learning CENTER

 

Our Key Learning Methodologies:

1. Flipped Classroom

2. Advisory Board Learning® 

3. Open Educational Resources (OER) 

4. Blended Learning 

5. Project-based Assignments (Individual & Group)

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REQUIRED READING:

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L1-L3 course content:

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1. Banking on Bitcoin - documentary available on Netflix & Amazon

2. Satoshi Nakamoto - Bitcoin White Paper

3. Bitcoin: The New Gold Standard

4. Bitcoin Wiki

5. Nick Szabo on Blockchains and Smart Contracts

6. Introduction to Cryptoeconomics - Vitalik Buterin

7. Evolution of Bitcoin - Full Documentary (including David Chaum 'Godfather of anonymous communication')

8. The Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology Explained

9. Blockchain Technology Explained (2 Hour Course)

10. How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood

11. Blockchain 101 - A Visual Demo

12. Blockchain 101 - Part 2 - Public / Private Keys and Signing

13. Consensus Algorithms, Blockchain Technology and Bitcoin UCL - by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

14. Collection of talks by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

15. Blockchain Tutorial | Blockchain Technology

16. Asymmetric encryption - Simply explained

17. How Does Blockchain Work? With Karim R. Lakhani, a professor at Harvard Business School

18. Nick Szabo: On Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

19. How To Launch Your Own Production-Ready Cryptocurrency

20. History of the Internet - Inside the Internet (BBC) broadcast 17/5/1997 (41:42 - 45:09),

21. Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History Of The Internet Documentary Pack (1998) (PBS)

22. Paypal CEO Interviews Paypal Board Member / CEO of Xapo-Blockchain

23. Cryptocurrencies: Irrational Exuberance or Brave New World?

24. Blockchain at IBM Research

25. Blockchain explained: Top blockchain development questions answered (IBM)

26. Genius of Things: Blockchain and Food Safety with IBM and Walmart

27. Basics of Bitcoin

28. Book - Digital Gold

29. JAMES LOPP - BITCOIN RESOURCES

30. How the Bitcoin Protocol Actually Works • Jan Møller

31. The Trust Machine: The Story of Bitcoin

32. Princeton University: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Course

33. Princeton Faculty: DOWNLOAD BOOK - Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency

34. Kevin Kelly: How Technology Evolves, "What Does Technology Want?"TedTalk

35. Kevin Kelly: Kevin Kelly - Technology and our future

36. Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains Senate Banking Panel Hearing, Oct 11 2018

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L3 - LAUNCH TOKEN, SMART CONTRACT and WALLET in TEST NET environment

1. Create your smart contract without coding

2. Coinlaunch

3. Coincreator Tutorial

4. A Deeper Look at Different Smart Contract Platforms

5. How To Learn Solidity: The Ultimate Ethereum Coding Guide

6. 3000 ICO's with Ratings

7. 10 Best Blockchain Training Courses, Training And Certifications [2018]

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L4 CONSULTANT - ADVANCED TOPICS 

1. The Cryptography Behind Bitcoin

2. Elliptic Curve Cryptography & Diffie-Hellman

3. Cryptography: Public Key Encryption (RSA, Elliptic Curve and ElGamal)

4. Andreas Antonopoulos on Bitcoin Wallet Encryption

5. The Complete Satoshi

6. Create and deploy your first private blockchain in minutes

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L4 TECHNICAL - LEARN TO CODE: JAVASCRIPT, PYTHON and SOLIDITY

1. Blockgeeks (highly recommended courses and team!)

2. The Top-10 Courses for Blockchain Developers Recommended by Experts

3. Code Academy: Python course

4. Coursera: Learn How to Program

5. Python for Everybody (PY4E)

6. Harvard CS50 course of EdX

7. My Story of Being a Self Taught Programmer (Plus Tips and Advice!)

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WHAT CAN I DO WITH THE CERTIFICATION?

