I found this to be a good overview paper. Research Perspectives and Challenges for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies http://www.jbonneau.com/doc/BMCNKF15-IEEESP-bitcoin.pdf
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#22I read this back to back and vouch for it: http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001802 Bitcoin-centric, but covers a lot of ground.
I'm working through the 2nd edition at the moment and finding it very good. I'd tried a lot of primers and summaries, but I needed something that goes into deep technical detail to have it really click in my head.
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#23The paper that started it all is still a good read: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Not just still a read, I'd say it is one of the most important reads for somebody just getting into blockchain/crypto world.
After Diffie, Hellman, New directions in cryptography
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#24Andreas Antonopoulos' 'Mastering Bitcoin' book.
In my opinion the best technical resource on Bitcoin.
His book on Ethereum is still work-in-progress.
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#25Four days ago I asked [1] for technical references on the differences between the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchain length function, and @DennisP replied with 4 links [2] - Satoshi's classic paper and 3 good links on Ethereum.
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#26Any good resources to understand the economics/finance impact of cryptocurrency and the broader scale implications of blockchains? Usage in different fields etc.
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#27Cryptocurrency explained in plain english: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-plain-english-mike...
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#28I recently read the white papers of both bitcoin and ethereum. I would definitely read bitcoin's white paper first. I actually read the annotated versions from Fermat's Library:
- http://fermatslibrary.com/s/bitcoin
- http://fermatslibrary.com/s/ethereum-a-next-generation-smart...
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#29I recently was researching bitcoin, blockchain, etc, and I found it surprisingly difficult to find good but relatively short resources! I synthesized what I found into some slides that you might find helpful[1]. Apologies if this seems like self-promoting my own slides -- and I should say I am not at all an expert here -- but I created them mainly because I had trouble finding a "primer", so maybe they can help other…
hey - that's pretty cool. thanks for doing this. could you remake your slides for the web ?
the slides are repeated (because of the transitions)
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#30Any good resources to understand the economics/finance impact of cryptocurrency and the broader scale implications of blockchains? Usage in different fields etc.
I've been reading "The Business Blockchain" [0], it's been good so far.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Applicat...