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Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by dnt404-1 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:58 AM UTC

elorm wrote: post #5

Here you go https://github.com/xel/blockchain-stuff

that's quite a good resource :)

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by dnt404-1 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:01 AM UTC

rainloft wrote: post #4

CS 251: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies at Stanford https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/

Did you do it via self-study? How was the experience?

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by dnt404-1 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:02 AM UTC

roro5678 wrote: post #8

What I am currently attending : https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency/home/welcome

I quickly checked the syllabus, however didn't find smart contracts? Do they go into that in some of the videos? How much time do you think this course takes?

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by panzerboy » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:24 AM UTC

rainloft wrote: post #4

CS 251: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies at Stanford https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/

Can this course be also followed online? If yes, how? I can see the list of lectures, but not the actual contents.

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by hcaw » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:26 AM UTC

ttyprintk wrote: post #2

Mastering Bitcoin, Second Edition https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook

I second this, it's a very good resource. Mastering Ethereum should be out early next year too.

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by ym705 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:35 AM UTC

If you're interested in Ethereum Smart Contracts I wrote: http://ethereumdev.io/

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by earlybike » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:50 AM UTC

Also an important question: How to get quickly tokens for a ETH test network to be able to do anything. Last time I tried I wasn't successful because all these places where you could get some free tokens didn't work and the only thing possible was to mine them yourself which still took a day or two.

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by wayoflife » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 8:57 AM UTC

For explanation of both, watch this Video: https://anders.com/blockchain/ and then click on the "fork on github" link ;)

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by dvcoolster » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 9:30 AM UTC

I loved Decypher.tv for getting going with Ethereum Smart Contracts as well as other requirements for a complete DApp

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

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Post by aerovistae » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 9:49 AM UTC

The book "Mastering Bitcoin" really helped me to understand the blockchain and bitcoin properly. It's available free online here~

http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001802/index.ht...

The author is putting out a similar book called "Mastering Ethereum" in February, also through O'Reilly.