Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

Post by tree_of_item » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 10:00 AM UTC

earlybike wrote: post #17

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.

Post by Cakez0r » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 10:14 AM UTC

earlybike wrote: post #17

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.

Post by mtrn » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 10:23 AM UTC

aerovistae wrote: post #20

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.

Post by gnazarkin » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 10:41 AM UTC

coralreef wrote: post #22

dvcoolster wrote: post #19

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

Seems expensive, currently $60 USD. Worth it?

Post by submeta » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 11:00 AM UTC

animesh wrote: post #3

This article was on HN a few days ago. “Learn Blockchains by Building One” @van_flymen https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117...