Building the minimum viable block chain: https://www.igvita.com/2014/05/05/minimum-viable-block-chain... That's where I would start.
This is what got me started too. One of the best prerequisite reads imo
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#32This book is insidiously useful. I went from not getting it at all to getting it more or less completely. Includes code interacting with the blockchain in a wide variety of ways. http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001802
"Insidiously"? Now I'm really curious if that's a typo, or the book is treacherous in some fashion.
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#33Hi m52go, I have a blockchain/bitcoin tutoring service at www.blockchaintutoring.com. I did a Show HN but didn't get a single comment :( I'm a programmer myself, but my target market is not the typical HN user. I'm looking to teach more business types and people in the law profession, for example. I'm preparing a small course plan to help people get from 0 to knowledgeable. The course will certainly be a bit technica…
What email? Sent a message on your form, your form has no progress bar / feedback after submit and does not load on chrome mobile. See my message below on this thread.
Hi Adam,
You can find my email just under the "Contact Us" heading. It is bitcointutoring~at~gmail. I have received the message you sent me through your form, and am writing you a reply. The form confirms the email was sent by writing "Success! Message received." in green under the form. I agree it is not so evident.
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#34Highly recommend the Princeton book and Coursera course as a starting point.
And if you want a compiled list of resources for learning: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6CKmAqa1_nzRGVicnlHY1BaaUk...
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#35Probably too basic for original poster but this post by Michael Nielsen helped me with the basics of the bitcoin protocol. http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-a...
That's the one I was going to recommend
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#36Everything in Bitcoinlandia is fairly superficial, since everyone is trying to sell Bitcoin and make himself rich. So it's like reading multi-level-marketing books. That being said. What's actually kind of good (with actual technical specifications) is Bitcoin wiki, even when it's slightly outdated; then official bitcoin website; and sometimes bitcoin stack exchange website (but that can become outdated too). I don't…
Learning about blockchains can certainly be disconnected from Bitcoin. Go read the Ethereum docs for example.
That's true, but it's still basically a cryptocurrency, with some out-there applications (that are not really that reliable, yet).
But yeah you are right.
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#37Everything in Bitcoinlandia is fairly superficial, since everyone is trying to sell Bitcoin and make himself rich. So it's like reading multi-level-marketing books. That being said. What's actually kind of good (with actual technical specifications) is Bitcoin wiki, even when it's slightly outdated; then official bitcoin website; and sometimes bitcoin stack exchange website (but that can become outdated too). I don't…
To contrast that, patio11 has written various things ragging on bitcoin from a tech/business perspective. It's well worth reading.
He is otherwise great chap, but I don't think he is the guy to turn to on bitcoin/blockchain topics. He has focus certainly somewhere else, and to me his rants about bitcoin sound more like a general complaining because he missed the train.
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#38Everything in Bitcoinlandia is fairly superficial, since everyone is trying to sell Bitcoin and make himself rich. So it's like reading multi-level-marketing books. That being said. What's actually kind of good (with actual technical specifications) is Bitcoin wiki, even when it's slightly outdated; then official bitcoin website; and sometimes bitcoin stack exchange website (but that can become outdated too). I don't…
Learning about blockchains can certainly be disconnected from Bitcoin. Go read the Ethereum docs for example.
Ethereum stuff can also prove how to do things wrong... The DAO is a good example of that, and now the recent ddos attack.
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#40I would suggest the book “Mastering Bitcoin” from O’Reilly. I don’t have extensive experience on the issue but what really worked for me is that the book provides code examples (in Python and C++) that help get a better grasp of the technology.