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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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Post by ante_annum »

nnx wrote: post #20

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 dee…

It feels like this is for people who have a good understanding of all the technologies that bitcoin uses, but have never looked at bitcoin.

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Post by ctack »

nnx wrote: post #20

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 dee…

It's not free.

Edit: It is free. Thanks nnx.

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Post by theseatoms »

anttipoi wrote: post #7

I found the O'Reilly book Mastering Bitcoin excellent. It's been a while since a tech book gave me such enjoyment. In an age when when word innovation typically is used to mean "I duck-taped these two turds together" it is great to encounter real novelty in tech. The book makes the wonder of blockchain easily approachable if you have some background in CS and takes some nice excursions to topics like elliptic crypto.

an online version lives here: https://github.com/aantonop/bitcoinbook

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Post by johnnynomics »

Hey everyone, Johnny from Blockstrap here. I tweet from @johnnynomics.

This course was presented as a free series of workshops we did around Europe this summer - you can read more about it here - http://blockstrap.com/en/blog/onboarding-europe/.

These slides make a lot more sense when we talk you through them - we're currently editing the video and will be sharing it on Blockstrap when finished. There's only so much structured learning we could fit in a day, so we thought this presentation was a good starting point for those new to Bitcoin and the underlying tech.

If you're interested in building blockchain applications come check out our stack at http://blockstrap.com. We have an API, framework, and several open source starting points. We welcome contributions from the community and we're very open to alternatives to SlideShare.

Re: Beginner's Guide to Blockchain Technology

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Post by pedalpete »

ctack wrote: post #22
nnx wrote: post #20

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 dee…

It's not free. Edit: It is free. Thanks nnx.

How did you get it free? Or you just go the repository from github?
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