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Our program aims at getting our trained consultants working either as independent business consultants, or for companies and startups looking for well-trained blockchain team members.  The range of roles companies are looking for include:
1) blockchain consultants for smart contract development & training in organizations

2) community development managers (for start-ups, ICO's, or international crypto companies, etc.)
3) project managers (managing blockchain projects and teams toward meeting project deadlines for smart contract or ICO launches, etc.)
4) recruiters (managing blockchain-talent recruiting and skills evaluation processes, etc.)
social media representatives, writers, spokespersons, etc. (to write press releases, stories, articles, etc.)

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TOP 8 MUST READ BOOKS for BITCOIN, BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTO:

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1. The Internet of Money - Andreas Antonopoulos

 

2. The Age of Cryptography - Casey & Vigna

 

3. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari

 

4. Cryptoassets - Burniske & Tatar

 

5. Mastering Bitcoin - Andreas Antonopoulos

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6. The Truth Machine - Casey & Vigna

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7. The Inevitable - Kevin Kelly

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8. Debt: The First 5000 Years - David Graeber

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WANT TO BE A BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPER? - HOW TO START LEARNING TO CODE:

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BEST IN FREE BLOCKCHAIN COURSES - click here

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If no coding experience:

• Learn Javascript and Python (Codeademy / Coursera / Udemy - see links above)

• Become involved in community

• Typically between 6 - 12 months of learning (at least 4 hours/week)

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CAREERS in BLOCKCHAIN:

• What color is your Parachute, Blockchain - Career Decision Exercise

• Examples of Job Listings, see: 

• BINANCE Job Listings

• CIRCLE Job Listings 

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GARTNER - MARKET GUIDE FOR BLOCKCHAIN CONSULTING

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TALKS / SPEAKING EVENTS:

"OVERCOMING BLOCKCHAIN STAFFING CRISIS" (some key links):

• 8 Best Blockchain Courses

• Mobile Fish

• Coursera

• Udemy

• Blockgeeks

• Bitcoin & Blockchain Meetups ​

• Blockchain jobs and salaries — 2018 report

• https://www.switchup.org/

• https://www.fullstackacademy.com/

• Can you hack it? 12 NYC coding bootcamps & schools 

• Understanding Blockchains by Coding One in R

• Ivan on Tech

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• 40 Best Blockchain Influencers & Cryptocurrency Experts To Follow in 2018  

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MEDIA

Magazines and Blogs

• CryptoHackers — Cryptoworld superheroes interviews. Fascinating facts, teams insides and success stories.

• CoinTelegraph — The leading publication offering latest news, analysis, expert opinions, community commentaries. Founded in 2013.

• CoinDesk — CoinDesk is the world leader in news and information on digital currencies. 17M mothly users.

• CryptoCoins News — Fresh news and analysis. This huge blog posts very frequently. Approx. 7M readers monthly.

• Bitcoin Magazine — Bitcoin Magazine is the oldest and most established source of news, information and expert commentaries. Sometimes posts deep and very interesting articles.

• 99 Bitcoins — 99 Bitcoins is the largest information source for non technical newbies.

• Coin Speaker — Founded in 2014, CoinSpeaker is one of the most influentional news source.

Medium

• Vitalik Buterin — Vitalik Buterin is Ethereum creator, cryptocurrency evangelist.

• Bitcoin Tech Talk — All About Bitcoin Development.

• Tuur Demeester — Economist & investor, editor in chief at Adamant Research.

• Vinny Lingham — CEO of Civic.com.

• Nicolas Dorier — Main developer of NBitcoin. CTO at Metaco SA.

• Nick Tomaino — Tech investor Runa Capital

Telegram Channels

• Crypto Memes — Cryptoworld funny pictures.

• Crypto — The god of all crypto channels.

• UpcomingICOs — This channel is dedicated to informing people of up and coming ICO’s.

News Aggregators

• CoinBuzz — CoinBuzz aggregates news from many sources (Twitter, Reddit, Google Trends etc) and displays it in the Trello style.

• CryptoPanic — CryptoPanic is news aggregator platform indicating impact on price and market for traders and cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

• ETHNews — ETHNews is emerging provider of Ethereum and Blockchain ecosystem news.

