Blockchain

What is it?

• Blockchain 101: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/blockchain-101/ 

• How does a blockchain work: https://youtu.be/SSo_EIwHSd4 

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Videos  

• Picking the Right Blockchain for the Job: https://youtu.be/JIJbPoofaWA 

• DASH School - What is Blockchain?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7UwwcCKj4Y&list=PLiFMZOlhgsYKKOUOVjQjESCXfR1cCYCod

• Blockchain Mechanics: https://youtu.be/GLD1ol3wRs8
   

News

• Coindesk: https://www.coindesk.com/

• Bitcoin magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/

• Coin Journal: https://coinjournal.net/

• Cointelegraph: https://cointelegraph.com/

• Hodl Hodl News: https://news.hodlhodl.com/

• The Block: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/

• Bitcoin Optech Newsletters: https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/

• Merkle Report: https://www.merklereport.com/

• Blockchain and cryptofinance research terminal: https://sci.smithandcrown.com/

Bitcoin

What is it?

• Explain Bitcoin Like I’m Five: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/explain-bitcoin-like-im-five-73b4257ac833

• The Bitcoin Whitepaper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

• The Bitcoin Whitepaper audio: https://youtu.be/2u2x4T5HfsY 

• The Bitcoin Whitepaper annotated: https://fermatslibrary.com/s/bitcoin 

• Value of bitcoin explained video -6:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIVAluSL9SU

• How bitcoin works (non-technical) video -5:24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5JGQXCTe3c

• Introduction to Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1si5ZWLgy0 

• Jameson Lopp - Bitcoin and the rise of the Cypherpunks: https://www.coindesk.com/the-rise-of-the-cypherpunks

• Bitcoin Pizza Day: https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-pizza-day-celebrating-20-million-pizza-order/

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Online Courses

• Udemy Bitcoin course: https://www.udemy.com/bitcoin-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-crypto/

• Bitcoin for Developers: https://theblockchaininstitute.org/courses/bitcoin-for-developers/ 

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Documentaries/Interviews

• Banking on Bitcoin: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5033790/

• The Death of Money with Andreas Antonopulos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuoE5CXlIdY 

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Videos 

• Andreas Antonopoulos bitcoin for beginners playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPQwGV1aLnTuN6kdNWlElfr2tzigB9Nnj

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Books

• The Internet of Money: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454 

• Mastering Bitcoin: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388/ 

• The Bitcoin Standard: https://www.amazon.com/The-Bitcoin-Standard-audiobook/dp/B07D81VLQH/

• Programming Bitcoin: Learn How to Program Bitcoin from Scratch: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Bitcoin-Learn-Program-Scratch-ebook/dp/B07NM32WGH/ 

• Bitcoin Money: A Tale of Bitville Discovering Good Money: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Money-Tale-Bitville-Discovering/dp/0578490676/ 

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Discussion Forums

• r/Bitcoin: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/

• Bitcoin Core Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinCore 

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Bitcoin Data and Statistics

• Blockchain Charts: https://www.blockchain.com/charts

• Bitcoin Charts: https://bitcoincharts.com/

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Podcasts

• Let’s Talk Bitcoin: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ 

• Unchained: https://unchainedpodcast.com/ 

• Unconfirmed: https://unchainedpodcast.com/category/unconfirmed/ 

• What Bitcoin Did: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/ 

• Decentralize This!: https://blog.enigma.co/podcast/home 

• EpiCenter: https://epicenter.tv/ 

• Bitgenstein’s Table: https://soundcloud.com/bitgenstein 

• Crypto 101 podcast: https://crypto101podcast.com/ 

Transaction Fees

• Transaction Fees Explained: https://unhashed.com/cryptocurrency-terms-faq/bitcoin-transaction-fees-explained-complete-guide/ 

• Fee Estimates: https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/fee-estimation

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Transaction Confirmations

• Transactions Confirmations: https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin/confirmations/ 

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Block Explorers

• Blockstream explorer: https://blockstream.info/

• Blockchain.com explorer: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer 

