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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.
The metamask testnet faucet worked for me - https://faucet.metamask.io/
It it a bit focused on ethereum, but I guess it is useful for starting to understand blockchain and smart contracts in general regardless
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Watching
- "GOTO 2017 • Blockchain: The Slowest (and most Fascinating) Database in the World • Stefan Tilkov” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li3rfBAP_fE
Explains how the blockchain works and walks through most of the technical terms you will need to know
- "Ethereum Vs. Bitcoin: What Sets Them Apart? | CNBC” https://youtu.be/0UBk1e5qnr4
Uses the blockchain explanation to give you an idea of how the smart contract idea differs Ethereum from Bitcoin
- "Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum" https://youtu.be/TDGq4aeevgY
3 minute macro explanation of what is Ethereum from its inventor Vitalik Buterin
- "DEVCON1: Ethereum for Dummies - Dr. Gavin Wood” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_LK0t_qaPo
Ethereum's CTO Dr. Gavin Wood explains in a very macro way the Ethereum concept with an idea of how the “Global Computer” works and what is the “Ethereum Virtual Machine”
- Devcon2: Ethereum in 25 Minutes https://youtu.be/66SaEDzlmP4
Vitalik Buterin give and overview of the Ethereum protocol and shows what is an Ethereum transaction, what is Gas (and how computation time is actually paid for miners), how the state machine works and what you can do with it
- DEVCON1: Ethereum in the Enterprise Environment - Taylor Gerring https://youtu.be/HXNWhXuMNpw
Expose core concepts about the blockchain and the Ethereum platform that are valuable to enterprise and how companies can leverage that using web technologies
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Reading
- Coinbase - A beginner’s guide to Ethereum https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd...
- Fat Protocols http://www.usv.com/blog/fat-protocols
- The difference between App Coins and Protocol Tokens https://blog.0xproject.com/the-difference-between-app-coins-...
- What’s the Difference Between an ‘ICO’ and a ‘Token Launch’? Coins vs. Tokens (What is a SNGLS token?) https://medium.com/@SingularDTV/whats-the-difference-between...
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Source of links, links and more links
- /r/ethereum - getting started https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/61y5ix/welcome_to...
- The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo (Scroll to "Selected Links from the Episode”) https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/
- What The Fuck Is Ethereum? ("I am a total nerd" option) http://whatthefuckisethereum.com/#nerd
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Extra reading
- Money, blockchains, and social scalability http://unenumerated.blogspot.com.br/2017/02/money-blockchain...
- Does your dapp need a token? https://medium.com/@simondlr/does-your-dapp-need-a-token-394...
- Ethereum documentation http://www.ethdocs.org/en/latest/index.html
- Ethereum Wiki - FAQ https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/FAQ
It focuses on Blockchain and Digital Transactions
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.
This book helped me understand the basics of bitcoin as well. Great read.
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.
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?
The Coursera class took around 20 hours end to end.
Why Bitcoin Matters (2011, NYT) - https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/...
What is blockchain, really? An intro for regular people. (2017, Medium) - https://medium.com/@wen_xs/what-is-blockchain-really-an-intr...
Re: “Smart contracts” - here’s a few 101 pieces on ethereum:
A Beginner’s Guide to Ethereum (2017, Coinbase blog) - https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd...
Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency (2017, Coinbase blog) - https://blog.coinbase.com/ethereum-is-the-forefront-of-digit...
Dan Romero has compiled an excellent "reading list" for digital currencies: https://medium.com/@dwr/digital-currency-reading-list-6219f1...
And here's a 101 for developing a decentralized app (dApp): https://medium.com/@AndreaCoravos/dapps-101-how-do-i-start-d...