• CoinsCalendar — CoinsCalendar displays all upcoming coins events and updates.

Price Trackers 

• Altcoins Racing — Altcoins Racing shows the price change winners and losers.

• CoinMarketcap — Old and cool. All coins prices, graphs, market caps. API, widgets, tools. Used by 90M monthly users.

• Coincap — CoinCap tracks market data for hundreds of cryptocurrencies in real-time. They also have very useful mobile app.

• Cryptowatch — Live price charts and market data for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more. Many exchanges, flexible settings and cool API.

• Bfxdata — Charts and Stats for Bitfinex market data and margin funding.

• Bitcoinwisdom — Live Bitcoin/Litecoin charts with EMA, MACD and other indicators. Support many exchanges (Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, Bittrex, Poloniex etc).

• Flippening Watch — When will Ethereum overtake Bitcoin and become the most important cryptocurrency?

ICO Trackers 

• ICOtracker — Very informative and trusted tracker.

• The ICO digest — Weekly ICO digest.

• TokenData — See ICO stats: ROI, total investments, status and other information.

• CoinSchedule — Live Token Sales & ICOs.

• ICO Bazaar — Informative website + ICOs alerts.

• Picoloresearch — Independent research on blockchain startups and ICOs.

• Smith + Crown ICO list — Curated list of ongoing and upcoming token sales. Have some research tiers.

Exchanges

• Local Bitcoins — Buy and sell bitcoins near you. Trusted by 10M monthly users.

• Poloniex — USA. Trust: 3.5/5. Tons of altcoins. Poor support.

• CoinBase — USA. Trust: 5/5. Pay with fiat.

• Bittrex — USA. Trust: 4/5. Many altcoins. Responsible founders.

• CEX.IO — UK. Trust: 5/5. Fiat. Newbie friendly.

• BestBitcoinExchange — Curated list of 35 popular exchanges. Looks SEOish but does the job well.

Communities

Chats

• The CHT Community — Official CryptoHackers Telegram chat. The place to talk to founders of your favourite crypto startups & apps.

• Crypto Aquarium — Great community (Telegram, Slack). Curated by Joshua Petty, the Coindex creator. 800+ members.

• Bitpam — Friendly Discord community. 300+ members.

• Bitcoin Core Community — Telegram discussion about Bitcoin and Bitcoin Core. 2000+ members.

• BitcoinMarkets — Bitcoin and cryptocurrency price discussion. The official Slack of /r/bitcoinmarkets. 4000+ members.

Forums

• CryptoChan — The only crypto-related anonymous imageboard in the world.

• Bitcoin Talk — The homepage for the Bitcoin community from the start. Made by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009.

• Bitcoin.com Forum — Strong community of 30,000+ users.

• BitcoinGarden — This young forum has appeared in Jan 2017.

Other

• Cryptocompare — CryptoCompare is interactive platform where you can discuss the latest crypto trends and monitor all markets streaming in real time. Also includes perfect altfoilio app.

• Trading View — Follow pro traders and learn from their analyzes. (Mr. Lavrov is great specialist).

• Bitcoin on StackExchange — Question and answer site for Bitcoin crypto-currency enthusiasts.

Jobs

• Coinality — Coinality is free service connecting crypto employers and job seekers.

• Cryptogrind — Bitcoin freelance platform.

• Blockchain Dev Jobs — Curated list of jobs from around the web for blockchain engineers.

• Ethlance — Hire or work for ETH.

• /r/Jobs4Bitcoins/ — Place on Reddit to offer your talents and skills in exchange for the fastest growing currency in the world.

Wallets

• Bitcoin Core — Bitcoin Core is MIT licensed open source Bitcoin wallet. It runs own full node so 145GG of free disk space is required. OSX/Linux/Windows/Ubuntu.

• Electrum — Thin Bitcoin client. Opensource, MIT, has 100+ contributors.

• Exodus — Exodus is the first desktop multi-asset wallet with ShapeShift built in.

• MyEtherWallet — Opensource webapp to access Ethereum. Old and reliable. ERC20 support. Loved by phishers!

