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I am sure you’d have heard of Bitcoins and Blockchain. After all, they are the trending and getting a lot of attention right now. Everyone is talking about it whether they understand it or not.
I have been dabbling in this field and knowing where to start can be a little difficult. That’s the purpose of this post — a curated list of crypto readings and resources, all in one place. All of these are curated based on if it’s an inspiring read or a valuable resource. I hope this curated list help you get started on what you need to know about crypto and blockchain at a deeper level and form a informed opinion about this space.
It’s organized from building blocks and key concepts — followed by specific topics such as governance, scaling, security, consensus, token distribution, decentralized exchanges, among other topics. It also includes developer tutorials, newsletters, podcasts and courses section at the end.
Readings on the Blockchain and Crypto Basics
How the Bitcoin protocol actually works
- How does Ethereum work, anyway?
- Decrypting Crypto, From Bitcoin and Blockchain to ICOs
- An Intro to Crypto: Building Blocks
- The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics
- Getting Up to Speed on Ethereum
- Tech's Must-Have Reference Guide to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Blockchain and Crypto — Key Concepts
- Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
- Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design
- Crypto Tokens and the Coming Age of Protocol Innovation
- Blockchain: What is it good for?
- Bitcoin Network Effects
- Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental
- Why It’s Hard to “Get” Bitcoin: The Blockchain Spectrum
- Why Decentralization Matters
- The Meaning of Decentralization
- Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion
Crypto Governance
An overview of governance in blockchains — by Odysseas Sclavounis and Nic Carter
Governance deep dive — by Alexandra Tran and Steven Elleman
The myth of the irrational token holder — why blockchain governance doesn’t fit squarely into any existing model by Kathleen Breitman
Blockchain governance — design components, approaches, suggestionsby Fred Ehrsam
Thoughts on governance and network effects — by Luke Duncan
Notes on blockchain governance — by Vitalik Buterin
Tezos position paper — a self-amending crypto-ledger by Arthur and Kathleen Breitman
Privacy and Security
- Privacy on the Blockchain
- How to Secure Your Smart Contracts: 6 Solidity Vulnerabilities and how to avoid them (Part 1)
- How to Secure Your Smart Contracts: 6 Solidity Vulnerabilities and how to avoid them (Part 2)
- Ethereum Smart Contract Best Practices
- Zcash - How zk-SNARKs work in Zcash
Scaling Blockchains
- Blockchains don’t scale. Not today, at least. But there’s hope.
- The DCS Triangle
- Models For Scaling Trustless Computation - Multicoin Capital
- Ethereum Sharding: Overview and Finality
- Making Sense of Ethereum’s Layer 2 Scaling Solutions: State Channels, Plasma, and Truebit
Accounts, Transactions, Gas, and Block Gas Limits in Ethereum
Consensus in Blockchains
- Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum
- A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy
- Delegated Proof of Stake: Features and Tradeoffs - Multicoin Capital
- Seeking Consensus on Consensus - DPOS or Delegated Proof of Stake and the Two Generals' Problem - Steemit
- Consensus Compare: Casper vs. Tendermint
- Consensus Compare: Tendermint BFT vs. EOS dPoS
Token Distribution
- Thoughts on Tokens
- Funding the Evolution of Blockchains
- The Bitcoin Model for Crowdfunding
- Cosmos Fee Token—Introducing the Photon
- Explanation of DAICOs
Decentralized Exchanges
State of decentralized exchanges, 2018 — by Nathan Sexer
Networked liquidity — by Radar Relay
List of decentralized exchanges — of cryptocurrencies and tokens
Developer Tutorials
- Learn Blockchain: Blockchain Learning Center | Codementor
- Learning Solidity Part 1: Contract Dev with MetaMask
- Learning Solidity Part 2: Commit-Reveal Voting
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Smart Contracts in Ethereum
- How to Code Your Own CryptoKitties-Style Game on Ethereum
- CryptoZombies - Learn to code games on Ethereum. Powered by Loom Network
Blogs and Newsletters
Token Daily —place to discover trending news and products in crypto and blockchain.
Token Economy — most interesting news & events in cryptocurrencies, blockchains, dapps & the growing token economy
Week in Ethereum News — tracking developments in the Ethereum ecosystem by Evan Van Ness
The Control — on the entrepreneurs, projects and protocols that are putting control of power in the hands of the people by 1confirmation
Token Economy —Keeping track of new developments in the distributed ledger technology space by Stefano Bernardi and Yannick Roux
Proof of Work — projects and progress in crypto by Eric Meltzer
Podcasts on Crypto and Blockchain
- Unchained: Big Ideas From The Worlds Of Blockchain And Cryptocurrency
- Block Zero
- Epicenter - Weekly Podcast on Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
- The Crypto Street Podcast
Courses on Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency (2018)by Susan Athey and Kathryn Haun
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (2015)by Arvind Narayan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller
Advanced topics in computer science: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies (2014)by Arvind Narayan
A graduate course in applied cryptography (2017–2018)by Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup
That’s it for now. Did I miss any awesome blogs/videos/resources? Let me know on Twitter or comments.
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This list was originally curated on Nucleus, a place to curate and share the best of web on your favorite topics.
Index of Best Blockchain/Crypto Learning Resources was originally published in Hacker Noon on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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