A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto — The Ultimate Knowledge List

Tired of watching the rise of crypto from the sideline? Let’s get you in the game.

We put together a full list of resources to help you better understand this new asset class that’s revolutionizing the world’s economy.

From bitcoins to hashrates, this list has everything you need to hit the ground running.

Blockchain & Bitcoin

• Bitcoin White Paper written by Satoshi Nakamoto
• Ultimate Bitcoin Guide by Jameson Lopp
• Will This Battle For The Soul Of Bitcoin Destroy It? By Laura Shin
• One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week by Christopher Malmo

Stellar & Lumens

• The Stellar Consensus Protocol by Dr. David Mazières
• 6 Million Financial Transactions for Just 20 Cents by Joyce Kim [5 min video]
• How Stellar Works by the Stellar Development Foundation
• Tokens on Stellar by Jed McCaleb
• A New Competitor for Bitcoin Aims to Be Faster and Safer by MIT Technology Review
• Stellar + Stripe by Greg Brockman
• Intro to the Stellar Blockchain by Sean Bennett [Video]

Ethereum & Ether

• Ethereum White Paper by Vitalik Buterin
• Ethereum In 25 Minutes by Fred Wilson
• How does Ethereum work, anyway? by Preethi Kasireddy
• Ethereum Casper 101 by Jon Choi
• Calculating Costs in Ethereum Contracts by Danny Ryan
• Ethereum Is Already Using a Small Country’s Worth of Electricity by Christopher Malmo

Token Sales

• Cryptoeconomics 101
• Most ICOs Fail: Tale of Two Worlds by Eric Risley
• Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design by Chris Dixon
• The Rise of the Token Sale by Max Mersch
• Fat Protocols by Joel Monegro
• How Civic Sold $33 Million Dollars in Tokens with Zero Marketing by Tammy Camp

Compliance & Regulation

• Regulatory Strategy for Tokenization and ICOs by Lindsay X. Lin
• Crypto Regulations and Strengthening the Blockchain Ecosystem by Oleg Gutsol
• Securities Law Framework for Blockchain Tokens by Coinbase

Security

• Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers And Breaking Into Email, Bank Accounts: How To Protect Yourself by Laura Shin
• Thoughts on Secure Storage of Bitcoins and Other Crypto Backed Assets by Jameson Lopp
• A commitment to security by Gemini

Trading

• The Rational Investor
• Chris Dunn
• Coinigy
• TradingView
• 27 Amazing resources for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency traders

Podcasts

• Unchained by Laura Shin
• Epicenter
• Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast by Trace Mayer
• Coin Mastery by Carter Thomas

YouTube Channels

• Coin Mastery
• Stronghold
• Epicenter
• Decentral.tv
• Stellar Development Foundation
• Ivan on Tech
• Blocktalk

Tools

• OnChainFX
• CoinMarketCap
• CryptoMinded

This post was originally published on the Stronghold blog.