• Coinomi — Opensource, supports many altcoins, fast and has perfect UI.

Altfolio

• Blockfolio — Cryptocurrency management, with easy to use tools to keep track of all your cryptocurrency investments. Nice widgets. Simple. Android/iOS.

• ACrypto — Track bitcoin and altcoins prices, custom alarms, detailed charts. Flexible, many settings, informative. Android only.

• Altpocket — The only tool you need for showcasing, tracking and sharing your cryptocurrency investments.

• Coinfyi — Track your performance, news & market signals related to your cryptocurrency investments. Anonymous. Simple. Free.

Useful Tools 

• QR Code Generator — With this free tool you can instantly generate QR code for your Bitcoin/Litecoin/Ethereum/Dogecoin address.

• Block Explorer — Discover the Bitcoin blockchain blocks online. Includes fees and miners information.

• EtherScan — Block Explorer and Analytics Platform for Ethereum.

Video

YouTube Channels

• The Cryptoverse — Your cryptocurrency news dose.

• World Crypto Network — Informative news digests.

• Crypt0 — Omar is one of the most popular crypto bloggers. He creates fascinating interviews.

• Ameer Rosic — News, interviews, podcasts and reviews.

• aantonop — Presentations, discussions, QA by Andreas, the author of “Mastering Bitcoin”.

• CoinSummit — CoinSummit records: startups showcases, discussions and presentations.

• BitcoinFilm — Short films about people using Bitcoin.

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Course — Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies course. 12 videos, each 45–90 mins.

Movies

• Ulterior States — Real-life conversations with some thought leaders within the Bitcoin ecosystem. The film took 3 years to complete.

• The Bitcoin Doco — Fascinating story focusing on the emergence of new world wide currency.

• Life Inside Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine — Interesting story about the miners of the new millenium.

Learning

Books

• Mastering Bitcoin — Mostly for developers. The second edition was published in June 2017.

• The Internet of Money — Significance of bitcoin through series of essays spanning the exhilarating maturation of this technology.

• Ethereum — Non-technical guide to understand blockchains. Mostly focused on Ethereum.

• The Age of Cryptocurrency — Insight into the modern financial system and the Bitcoin industry.

Courses

• Coursera Course — Telling what is special about Bitcoin and how it works at technical level. Created by Princeton University.

• Udemy Course — The definitive guide to understand what the bitcoin is and why we should care about them.

Other

• CoinPride Newsletter — The most important crypto news and events. One handcrafted email per week.

• Bitcoin Wiki — Technical specifications of the protocol as well as more basic information about how to buy, sell or use bitcoins.

• Blockchain Demo — This interactive demo will guide you through each component of blockchain step-by-step.

• MyCryptoGuide — The guide is meant to serve as both easy-to-understand introduction to the world of cryptocurrencies.

• Bad Bitcoin — List of known scams, HYIPs and Ponzi schemes.

For Developers 

API

• Stripe Bitcoin — Accepting Bitcoin payments made easy. Great integration from Stripe.

• Shapeshift — Embed exchange in your app. Trusted by hundreds of apps.

• Microsoft BaaS — Blockchain as Service (BaaS) from Microsoft Azure.

• CoinMarketCap — Powerful JSON API covering 1000+ coins. Limit: 1 request per 6 sec.

• CoinCap — Simple and informative. Lots of altcoins. History data. No limits.

Other

• Bitpay — Use BitPay’s retail, ecommerce, billing, and donation tools to accept payments.

• Gekko — Free and open source trading bot. GUI, CLI, NodeJS, nice docs. 18 exchanges (including Bitfinex, Bitstamp and Poloniex).

• Zenbot — Free and open source trading bot. CLI, NodeJS. GDAX, Poloniex, Kraken, Bittrex, Quadriga and Gemini.

• Web3.js — Ethereum JS API. Requires nodejs, nmp and being node.

• OpenZeppelin — OpenZeppelin is open framework of reusable and secure smart contracts in the Solidity language. 1500+ Slack community members.

Podcasts

• Epicenter — The Podcast at the Forefront of the Decentralized Technology Revolution.