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Visualizations

• Illustrated bitcoin explained: https://www.upfolio.com/ultimate-bitcoin-guide

• Infographics: https://www.bitcoindesigned.com/

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Twitter

• Andreas M. Antonopoulos: https://twitter.com/aantonop

• Jameson Lopp: https://twitter.com/lopp 

• Caitlin Long: https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_ 

• C4: https://twitter.com/_CFour_ 

• CoinDesk: https://twitter.com/CoinDesk 

• Coin Center: https://twitter.com/coincenter 

• Erik Voorhees: https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees

• Meltem Demirors: https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem 

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Obtaining Bitcoin

• How to buy: https://howtobuybitcoins.info/#!/

• Guide to Choosing an Exchange: https://cointelegraph.com/news/10-key-things-to-consider-when-choosing-a-crypto-exchange 

• Exchanges:

  • Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/ 

  • Gemini: https://gemini.com/ 

  • Kraken: https://www.kraken.com/ 

  • Bitfinex: https://www.bitfinex.com/ 

  • Bitstamp: https://www.bitstamp.net/ 

• Local and Online Markets:

  • HodlHodl: https://hodlhodl.com/ 

  • Localbitcoins: https://localbitcoins.com/ 

  • Bisq: https://bisq.network/

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Mining Bitcoin (& Other Cryptos)

• Nicehash Profitability calculator: https://www.nicehash.com/profitability-calculator 

• What to mineProfitability calculator: https://www.whattomine.com/ 

• Bitcoin Difficulty Estimator: https://diff.cryptothis.com/ 

• Coinwarz Profitability calculator: https://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency 

• My Crypto Buddy - Tools for miners: https://www.mycryptobuddy.com/ 

• Bitcoin Mining Calculator: https://cryptomining.tools/bitcoin-mining-calculator/ 

• ASIC Mining Hardware Comparison: https://cryptomining.tools/compare-mining-hardware/ 

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Developer Resources

• Lopp’s Epic List of Bitcoin Resources: https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html 

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Developer Tools

• Bitcoin.org’s Developer Reference https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference 

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Running a Node

• How to Run a Full Node: https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/how-to-run-a-full-node 

• Casa Node: https://keys.casa/lightning-bitcoin-node/ 

• Climbing the sovereignty staircase: https://youtu.be/pOVm8YK3A_0 

• Bitcoin Full Nodes: https://coincentral.com/bitcoin-full-node-setup/ 

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Price

• Bitcoin Average: https://bitcoinaverage.com/ 

• CoinMarketCap: https://coinmarketcap.com/ 

• CoinCap: https://coincap.io/ 

• Open Market Cap: https://openmarketcap.com/ 

Forks

• Simple guide to Hard,Soft and UASF - https://www.coindesk.com/short-guide-bitcoin-forks-explained

• Vitalik Buterin on Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion: https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/03/14/forks_and_markets.html

• What is a Bitcoin hard fork?: https://youtu.be/XCo6yyutYAM 

• On Consensus and forks by Mike Hearn: https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-consensus-and-forks-c6a050c792e7

Lightning

What is it?

• Coincenter- What is the lightning network: https://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-the-lightning-network

• Bitcoin Magazine: History of Lightning: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/history-lightning-brainstorm-beta/

• LN Timeline: https://gcomte.github.io/lightning-timeline

• Lightning Network FAQ: https://medium.com/@The1Brand7/lightning-faq-67bd2b957d70

• Lightning Network Technical Primer: https://blog.usejournal.com/the-bitcoin-lightning-network-a-technical-primer-d8e073f2a82f

• Bitcoin's Lightning Network, Simply Explained!: https://youtu.be/rrr_zPmEiME 

• Bitcoin and Lightning for Commerce Workshop Video: https://youtu.be/dZBiod8fe1M 

• Bitcoin Payment Channels on the Lightning Network: https://youtu.be/Tk1xVBv6Ilc 

• The ION Lightning Network Wiki: https://wiki.ion.radar.tech/tech/lightning/lightning-network 

Network Statistics

• Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine https://1ml.com/ 

• Network Visualizers List https://gist.github.com/bretton/798ec38165ffabc719d91e0f4f67552d 

• Network Capacity Timeline https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network?orgId=1 

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Developer Resources

• Lightning Network Whitepaper: https://lightning.network/lightning-network-paper.pdf

• Basis of lightning Technology documents: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/00-introduction.md

• Lopp's Epic List of Lightning Resources.

