Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by jrudin » Fri, May 26, 2017, 4:24 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by tboyd47 » Fri, May 26, 2017, 4:32 PM UTC

I would start with the simplest proven blockchain use case: Bitcoin. Bill Gates called Bitcoin a technological tour de force - something I don't think he's said about "Blockchain."

Learn about the design choices made in Bitcoin and how its blockchain adds to that integrated whole, and you will see how the stability of the network emerges as a tensegrity of multiple competing forces with opposing incentives.

Re: Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by jrudin » Fri, May 26, 2017, 4:46 PM UTC

tboyd47 wrote: post #2

I would start with the simplest proven blockchain use case: Bitcoin. Bill Gates called Bitcoin a technological tour de force - something I don't think he's said about "Blockchain." Learn about the design choices made in Bitcoin and how its blockchain adds to that integrated whole, and you will see how the stability of the network emerges as a tensegrity of multiple competing forces with opposing incentives.

Thanks for the recommendation, anything you've found online that you've particularly enjoyed?

Re: Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by tboyd47 » Fri, May 26, 2017, 6:37 PM UTC

jrudin wrote: post #3

tboyd47 wrote: post #2

I would start with the simplest proven blockchain use case: Bitcoin. Bill Gates called Bitcoin a technological tour de force - something I don't think he's said about "Blockchain." Learn about the design choices made in Bitcoin and how its blockchain adds to that integrated whole, and you will see how the stability of the network emerges as a tensegrity of multiple competing forces with opposing incentives.

Thanks for the recommendation, anything you've found online that you've particularly enjoyed?

I recommend the talks of Andreas Antonopoulos.

Re: Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by random_moonwalk » Sun, May 28, 2017, 10:04 AM UTC

Check out the readings for Stanford's Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies course (https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/syllabus.html). There's a draft of the textbook for the course that's a great place to start imo.

Re: Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?

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Post by tai_hn » Sun, May 28, 2017, 10:30 AM UTC

I find these three books entertaining.

[Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott](https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Chan...) [The Business Blockchain by William Mougayar](https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Applicat...) [Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper](https://www.amazon.co.jp/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-R...)

If you want to dig deeper, read [Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos](https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-C...).