• Bitcoin Knowledge — Learn about blockchain and fintech.

• BlockChannel — Dedicated to educating the world on the power of blockchain based technologies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and ZCash.

• Ether Review — Exploring the verifiable computing space through the lens of Ethereum.

• Bitcoin Uncensored — Exploring the verifiable computing space through the lens of Ethereum.

• ICO Alert Podcast — Podcast from the popular ICO tracking platform.

• Unchained - In this podcast, host Laura Shin talks with industry pioneers across tech

Mining

• CoinWarz — Mining profitability calculators. Help choosing perfect coin to mine.

• WhatToMine? — Find the most profitable cryptocurrencies to mine.

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Curated list of blockchain and general cryptocurrency resources

Blockchain Books

• Blockchain Explained: A Technology Guide to the Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Fintech Revolution - R.J Simmons

• Blockchain Fast and Simple - What It Is, How It Works, Why It Matters: Understand the basics, join the revolution- Pierro Martini

• Cryptocurrency Investment: How to Invest in Cryptocurrencies and Make Money in the Long-term - Tamas Torok

• Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World - Don and AlexTapscott

• Blockchain Revolution: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Bitcoin and How to Use Blockchain for Your Benefit - Phil Stein

• Blockchain The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Hidden Economy -s Oscar Flynt

• Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy - Melanie Swan

• Blockchain: Easiest Ultimate Guide To Understand Blockchain - Jared Norton

• Blockchain: Quick Start Guide to Understanding Blockchain, the Biggest Revolution in Financial Technology and Beyond Since the Internet - Seth Ramsey

• Blockchain: The Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Hidden Economy - Timothy Short

• Blockchain: The Essential Guide to Understanding the Blockchain Revolution - Jeff Reed

• Blockchain: The Future of Internet Innovation - Ideas, Applications and Uses for Blockchain Technology - Jerry Kershen

• Blockchain: The Simple Guide To Everything You Need To Know - Jacob William

• Bye Bye Banks?: How Retail Banks are Being Displaced, Diminished and Disintermediated by Tech Startups and What They Can Do to Survive - James Haycock

• Decentralized Applications: Harnessing Bitcoin's Blockchain Technology - Siraj Raval

• Financial Technology: This Book Bundle Includes FinTech and Blockchain - Jacob William

• How to Program a Block Chain Explorer with Python and Bitcoin - Alex Gorale

• The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology - William Mougayar

• The FinTech Book: The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries - Susanne Chishti and Janos Barberis

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Prof Klaus Schwab

• The Science of the Blockchain - Roger Wattenhofer

• ValueWeb: How FinTech firms are using mobile and blockchain technologies to create the Internet of Value -Chris Skinner

• Blockchain for Dummies - Tiana Laurence

• Mastering Bitcoin Programming - Andreas M. Antonopoulos

White papers

• A Fistful of Bitcoins: Characterizing Payments Among Men with No Names - University of San Diego California

• A brave new world? What impact will distributed ledger technology have on the financial industry? - The European Central Bank

• An Architecture for the Internet of Money - Meher Roy

• Banking in a world of programmable assets - Accenture

• Bitcoin Primer - Macro Risk Advisors

• Bitcoin as Money? - Stephanie Lo and J. Christina Wang

• Bitcoin - Microsoft Research

• BlockChain Technology Beyond Bitcoin - University of California,Berkeley

• Blockchain: practical implications of a revolutionary technology for financial markets and beyond - DLA Piper

• Blockchain: the solution for transparency in product supply chains - Project Provenance Ltd

• Blockstack: A Global Naming and Storage System Secured by Blockchains - Muneeb Ali, Jude Nelson, Ryan Shea and Michael J. Freedman

• Bootstrapping Trust in Distributed Systems with Blockchains - Muneeb Ali, Jude Nelson, Ryan Shea and Michael J. Freedman

• Consensus – Immutable agreement for the internet of value - KPMG

• Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond block chain - UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser