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News  

• Lightning Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork/

• LIghtning Network Telegram: https://t.me/lightning_network 

• Lightning Network Dev Slack: https://lightningcommunity.slack.com/join/shared_invite/enQtMzQ0OTQyNjE5NjU1LWRiMGNmOTZiNzU0MTVmYzc1ZGFkZTUyNzUwOGJjMjYwNWRkNWQzZWE3MTkwZjdjZGE5ZGNiNGVkMzI2MDU4ZTE

Ethereum

What is it?

• Beginner Guide to Ethereum - Cointelegraph - https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-for-beginners/what-is-ethereum#who-created-ethereum

• Ethereum White paper: https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper

• ELI5 what is Ethereum: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/60hhjm/eli5_what_is_ethereum/

• Coinbase Beginner’s guide to Ethereum: https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-ethereum-46dd486ceecf

• Ethereum.org completely new to ethereum?: https://ethereum.org/beginners/

• How would I explain Ethereum to a non-technical Friend?: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/45/how-would-i-explain-ethereum-to-a-non-technical-friend

•  What is “Gas”?: https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/3/what-is-meant-by-the-term-gas

• Ethereum Falsh Cards - https://www.zastrin.com/flash-cards/learn-ethereum-concepts

• History and Network Upgrades: https://docs.ethhub.io/ethereum-basics/history-and-forks/

Online Courses

• Ethereum 101: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/ethereum-101-blockchain-beyond-bitcoin/ 

• Learn Solidity https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.5.8/

• CryptoZombies- learn to code games on ethereum https://cryptozombies.io/

• How to write dApps: https://wiki.parity.io/Dapp-Tutorial

• Udemy Ethereum and Solidity Developer’s guide: https://www.udemy.com/course/ethereum-and-solidity-the-complete-developers-guide/

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News  

• Week in Ethereum News: https://www.weekinethereum.com/

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Videos 

• DEVCON1: Ethereum for Dummies - Dr. Gavin Wood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_LK0t_qaPo

• Devcon1 Vitalik Buterin’s Intro to Ethereum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwr-7PgpN8

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Blockchain Explorers

• Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/

• Etherchain: https://www.etherchain.org/​
   

Visualizations

• Visual Explanation: http://veenspace.com/ethereum

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Twitter

•  Vitalik Buterin’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin​

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Smart Contracts 

• How Do Ethereum Smart Contracts Work?: https://www.coindesk.com/learn/ethereum-101/ethereum-smart-contracts-work 

• An Introduction to Smart Contracts and Their Potential and Inherent Limitations: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2018/05/26/an-introduction-to-smart-contracts-and-their-potential-and-inherent-limitations/ 

• Intro to Smart Contracts: https://blog.coinbase.com/intro-to-smart-contracts-f436b1ac2bb8 

• Smart contracts: https://youtu.be/ZE2HxTmxfrI ​

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Developer Resources

• Ethereum Developer Portal: https://ethereum.consensys.net/

• How to Write dApps: https://wiki.parity.io/Dapp-Tutorial

• Solidity documentation: https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.5.8/

• Yellow Paper- https://gavwood.com/paper.pdf ​

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Developer Tools

• ConsenSys Dev Tools list    https://github.com/ConsenSys/ethereum-developer-tools-list 

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Running a Node

• Running an Ethereum Node: https://docs.ethhub.io/using-ethereum/running-an-ethereum-node/ 

• Running Ethereum Full Nodes: A Guide for the Barely Motivated: https://medium.com/coinmonks/running-ethereum-full-nodes-a-guide-for-the-barely-motivated-a8a13e7a0d31

Other Cryptos

• Whitepaper database: https://www.allcryptowhitepapers.com/

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Litecoin

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What is it?

