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Ask HN: How to learn more about Crypto Currencies for a Newbie??

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Re: Ask HN: How to learn more about Crypto Currencies for a Newbie??

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Post by moshiasri »

herbst wrote: post #3

I dont understand this question, what is your question? From the whitepaper do every single relevant discussion around this topic is freely available in the internet.

To elaborate it further, lets take a situation here, lets say,for a newbie who has spent considerable amount of time on reading a few books and searching through reddits, and watching about 50 videos related to the topic on youtube, what would be the best course of action, because most of the time the material on the internet on most blogs and article is the same, but just written in a different way.

So are there any websites, blogs, reddit groups or other forums which an experienced miner would suggest to a newbie ???

Re: Ask HN: How to learn more about Crypto Currencies for a Newbie??

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Post by herbst »

moshiasri wrote: post #4
herbst wrote: post #3

I dont understand this question, what is your question? From the whitepaper do every single relevant discussion around this topic is freely available in the internet.

To elaborate it further, lets take a situation here, lets say,for a newbie who has spent considerable amount of time on reading a few books and searching through reddits, and watching about 50 videos related to the topic on youtube, what would be the best course of action, because most of the time the material on the internet on most blogs and article is the same, but just written in a different way. So are there any…

I still dont know what you want to know. you can also not just ask "How to learn about fiat money" and expect helpful information.

If you want to know how Bitcoins work, start with the Satoshi Whitepaper and proceed from there. I am sure it will automatically lead you to other resources when you try to understand some parts of it.

If you just want to use them, just use them, there is not really much knowledge needed for that.

If you are interested in the anonymity of it, look around the Darknet market communities.

If you just want to be involved in a general Bitcoin community, try Bitcointalk

Re: Ask HN: How to learn more about Crypto Currencies for a Newbie??

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Post by moshiasri »

herbst wrote: post #6
moshiasri wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To elaborate it further, lets take a situation here, lets say,for a newbie who has spent considerable amount of time on reading a few books and searching through reddits, and watching about 50 videos related to the topic on youtube, what would be the best course of action, because most of the time the material on the internet on most blogs and article is the same, but just written in a different way. So are there any…

I still dont know what you want to know. you can also not just ask "How to learn about fiat money" and expect helpful information. If you want to know how Bitcoins work, start with the Satoshi Whitepaper and proceed from there. I am sure it will automatically lead you to other resources when you try to understand some parts of it. If you just want to use them, just use them, there is not really much knowledge needed…

Thanks for the answer, Actually up until now i was picking up bits and pieces of information instead of a more structured form. i guess i am not able to express my question in a better way. but hey thanks for engaging i this conversation, you gave me a starting point man, thanks a lot for that.

Re: Ask HN: How to learn more about Crypto Currencies for a Newbie??

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Post by fitzwatermellow »

mbmott wrote: post #7

Princeton prof ARVIND NARAYANAN - wrote an excellent introductory book on Bitcoin. https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/the-princeto...

The Princeton Bitcoin class and companion text are very thorough. One of the crypto-currencies of note highlighted during the class was zerocoin, which adds a layer of anonymity to the blockchain. The Zcash implementation of zerocoin is currently launching in alpha. It may prove an interesting way to witness the progress of a crypto-currency being bootstrapped in real-time. As well as gaining insight into cutting-edge zero knowledge technology, that some believe may become standard in all future crypto-currencies.

https://z.cash/

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