Quote from: subcoin on January 09, 2015, 09:09:29 PM

Is there any proof that author of this book actually knows what he is talking about?
What makes one an expert in crypto-currency?

- Number of posts on BitcoinTalk (certainly not)
- Number of years dealing with crypt-currency (certainly not)
- Number of trades on the exchange (certainly not)
- Number of contributions to source code (helps, but not)
- Years of reading/learning about it (helps, but not)
- Year of mining crypto-currency (helps, but not)
- Launching your own crypto-currency (not)
- Being a member of some crypto-currency board (not)
- Running successful crypto-currency business (not)

^^^ all of the above = maybe
What did author do? My guess, not much of listed. Therefore he is not an expert.

I do not need to be an expert to write about the history of cryptocurrencies. Let me ask you one simple question? What have you done to help promote Bitcoin and cryptocurrency? Tongue