• Economics of Bitcoin - Peter Surda

• Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains - Adam Back, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, Andrew Miller, Andrew Poelstra, Jorge Timón, and Pieter Wuille

• Extending Existing Blockchains with Virtualchain - Jude Nelson, Muneeb Ali, Ryan Shea and Michael J. Freedman

• The Impact and Potential of Blockchain on the Securities Transaction Lifecycle - The Swift Institute

• World Citizenship by Creating Affordable Private Passport Service - Chris Ellis

Bitcoin

• Anonymous Cryptocurrencies: The rise of bitcoin alternatives that offer true anonymity - Will Martin

• Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World - Jeffery Tucker

• Bitcoin : A Complete Beginner's Guide - Master The Game - Luke Sutton

• Bitcoin Basics - Benjamin Tideas

• Bitcoin Decoded: Bitcoin Beginner's Guide to Mining and the Strategies to Make Money with Cryptocurrencies - Brett Combs,Tom Mitsoff

• Bitcoin For Dummies - Prypto

• Bitcoin Internals: A Technical Guide to Bitcoin - Chris Clark

• Bitcoin Step by Step for Beginners: How to Invest and Profit from Bitcoin Today! - Leo Kallstrom

• Bitcoin The Future of Money - Dominic Frisby

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction - Arvind Narayanan,Joseph Bonneau,Edward Felten, Andrew Miller,Steven Goldfeder (free version of first draft)

• Bitcoin and The Future of Money - Jose Pagliery

• Bitcoin for the Befuddled - Conrad Barski and Chris Wilmer

• Bitcoin in English - Peter H Le

• Bitcoin: Mastering Bitcoin & Cyptocurrency for Beginners - Tim Harris

• Digital Gold: The Untold Story of Bitcoin - Nathaniel Popper

• Everything you need to know about buying, selling and investing in Bitcoin - A. H Smithers

• Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies Andreas M. Antonopoulos

• The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are challenging the Global Economic Order - Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey

• The Anatomy of a Money-Like Informational Commodity: A study of Bitcoin - Tim Swanson

• The Bitcoin Bible - Benjamin Guttmann

• The Bitcoin Big Bang: How Alternative Currencies Are About to Change the World - Brian Kelly

• The Bitcoin Tutor: Unlocking the Secrets of Bitcoin - Marc A. Carignan

• The Bitcoin Tutorial: Develop an intuitive understanding of the currency and blockchain technology - Bruce Kleinman

• The Black Book of Bitcoin: A Step-by-Step Bitcoin Guide on Everything You Need to Know About this New Currency - Mark Janniro

• The Book of Satoshi - Paul Champagne

• The Digital Money Game: Competing in the multi-trillion dollar payments industry - Charmaine Oak

• The Internet of Money - Andreas M Antonopoulos

• Understanding Bitcoin: Cryptography, Engineering and Economics - Pedro Franco

• Virtual Billions: The Genius, the Drug Lord, and the Ivy League Twins behind the Rise of Bitcoin - Eric Geissinger

• Wildcat Currency - Edward Castronova

Ethereum and Smart Contracts

• A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy - Vitalik Buterin

• Blockchain contracts and CyberLaw - Pavan Duggal

• Ethereum Builder's Guide - Ethereum

• Ethereum Frontier Guide - Ethereum

• Ethereum: A look into the world of Ethereum and everything you need to know about it's trade and investment - Ben Abner

• Ethereum: The Complete Beginners Guide -Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Ethereum - Ray Hammond

• FinTech: Financial Technology and Modern Finance in the 21st Century - Jeff Reed

• Great Chain of Numbers: A Guide to Smart Contracts, Smart Property and Trustless Asset Management - Tim Swanson

• Investing In Ethereum: The Complete Guide To Smart Investing - Learn How To Easily Profit From Cryptocurrencies! - Thomas Sanders

• Investing in Ethereum: The Ultimate Guide to Learning and Profiting from--Cryptocurrencies - Oscar Flynt

• Investing in Ethereum: Understanding Cryptocurrencies for the Smart Investor - Michael K Nungesser

