From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1YiZJr-0004sS-BX for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:14:19 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.192.170 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.192.170; envelope-from=gappleto97@gmail.com; helo=mail-pd0-f170.google.com; Received: from mail-pd0-f170.google.com ([209.85.192.170]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1YiZJq-0001Bt-F1 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:14:19 +0000 Received: by pdbnk13 with SMTP id nk13so73745876pdb.0 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:14:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.70.45.79 with SMTP id k15mr52409359pdm.78.1429150452779; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.249.36 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.249.36 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:14:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:14:12 -0400 Message-ID: From: gabe appleton To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0103df9c118fd10513ce05c1 X-Spam-Score: -0.3 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (gappleto97[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in digit (gappleto97[at]gmail.com) 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1YiZJq-0001Bt-F1 Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Where do I start? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:14:19 -0000 --089e0103df9c118fd10513ce05c1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Background: I'm a CS student quickly approaching his research project, and I'd like to do something meaningful with it. Essentially, I'd like to know what issues someone up for their bachelor's degree might actually be able to help on, and where I can start. Obviously I'm not going to be able to just dive into a 6-year-running project without some prior research, so I'm looking for a start. What are some current things that are lacking in Bitcoin core? Or am I better off making something else for the ecosystem? --089e0103df9c118fd10513ce05c1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Background: I'm a CS student quickly approaching his res= earch project, and I'd like to do something meaningful with it.

Essentially, I'd like to know what issues someone up for= their bachelor's degree might actually be able to help on, and where I= can start. Obviously I'm not going to be able to just dive into a 6-ye= ar-running project without some prior research, so I'm looking for a st= art.

What are some current things that are lacking in Bitcoin cor= e? Or am I better off making something else for the ecosystem?

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