Hi I’m CryptoNanni,
I’ve been involved in Blockchain for 3-4 years now , learned a lot but there’s always room for more knowledge , I signed up yesterday did your beginners course which can I say is amazing if you are new to Crypto. Already started my second course loving this great Academy so far.
Thanks for the great opportunity to learn more & explore further.
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Hi everyone I’m Jack.
I come from an engineering background and fell down the Bitcoin rabbit hole - I’m trying to educate myself as much about Bitcoin, Blockchain, Programming and so much more to start a career full time within this space!
I look forward to learning and expanding my knowledge with you all!
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Hello my name is Gabe from California I’m new to the Crypto Community. Just wanted to say Hi.
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Hello everyone, I finally pulled the trigger by joining the technical side of things. I’m excited and fortunately for me, my wife is excited for me as well. I look forward to meeting you all, learning and becoming a valued member of the community.
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What’s up everyone, I’m Brian, glad to be a part of this! 
Hope to meet many of you in person someday. Where’s my guy K-dawwg? I know he’s here somewhere, you’ll meet him too, great guy. I think this is absolutely the biggest and best next evolution of the Internet. 
Thanks, Ivan, for the great content, community, and awesome UX design, so easy and intuitive. I am interested in creating a StartUp in Smart Contract and dApps, the opportunities are endless! So, here we go, wish me luck and all the best to you on this journey!
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Hi all
Name is Troy from New Zealand, currently manage a MSP originally a system engineer and always intended to learn programming now with the added interest of DeFi and the constant subliminal messages from Ivan I’ve decided to try the academy haha 
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Helloski,
My name is Lee and I’ve been investing in cryptocurrencies since the start of this Plandemic earlier this year. So far I’ve invested in about 20 different coins and I just recently started researching Blockchain technology. I’m ready to learn and grow in this community and become a highly paid Blockchain developer.
Just a little background on me… I joined the Army in 2004 and served for 9 years. Since leaving in 2013, I’ve been in and out of school for different degrees but have none and have had different jobs. I’m currently taking online marketing classes. I’ve been trying to figure this life thing out and what I want to do and since coming across this infant technology, I’m all in! I traveled to Tokyo in 2010 and took a train to Shibuya to explore the area. This is where Mt.Gox was located at the time. I never heard of Bitcoin at that time but I wish I knew because I probably walked right by that exchange and could have invested when Bitcoin was worth pennies. But then again, maybe I would have lost all my Bitcoin since some shady things happened with Mt.Gox.
I just received a job offer in Saudi Arabia as a fuel clerk making a little over $100K. So I guess I will be continuing my education there.
Anyway, glad to be a part of this community and looking forward to some awesome connections!
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Hi, new to the academy this week - been curious for a few years but only in 2020 have we been committed to hodling (and small-time trading).
I’m working towards gaining hard knowledge in Blockchain development in order to improve my working options. I was a student of International Relations through to post-graduate level, and I agree that the opportunities are truly ‘historic’ ones at present-- not just for individual wealth accumulation but for positive social change.
Outside of work, i’m a huge lover of pizza – and my pants get bigger by the week.
Happy learning to you all – my partner loved Anil’s course too – and I’m ready to dive into Ivan’s Bitcoin 101 today 
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hey my name is Zelalem Addis I’m from Ethiopia im a student in Addis Abeba university by computer science and im a first-year student now i didn’t know anything about blockchain but my dearest friend Concetta from U.S.A told me about it some and she put interests on my mind to join the academy, and I’m here now. thank you Ivan for the community
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Hello Ivan,
I am a complete newbie in the field of Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies. Thank you for creating this Academy. I also appreciate your approach in promoting inclusiveness in disseminating this knowledge by creating a Community Forum. Much appreciated! Thank you!
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Hi everyone!
My name is Carlos and come from south of Spain 
I come to this place with the intention of learning everything necessary about the great world of opportunities that are opening up with cryptocurrencies and thus being able to create my own digital investment projects.
My programming experience is intermediate level, so I ask for your patience if I ever make mistakes or ask for help often… 
What I can promise is that I will work hard and learn from your experience so that, when the time comes, I can help also to others who come.
Thanks for your time reading this introduction. See you on the forum!
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Hi my name is Robert I’m from the UK I’m 61 and been interested in crypto since 2017. Slowly making my way through the academy and just joined secret Ivan. My strategy is with not having a lot of capital is to invest a little in lots hidden gems hopefully finding a big nugget. Selling when I think they have peaked into my cache of bitcoin to hodl and reinvest in gems. As they say slowly slowly catchy monkey, oh and addicted to Ivan on tech in a morning thanks for sharing your knowledge
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Hello Ivan and all,
Glad to join the community here. I am Mariam, I am from Georgia and I work for Effect AI and Blockchain Centre in Rustavi. We are planning on doing some great things and this is just the perfect beginning.
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Hi, my name is Simon and currently I work as a fundraiser and live in the UK. I’m a creative / ideas man and my experience and passion straddles both business sales and development, design, music and media.
I became involved in the crypto space over lockdown and started building an investment portfolio and have been hooked ever since. I’m fascinated with blockchain technologies and the way in which they can make our future brighter and more simple.
I am starting from scratch here which I’m excited about. Ultimately from my time at the academy, I want to qualify as a blockchain consultant, launch a start up and become a meaningful part of the blockchain revolution!
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hey everyone, I’m Hannah in NYC - Fascinated with the tech, disappointed I don’t meet too many people that share my passion lol. But that’s prolly good thing for us 
Happy to make some tech nerd friends
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Not at all hard to fall down the rabbit hole is it . 
Enjoy the courses.
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Hey Hannah , it’s the same everywhere I’m from Australia & though most people have heard of bitcoin or blockchain most people look at you like you are a two headed dragon unicorn 
if you say you are involved. learn on & keep trying . Try Rebuzz.io plenty of blockchain friendlies on there it’s a decentralised Facebook so to speak.
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Hey fellow Aussie 
get in there mate.
Check out Rebuzz.io you’ll love it got a few Aussie’s of crypto in there it’s a really easy to use decentralised socials platform great way to meet others of the same interests. Hope to see ya around
Thank you very much! Funny you’re in Australia because my friend in Sidney is who got me interested.
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Sidechain J is my name (I am sticking to it-- for now 
) and I am in Central Texas, USA. I heard about blockchain in 2017 and I decided to take a walk down this sunny blockchain road. The views have been amazing! LTC conference in 2018 and 2019 and so much more… This really is a fun, smart, and good humored space if you look in the right areas. I go to the gym and occasionally a Chinese Buffet 
Also, I learned a lot about AI just by participating in the ALEXA prize university competition; in so far as, I owned an ALEXA and I interacted with the social bots. Now, I own a Google Home Nest Max. I recently saw a robot named Wally taking inventory inside a Wal Mart. There are robots at the SA airport that emit a light that disinfects items in the airport. I watched Boston Dynamics videos. I watched videos on Space X and what they are doing here in Boca Chica, Texas. Mind Blown. I am glad these courses are affordable and easy to learn from. I was most definitely getting left behind until I started walking around wondering what a cryptocurrency was and why anyone on planet Earth would pay $20,000 for one. What a marvelous time to be alive!
Oh yeah, I have completed Bitcoin 101-- learned a lot! And now, I am over in the Java Script course. Nervous? A little , but Ivan really is reassuring and there are safety nets so you don’t fall flat on your face. 