• Practical Guide to Smart Contracts - Smart Contract Japan

• Smart Contracts: How to Use Blockchain Smart Contracts for Cryptocurrency Exchange - Oscar Flynt

• Smart Contracts: The Essential Guide to Using Blockchain Smart Contracts for Cryptocurrency Exchange - Jeff Reed

• Smart Contracts: The Ultimate Guide To Blockchain Smart Contracts - Learn How To Use Smart Contracts For Cryptocurrency Exchange! - Terry Parker

• The Modern Ethereum - Ryan Venter

• TurboEthereum Guide - Gavin Wood

Infographics

• Bitcoin's History 2008-2014

• How a Transaction Works

• Difference Between Bitcoin, Ethereum and more

• Internet: Who Owns Who

• How to Become a Unicorn Company

Talks

• All Blockchained India Talks

• Balaji Srinivasan gives a quick talk at Goldman Sachs. (14 min)

• Balaji Srinivasan on Silicon Valley’s ultimate exit, the USA the Microsoft of nations (16 min)

• Beyond Bitcoin - Block Chains and the Future of Trustless Computing (27 min)

• Bitcoin Is Exciting Because It's Cheap - Bill Gates

• Bitcoin threatens Kleptocracy (7 min):

• Bitcoin. Sweat. Tide. Meet the future of branded currency.(11min) - Paul Kemp-Robertson

• Convergex Group, Nick Colas (3min):

• Defining bitcoin ownership, 2 min

• Ending the Federal Reserve's Monopoly (6 min):

• Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin - Reihan Salams

• How Cryptocurrencies Can Succeed: the Stripe Perspective(20min) - Greg Brockman

• How the Blockchain is Changing Money and Business (19 min) - Don Tapscott

• Internet vs Bitcoin (3min):

• Join The Bitcoin Revolution (4min):

• TEDx, Crytpocurrencies like Bitcoin are coming, and it's a good thing (11min): - Juan Llanos

• Powerful Technology Transforming Society: (6min)

• Quick Introduction to Bitcoin (5min)

• Stefan Molyneux- Money, Power and Politics (30min):

• Stopping War: (1 min)

• TEDx, Distributing Power & Trust (18min) - Eric Spano

• Testimony for the Australian Senate Commitee on Economics References(36min)

• The Future of Bitcoin: New Applications and Rebuilding the banking system: (28min) - Mike Hearn

• The Story of Genesis: (3min)

• The future will be decentralized (14mins) - Charles Hoskinson

• Xapo, the history of money (5 min):

Youtube Channels

• Andreas Antonopolous

• AirBitz

• Andy Ofiesh

• Bitcoin Embassy

• Bitcoin Foundation

• BitcoinLectures.tv

• Bitcoin Wednesday

• Blockchain University

• Blockstack

• Bruce Fenton First Mover

• Coin Brief

• Cryptonauts

• deBitcoin

• Decentral.tv

• Draper University

• EtherCasts

• Ethereum Project

• Ethereum for Dummies - Dr. Gavin Wood

• EverydayCrpto

• Let's Talk Bitcoin

• MIT Bitcoin Club

• Introduction to Ethereum and Smart Contracts

• SF Bitcoin Meetup Industry

• Satoshi Pollen Technical

• [Texas Bitcoin Conference](Industy Info, Technical)

• Trust Disrupted

• University Of Nicosia

• WBN

• [World Crypto Network](Industry Info, Fun, Entertainment)

Courses

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies - Princeton University

• Bitcoin or How I learned to stop worrying and love Crypto - Udemy

• Bitcoin - Khan Academy Series

• Crypto Currencies, the Blockchain, and Smart Contracts - Standford

• Ethereum Developer: Build A Decentralised Blockchain App - Udemy

• Introduction to Bitcoin and Decentralized Technology By Scott Driscoll - Pluralsight

• The Basics of Blockchain: A Beginner's Guide to Blockchain - Udemy

• The Complete Ethereum Course - udemy

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​Explorers

• Bitaps

• Bitinfocharts

• Block Explorer

• Blockchain Size:

