Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
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Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
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#2This part of the blockchain always made perfect sense to me. The magic is in the proof of work and proof of stale stuff as well as smart contracts.
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#3The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
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#4"it's quite customary to represent hashes in hexadecimal notation (that is, using 0-9 and a-z) - that's what we'll use in this article." -- hexadecimal is 0-9 and a-f
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#5The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
I second this. This was the explanation where I finally understood the big picture of ledgers, blockchain & proof of work
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#6The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8
It explains from ground up without getting complicated - it basically demystifies the whole thing completely
i give this to everyone - even to non technical people
Re: Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
#7The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
I was about to write the same thing. The 3b1b video is my gold standard for blockchain explanations. I also have high hopes for his ongoing neural network series[0], but haven't yet found time to watch the first two videos.
[0]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_6700...
Re: Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
#8The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8 It explains from ground up without getting complicated - it basically demystifies the whole thing completely i give this to everyone - even to non technical people
Thank you! I enjoyed the video and was able to understand better the basics of cryptocurrencies by watching it.
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#9IEEE Spectrum has a special report about blockchains:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/special-report-blockchain-w...
It goes into permissioned ledgers and smart contracts, among other applications.
Re: Blockchains explained visually (part 1 of 2)
#10The best explanation of blockchain has to be (unsurprisingly) 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4 Would highly recommend watching this video for anyone who hasn't already.
Thanks, will watch! I'm interested in learning Blockchain dev myself, and listened to this a couple of days ago on my commute. Found it very good:
https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/10/12/blockchain-b...