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    Bitcoin Learning Resources

    Uploaded by

    Lucas
    These short ebook lists resources helpful in learning what bitcoin is and how to use it.

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    © All Rights Reserved
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    Bitcoin Learning Resources

    Brief Video Explanations


    Theseareshortcondensedexplanationsofwhatbitcoinisandhowitworks.

    [2mins]WhatisBitcoin?WeUseCoins
    [2mins]BitcoinandCryptocurrenciesExplainedinOneMinuteOneMinuteEconomics
    [3mins]BitcoinexplainedandmadesimpleTheGuardian
    [4mins]HowDoesBitcoinWork?HowStuffWorks
    [5mins]WhatisBitcoinandhowdoesitwork?FTBusiness
    [7mins]WhyBitcoinisBetterThanGold,withWencesCasaresBigThink

    Precursors to Bitcoin
    WhatcamebeforeBitcoin.

    ecash1983DavidChaum
    Hashcash(Whitepaper)1997AdamBack
    Bmoney1998WeiDai
    Bitgold(Proposal)1998NickSzabo
    ReusableProofofWork(RPOW)2004HalFinney
    BitcoinWhitepaper2008SatoshiNakamoto

    Alsoworthunderstandingtheproblemposedhere:TheByzantineGeneralsProblem

    Bitcoin Hits the Mainstream


    Relevantnews/articlesaboutBitcoininthemainstreammedia.

    WhyBitcoinMattersMarcAndreessenfortheNewYorkTimes
    TheTrustMachineTheEconomist
    LifeInsideaSecretChineseBitcoinMineMotherboard
    EverythingYouNeedtoKnowAboutBitcoinVice
    TheRiseandRiseofBitcoinDocumentary
    It'sallabouttheBlockchainBloomberg
    AppearsinMrRobotEpisode3
    StartUpAnewshowaboutdigitalcurrency

    Talks & Discussions


    SomeinterestingtalksonBitcoinanditsimportance.TEDnowhasafewgreattalksaswell.

    [16mins]TheFutureofMoneyNehaNarula(DigitalCurrencyInitiative)
    [28mins]Bitcoin101BalajiSrinivasan(CEOof21Inc)
    [43mins]BitcoinFiresideChatMarcAndreessenandBalajiSrinivasan
    [55mins]WhatisBitcoin?AndWhyShouldICare?JeremyAllaire@MITBitcoinClub

    Online Bitcoin Courses


    Wellbecoveringmostofthematerialcontainedwithinthesecoursesbutthesearealsogreat
    resourcesforlearning!

    BitcoinKhanAcademy
    BitcoinandCryptocurrencyTechnologiesPrincetonUniversity(Coursera)[alternative|
    youtube]
    BitcoinCourseDraperUniversity

    Bitcoin Textbooks
    WorthbuyingeitherMasteringBitcoinortheBitcoinandCryptocurrencytextbookifyouwantto
    reallyunderstandtheprotocol.

    MasteringBitcoinAndreasAntonopoulos
    BitcoinandCryptocurrencyTechnologies:AComprehensiveIntroduction(PDFdraft
    version)
    HandbookofDigitalCurrency

    Bitcoin and Blockchain Books


    Thesebooksareforageneralaudiencebutinsightfulinmanyways.

    TheAgeofCryptocurrencyPaulVignaandMichaelCasey
    DigitalGoldNathanielPopper
    BlockchainRevolutionDonTapscott
    TheInternetofMoneyAndreasAntonopoulos

    Understanding Money and the Role of Bitcoin as Money


    ItshardtothinkaboutBitcoinwithoutthinkingaboutmoney.Thesearelibertarianresources
    introducingtheconceptofmoney.

    ShellingOutNickSzabo
    MoneyPhilippBagus
    WhatHasGovernmentDonetoOurMoney?
    DenationalisationofMoney
    TheRoleofBitcoinasMoneyErikVoorhees(2013)[Bitcoin2013ConferenceVideo]
    TheImportanceofBitcoinNotBeingMoneyErikVoorhees(2016)
    MoneyandtheDevelopmentofHumanSociety:FromBartertoBitcoinMarkThornton
    fromtheMisesInstitute

    Even More Resources!!


    Ifyoudliketogoevendeeperdowntherabbithole...

    WhatisBitcoinandtheBlockchainBrianForde(MIT)
    NakamotoInstituteMichaelGoldstein(21)
    WhatisBitcoin?YouTubePlaylistbyCoindesk
    Blockchain,simplifiedKasperskyLab

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