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Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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You could open the slideshare links in Private/Incognito mode.

That does not prevent the browser from loading from those domains.

Agreed, but the tracking cookies will be worthless. It seems like a good trade-off to me.

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That does not prevent the browser from loading from those domains.

Agreed, but the tracking cookies will be worthless. It seems like a good trade-off to me.

You could also just switch privacy badger from block to kill cookies mode. Unless those sites are using some sort of super cookie, it should do the job.

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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post #13

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Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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It doesn't really feel "for beginners" to me. Quite the opposite, difficult (if not slightly boring) to read.

On the other the free ebook Mastering Bitcion by Andreas M. Antonopoulos, available at http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001802/index.ht... is an absolute pleasure to read imho.

It starts by explaining the core blockchain/bitcoin concepts in humorous layman terms ("nerd money!") and slowly goes deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole while keeping things pleasant.

The chapter that explains cryptographic hashing (SHA1 and all) is a masterpiece at opening the tech to non-technical audience.

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