Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

#1

Post by nepger21 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 5:56 AM UTC

What resources are available to get into these two and related topics?

Would be also better if there are papers/books that introduces to these concepts (and toy implementation)?

Re: Ask HN: Resources to learn blockchain and smart contracts?

#2

Post by ttyprintk » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 6:08 AM UTC

Mastering Bitcoin, Second Edition

#3

Post by animesh » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:07 AM UTC

This article was on HN a few days ago. “Learn Blockchains by Building One” @van_flymen https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117...

#4

Post by rainloft » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:14 AM UTC

CS 251: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies at Stanford https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/

#5

Post by elorm » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:14 AM UTC

Here you go

#6

Post by markatkinson » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:31 AM UTC

Might be worth learning about DAG, Tangle and IOTA too, here is their latest whitepaper: https://iota.org/IOTA_Whitepaper.pdf

#7

Post by thisisit » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:33 AM UTC

#8

Post by roro5678 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:41 AM UTC

#9

Post by nikivi » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:41 AM UTC

For blockchains :

For smart contracts :

#10

Post by jc123 » Wed, Oct 04, 2017, 7:54 AM UTC

Solid material at "stackoverflow":