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This needs some editing by a more experienced English speaker if it's to be widely read.



This comment needs some editing by a less haughty writer it it's to be widely read.

Error-wise I didn't notice a ton of things, but:

> This [could use] some editing by a more experience English speaker if it's to be widely read [without grammar pedants coming out of the woodwork].


Can you point to some part of the text that needs editing? I don't think the English in the FAQ is bad written at all (as a non-native speaker myself). I agree the "non-technical" thing is a bit misleading though.


Error-wise I didn't notice a ton of things, but:

> Bitcoin is designed to be a faster, cheaper and a more secure currency

> Security is achieved by having every participant do the verification themselves using [an] open protocol based on well[-]known cryptography methods

> The original software source code is open and available [to] everyone for review and improvement.

> The reward is halved approximately every 4 years until [a] total of 21 million bitcoins are generated around year 2140. Currently more than 9 million of bitcoins are available already.

Also "bitcoin" is not consistently capitalized.

That stuff aside, it's also not very idiomatic. I'm not sure what the ideal audience is, but if it's, say, my 60-year-old mom who doesn't really understand browser tabs, I don't think it's going to reach them. It's good for me though, as a programmer who doesn't specialize in crypto or know much about currency theory (if that's a thing).


Thanks for the remarks. What do you think about this way to capitalize "Bitcoin"? http://blog.oleganza.com/post/32746652183/how-to-capitalize-...


Makes sense to me.


I would appreciate if you point out some mistakes. My email is oleganza@gmail.com Thanks.




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