Hi everyone,
My name is Johan, I live in Groningen (the Netherlands) and I am an airline pilot. I am in crypto for 3 years now. I have several ideas for the applications of blockchain so I want to know all about blockchain.
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Hi, I’m Hutch and have just joined the academy. I’m a former software developer and ITPM and took some time out of the sector to learn about trading. That brought me to cryptocurrencies and subsequently here. I feel the crypto space is on the verge of something very special and hope to be part of it. I look forward to learning new skills and being part of this community. Thanks.
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Hello Everyone. I’m based out of Tokyo and Okinawa Japan. Been here 23 years 20 of which I built an ecommerce business, but now looking to the future and interested in how blockchain can be applied to ecommerce. Free time I kiteboard snowboard ride gravel bike. 
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Howdy! I actually signed up for this course over a year ago and didn’t do anything with it; so, hopefully, this time I’ll stick with it and learn some blockchain programming. I’ve worked in the software industry for 30+ years… initially as a developer however the last 20 yrs as a SQL Server Database Administrator. My goal is to learn blockchain programming so as to make myself 100% remote working employable. Unfortunately, as a DBA I am required to work late nights and weekends which I’d rather spend doing what I want to do. Looking forward to working on blockchain projects with others so as to build my development expertise. I also have a few business ideas that I’ve been mulling over for years that are well-suited for blockchain that I hope to start building soon. Cheers!
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Hi, I am Matt from Germany 
. Really enjoyed the first lectures and curious about to dig deeper into it. Working as IT consultant, mererly for banks, so getting to know a lot of issues with the banking industry and their adoption to new technology.
I am a true believer that Blockchain can change the world and try to get as much knowledge and connections to people who are interested in this topic as possible.
Cheerio!
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Hi, my name is Jakob. I consider myself a newbie in the space.
Aside from crypto, I like languages, food and sports. I enjoy cycling the most, but I recently got into running as well. I hope my journey to the academy is not too long of an introduction. 
If I remember correctly, my first contact with crypto was as early as 2009. Back then I set up a miner on my computer to utilize my grapics card, a Radeon X800. I joined a random mining pool that I found in some forum. Unfortunately I couldn’t claim my share of the block reward as I had no idea how bitcoin actually worked, so I turned off the miner.
My interest had faded away quickly and I didn’t even hear of the word “blockchain” until many years later. Even 2017 went by without my noticing of the hype. In early 2018, however, I was given the opportunity to translate a whitepaper for a new crypto project. And I gladly accepted that privilege, even though I knew that I had zero knowledge about crypto. After I got my reward in ETH, I had an incentive to find out how to access my coins. So in late 2018 I felt that I should finally cash out. I asked a good friend, of whom I knew he had been mining for several years, how to do everything. In his enthusiasm he shared all of his knowledge with me and told me about the bear market which he believed was about to bottom. So I listened to him, did my own research and by February of this year, instead of selling my Ether, I ended up buying bitcoin and other altcoins.
Almost a year passed since then, and finally, thanks to a mention of “Ivan’s pants” in a funny clip about dancing Ethereum developers, I learned about Ivan’s YouTube channel and thus got introduced to the academy.
So thank you, Ivan, for sharing your knowledge with us. I hope to learn a lot from you and the community.
TL;DR: I like black coffee, no milk, no sugar, too! 
Hi, i just sign up for 1 year academy, i’m trying to learn from the scratch, that’s means i never ever code on my hole life, hope i can learn the basics at least.
I have good knowledge on IT, servers and hardware.
Congrats to Ivan for the curse and the YT Channel, i have see all your videos. Thanks man
Hi. My name is Per, I live in Oslo, Norway. I have no tech education, but have some basic understanding of how programming works. I was at Codeschool for a while, but never felt that I`ve got it. I want a better understanding on how Blockchain works and how it might be used in near future.
Hi! I’m Victoria from Texas in the United States. I’ve been lurking for awhile and now it’s time to get involved. Have an awesome day!
Hi I’m Jeremy. I’m from Vancouver in Canada. I’m a full stack software developer and have been obsessed with the crypto and blockchain space for the last few months. I want to learn how to build Dapps so I can contribute and become part of the decentralized paradigm shift.
Hi everyone, i’m Ukulele, happy to become a member of this community and to evolve from a pure hodler to a buidler
Cheers!
Hi Everyone ,
This is Omid from Dubai.
I am managing an Industrial Automation trading company with 18 years experience , traveling frequentlly to others countries because of my job.
Beside that am investing in digital assets and trying to focus more in this field.
I read some articles and watched some videos to understand crypto technology during last 2 years.
I have a little information about the technical and fundamentals analysis and keeping eyes on some projects and cryptos such as BTC, XRP , BNB, XLM, IOTA,NEO.
Unfortunately I have no idea about software programing and coding languages but as I am very interested in this technology I love to learn and ill do my best.
Sure I will get a lot and hope I can give as much as I can…
Wishing the community the best
Omid
Hello, my name is Mark and I live in Canada. I have been following the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and smart contracts space for the past three years. I signed up with the Academy to get a deeper understanding of how the technology works and to develop some new programming skills. I am looking forward to learning and interacting with the community!
Good evening fellow students of the block chain! My name is Raymond and I am very new to programming and know little to nothing. I am very excited for this education and see this as an opportunity to make a new career.
Hi Guys,
I’m Jeremy, I work in the IoT industry in Taiwan but got zero knowledge about programming. After watching Ivan on Tube videos, I decided to invest in myself and learn about programming on Blockchains. My goal is to work in the blockchain space after I’ve mastered Ivan’s classes so I can start building some amazing new applications. Cheers!
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Hey all.
My name is Nejc and I come from Slovenia. I’m a beginner in crypto and just started learning programing.
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Hi all,
My name is Andy I’m from Los Angeles and I just signed up to the academy along with my son. We are new to this space. Looking forward to learning a lot and hope to meet many like minded people in the near future.
Hey what’s up Andy I’m Anthony I’m also in Los Angeles, East Hollywood. If you have any questions feel free to reach out. Hope to learn from each other and good luck!
Hi everyone, I am quite intimidated and exited at the same time. I am very new to crypto and programming.
I live in Germany, I’m half arab half spanish, I have a background in international sales, I have two small kids and I want to learn as much as I can about this amazing technology to be able to understand the tech and money that my boys are going to use in the future.
Ivan, thank you for your channel and this opportunity.
My name is Mark. I am live in San Jose. I have been active within the BTC space since 2017. I wished I’d joined sooner! Hindsight is a wonderful thing!! Currently learning Japanese, and looking to move my knowledge to stimulate my children to follow their passions as my mother and father did for me as child.
I started my career in Japan with KyushuMatstushita (Panasonic) making printers and plan to finish my career in Japan so improving my understanding of the language combined with an improved knowledge of cryptography is beneficial given Asia is a driving force behind block chain.
Mark
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