.org/technology/decentralized-asset-exchange/

Every Dollar, Euro, bitcoin and ounce of gold held as a SmartCoin on the BitShares exchange is backed by up to twice the reserves of traditional centralized exchanges. The traditional banking system has long practiced what I like to call fictional reserve banking, more commonly known as fractional reserve banking. In the Bitcoin ecosystem, we demand at least 100% reserve. A single hack, mistake, or theft can quickly turn a 100% reserve system into a fractional reserve system, or worse, a no reserve system. Without any reserves, it is unlikely that an exchange can give you the funds it owes you.

By always maintaining reserves, you can rest assured that BitShares is solvent in almost any market. All of the reserves are kept as BTS held on the blockchain, and they cannot be stolen, because there are no private keys that can be compromised to steal the reserves.



- How does this work?

okay, okay..

;-)

Yep, I am watching those. Thanks!

only BitAssets are now called Smartcoins, right?

Many thanks! I'm also getting nice help on Slack. I will find my way for now.

This is the stupid questions thread, not the stupid answers thread :)

Of course I started there. But when I landed on the homepage, I read about the technologies. But, I really miss a general path on how to start with things. As a user, but also as a possible contributor with a tech background. What is there to be done and how to start learning it so it it will be possible to contribute later.

Thanks

Hi,

I am trying to learn about bitshares. Where to start?