• Blockonomics

• Blockstack Explorer

• Blockr

• Blocktrail

• Btc Chain

• Chain Flyer

• Coin Payments

• Coin Prism

• CoinGecko

• Ether.Camp

• EtherChain

• Ethereum Network Stats

• Etherscan

• Insight

• Size of the Network

• Smartbit

• SoChain

• Tradeblock

• Wallet Explorer

• WebBtc

Assets

• Coinspark

• Chronicled

• EverLedger

• OpenPublish

• Open Assets Protocol

• Blockstack Keychains JS

• Deterministic Wallets

Private Blockchain

• HyperLedger

• Openchain

Tutorials

• How Bitcoin Works in 5 Minutes (Technical) (5m:25s) by Curious Inventor

• How Bitcoin Works Under the Hood (22m:24s) by Curious Inventor

• Mechanics of Bitcoin (1h:19m:49s) by Princeton Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course

• Programming Bitcoin Youtube Channel by Murray

• Coding Multi-Signature Addresses by D'Angelo

• Cryptographic Currencies Crash Course (C4) by Aljosha Judmayer and Edgar Weipp

• The libbitcoin Tutorial by Taaki

• How to Parse the Bitcoin Blockchain by Ratcliff

• Signing Offline Transactions by Maxwell

• 2 of 2 escrow example by Maxwell

• 2 of 3 multisig example by Andresen

• How to decrypt messages in the blockchain from btcmsg by ripper234

Testnet Faucets

• Get BTC on Testnet

• Get ETH on Rinkeby Testnet

Blogs

• Coindesk

• CoinTelegraph

• Blockchain Blog

• Blockchain Blog on Medium

• IBM Blockchain Blog

• CCN

• Bitcoin Blog

• Coinbase Blog

• ForkLog

• Ethereum Blog

• Ethereum World News

• Zebpay Blog

• Coingate Blog

Articles

• Snarks

• Bulletproofs - Short Proofs for Confidential Transactions and More

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Introductory Videos:

• (2 minute) This video: explaining the purpose of blockchain in 2 minutes, and the promise it makes.

• This 6-part series from Dash School is a great introductory series on what Blockchain is, how it is governed, and several fundamental concepts.   Greg highly recommend the series.

MOOC

Blockchain is still a new development, so it's harder to find MOOC which can teach you the whole thing in entirety.  We found there are couple of exceptions:

• Coursera's Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency from Princeton. (See my quick impression.)

• Stanford CS251's Bitcoin class.  While this is not a MOOC, you can access all the notes and homework.  They are high-quality.

• Coursera's Cryptography I and Cryptography II, which provides you great basics of Cryptography.

• (HyperLedger-based) Edx Blockchain course

• IBM Blockchain Foundation For Developers - As short course,  mostly a class on how to identify and convert a business network to a blockchain-based solution.

• University of Nicosia's has and Introductory MOOC on bitcoin., which requires registration.  You can also check the their Youtube feed for their live discussion.

Books

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction by Arvind Narayanan and Princeton's authors.

• Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

Technical Specifications:

• Closest for Bitcoin is the Developer Reference

• Ethereum Github Wiki

  • Also check out Berkeley's "Dive Deep into Ethereum"

Visualizing Blockchain

• blockchain.info

• Sean Han's source code.

Forum:

• On cryptos, the best is perhaps bitcointalk.org .  But also try out our Blockchain and Cryptos?

Different Cryptos: (under construction)

Learning blockchain these days usually means you know different the characteristics of different coins.  Here are list of interesting ones.

• Bitcoin

  • Litecoin

  • Dogecoin

• Bytecoin

  • Monero

• The Ethereum Family

  • Ethereum

  • Ethereum Classic

• Dash

• Ripple

• Zcash

• Stratis

• IOTA

• Monacoin

• Freicoin - Rather inactive as of 2017 Dec.....

• Zencash

• Zcoin

• Auroracoin

Bibliography:

• The original Santoshi's paper.

• Jeremy Clarks' List 

To be reviewed:

• Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it

• A list of very useful Bitcoin classes:  https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=Bitcoin&p=1