Cryptocurrency 101
A beginners list to all things Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
A common question we often receive is where to start on the journey of learning and creating in the Cryptocurrency & Blockchain space? While there are many resources available, it is often hard for a beginner to find one place that fits all of their needs. So we created this post in order to aid in solving that problem. It is best to approach this material and learning with a slow and steady pace. Much of this information may feel complex and to advanced at first, but like with learning anything new, if you establish a solid foundation you can then build off of, you will be properly tooled to continue on any path that you find most interesting.
So here we advise that you start slow, review the information, and feel free to contact any of us at HU Blockchain Lab for further questions or any general inquiry.
The Bitcoin whitepaper is where everything started. This paper may seem difficult but is quite simple and good to skim through and get from it what you can: Bitcoin Whitepaper
James D’Angelo Bitcoin 101 — What is Bitcoin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhe61JaNFLU&index=6&list=PLzctEq7iZD-7-DgJM60 4zsndMapn9ff6q
Andreas Antonopoulus — Bitcoin is the real disruptor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0mykANOMGQ
Required Reading
- The Bitcoin Whitepaper, Satoshi Nakomoto
- Blockchain 101 — Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Jimmy Song
- How Digital Signatures Actually Work, Oleg Andreev
- Ethereum 101, Preethi Kasireddy
- Build Your First Smart Contract, Gerald Nash HUBL
Books (For Beginners & Advanced Learning)
- Internet Of Money (Beginner)
- Digital Gold (Beginner/History)
- Blockchain Revolution (Beginner/Use Cases)
- Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy (Intermediate, Explains Various Use Cases)
- Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies (Technical/Advanced)
- Mastering Ethereum (Technical/Advanced)
Coding/Programming Resources
- Build Your First Smart Contract, Gerald Nash
- Monax Solidity Tutorial
- Curated List of Solidity Resources
- Provisioning private ethereum testnet
- Decentralized Application Starter
- Solidity Testing / Hot Reloading Framework
- Ethereum.org Education
- Truffle University
- LearnXinY Solidity Tutorials
- CryptoZombies- Solidity Tutorial (Interactive)
- IBM Blockchain Essentials Course
- Stanford Cryptocurrency Course
- Princeton Cryptocurrency Course
- Blockchain Foundations and Use Cases
Great Posts By Great People
- Naval Ravikant — https://startupboy.com/2014/04/01/the-fifth-protocol/ (2014!)
- Also: https://startupboy.com/2013/11/07/bitcoin-the-internet-of-money/ (2013!)
- Balaji S. Srinivasan — Thoughts on Tokens
- Fred Wilson — ICOs and VCs here, Ethereum in 25 minutes
- Nick Tomaino — Cryptoeconomics 101 , Some Blockchain Reading
- Fred Ehrsam — The dApp Developer Stack | Blockchain Governance
- https://hackernoon.com/we-already-know-blockchains-killer-apps-f2d443eba35
