Hello, everyone. I just signed up for the Academy and am focusing on the programming track with the idea of learning how to develop dapps and smart contracts. I a am new to programming. My background is in strategy development, operations, asset management, and economics. I am passionate about individual rights, freedom, nation-state sovereignty, creating value, and promoting virtue. I want to learn, expand my ability to be creative/innovate, and contribute/share with others when I can help. I live in Oregon in the USA but am originally from Texas. I look forward to connecting with people. Cheers!
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Hey, Andrew! Interesting background. I come from financial services as well but on the sales and operations side. Mostly with JP Morgan and Wells Fargo. Would love to compare some notes sometime. I think so much more is possible with blockchain, dapps, and smart contracting. Better experience, more value and control, and totally new ways to do things. At least from what little I understand about this space so far. Take care. Cheers!
Hi everyone. I worked 10 years in the oil and gas industry. With the current events I no longer have work and I believe it will be a tough industry to survive in going forward. I am excited to learn a new skill set and be part of the leading edge of this world changing evolution. Lets see if an old dog can learn new tricks.
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Hey Ivan and community!
My name is Drew Mackey originally from Oakland, California (Go Dubs). I just moved to Austin, Texas last year beginning a career in software sales. I love being in the know of the next big innovative thing, so naturally when I started watching the Ivan on Tech channel regularly a few months ago, the subject matter caught my interest immediately. Ivan has since sold me on this course, and I am ready to soak up as much good game as possible.
Like most people I love movies, traveling to different countries, and eating interesting foods. I also love sports (NBA, NFL, MLB, etc.) theater, stand up comedy, and most types of live performance.
Excited to be a part of the community and learn a lot!
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Hi Ivan, Hi all Ivan’s friends,
My name is Martin, and I am from Tokyo. Before moving to Tokyo 25 years ago I lived in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
Great respect for Ivan’s accomplishment. At your age you have all the insights that took me a whole live time to acquire.
I bought my first bitcoin in 2013 at the top just before the Mt-Gox collapse and bought my second bitcoin in 2017 at the top of the bull market. The narrative that caught my attention to bitcoin was that of “freedom-money” vs. fiat “slave-money”.
My biggest concern now is the question of how the “establishment” will try to control our “freedom-money”. I think that communities like Ivan’s will make us and bitcoin stronger.
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Hy everyone, I am Dominik… coming from Croatia… started to get interested in cryptocurrency just recently and signed up for academy to learn more about them and blockchain in general… hope everyone here finds their place in crypto space and good luck to all of us 
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HI!
I’m Lassi, graphics designer by trade. Bitcoin and crypto enthusiast and trader. Founder of a new collective information website Howmoney.work (yes that’s the address) of how money works for normal people who want to educate themselves on topic. My goal here is to collect an easily digestible package of information to anyone who wants it.
I joined Ivan’s academy to further educate myself on how to make most of crypto and blockchain technology. And one day I’d like to have the skillset to do more impressive things than simple websites.
Nice to meet you all! Thank you.
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Hi Ivan and all
Murray from New Zealand here to learn more about blockchain, defi, and all things crypto. Thanks Ivan for your infectious enthusiasm. I run a non-profit org.
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Hi, my name is Martin and I work as a software engineer for many years.
A year ago i started to get involved with the crypto world and since then i want to go deeper and adquire new knoledge.
I live in Buenos aires, Argentina 
, love sports such as Football, Tennis, and Running.
Looking forward to meet you all and starts with the Academy!
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Hello introduction threaders,
I’m an animator/filmmaker who was enchanted by Bitcoin. Now I’m learning how to program.
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He sold you in the web seminar? Ivan was on fire today.
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…had me at good morning
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Hi Toshi world, I am Lhance from England. Ivan signed me up last night, now for the hard work part. I’ve struggled though 40 years in the rat race with no education. So now I am putting that right and intend to build and spread self resilience to make a world worth inheriting
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Hi guys Mark from New Zealand. I am very excited to learn about blockchain, crypto and the opportunities these technologies present.
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Hello Ivan!
Been a loyal follower for well over a year and look forward to taking your course. Very interested in the DeFi and smart contract aspect of crypto. Did a little coding eight or 10 years ago and built my own website from scratch in 2008. I will have to brush up but I’m not a complete newbie. I maintain computers and repair them and work on them every day and I want to contribute to the movement.
It might interest a few people that I actually browsed through Satoshi’s white paper before the first Genesis block was mined. Unfortunately it was not till October 2016 that I purchased Some bitcoin at $600. Oh well.
This is Omar and I have always been innovative in every business I worked in. Never settled for the ‘‘same things different day lifestyle’’. Watched Ivan on Youtube and knew right away this dude is what a colleague or associate should be like.
I am a real beginner in blockchain developments and my focus is the Music/video business, Tourism business and real estate. All of this should help develop my wealth and care for people.
Nice meeting you all,
Omar
Amsterdam 
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Hello Crypto-thusiasts. I’m Alan and I have been interested in Crypto for several years now but didn’t know how to “get in”. Let us all have a great future with Crypto.
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Hi guys, my name is John and I live in Leeds in the UK. I’ve been into crypto since January 2018 and have now decided that the time is right to start to build something within the space rather than simply trying to make money out of it.
I work in the garden design and landscaping industry and have a few barely formed ideas how I can use my knowledge of crypto to begin my third career.
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hollaa, i am Arya Krishna from Indonesia, really happy with this opportunity to learn with you all here,wish u all the best to come!
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