• Litecoin Foundation Education and Resources: https://litecoin-foundation.org/education-resources/

• A Brief History of Litecoin (LTC): https://www.coinmama.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-litecoin/ 

• Litecoin Wiki: https://litecoin.info/index.php/Main_Page

Developer Resources

• Litecoin Github: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin

Monero

What is it?

• About Monero: https://web.getmonero.org/resources/about/

• Monero ELI5: https://www.monero.how/monero-ELI5

• CryptoNote Whitepaper: https://cryptonote.org/whitepaper.pdf

• Zero to Monero: https://www.getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-1-0-0.pdf

• Monero Research Lab https://www.getmonero.org/resources/research-lab/ 

Developer Resources

• Monero github: https://github.com/monero-project/monero

• Developer guides: https://web.getmonero.org/resources/developer-guides/

• Mastering Monero - https://www.masteringmonero.com/

Zcash

What is it?

• Basics of ZCash: https://z.cash/the-basics/

• Zcash whitepaper: http://zerocash-project.org/media/pdf/zerocash-extended-20140518.pdf

• Fortune article on Bryce Wilcox and Zcash: http://fortune.com/2017/12/18/jp-morgan-bitcoin-zcash-wilcox/

• Zcash Block Explorer: https://explorer.zcha.in/

• Zcash Forums: https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/

Developer Resources

• Zcash Protocol: https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/protocol/protocol.pdf

• Zcash GitHub: https://github.com/zcash/zcash

Bitcoin Cash

What is it?

• Bitcoin Cash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_Cash 

Developer Resources

• Bitcoin Cash developer tools: https://developer.bitcoin.com/ 

Dash

What is it?

• What is Dash Cryptocurrency?: https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-dash/ 

• Dash Whitepaper: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/wiki/Whitepaper

• Dash 101 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzH7cMbZQHI&list=PLiFMZOlhgsYIDP2V2XsuTFZu1C1sV5ohr

• User Documentation: https://www.reddit.com/r/dashpay/wiki/index

Developer Resources

• Dash developer documentation: https://dashcore.readme.io/ 

Decred

What is it?

• Why Decred: https://medium.com/decred/why-decred-let-the-community-tell-you-5479929e35d2

• Decred Whitepaper: https://cryptorating.eu/whitepapers/Decred/decred.pdf 

• Decred Beginner’s Guide: https://docs.decred.org/getting-started/beginner-guide/

Developer Resources

• Decred github: https://github.com/decred/

• Decred Documentation: https://docs.decred.org/research/overview/

Stablecoins

• Multicoin Capital - Overview of Stablecoins - https://multicoin.capital/2018/01/17/an-overview-of-stablecoins/

• Introduction to Stable Coins - https://medium.com/@blockspace.info/introduction-to-stable-coins-f8553d3a0feb

• Bitmex History of Stablecoins - https://blog.bitmex.com/a-brief-history-of-stablecoins-part-1/

• What is a Stablecoin?:  https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/2185955/cryptocurrency-101-what-stable-coin 

• Stablecoins:    

  • Tether (Centralized): https://tether.to/ 

  • USDC (Centralized): https://www.coinbase.com/usdc 

  • GUSD (Centralized): https://gemini.com/dollar 

  • BUSD (Centralized): https://www.binance.com/en/busd 

  • Dai (Decentralized): https://makerdao.com/en/

• Facebook’s Libra Globalcoin

  • Whitepaper: https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/ 

  • Technical Paper: https://developers.libra.org/docs/the-libra-blockchain-paper

• Multicoin Capital - Overview of Stablecoins - https://multicoin.capital/2018/01/17/an-overview-of-stablecoins/ 

• Introduction to Stable Coins - https://medium.com/@blockspace.info/introduction-to-stable-coins-f8553d3a0feb 

• Bitmex History of Stablecoins - https://blog.bitmex.com/a-brief-history-of-stablecoins-part-1/ 

• (Bitcoin Magazine) Clearing Up Misconceptions: This Is How Tether Should (and Does) Work: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/clearing-misconceptions-how-tether-should-and-does-work/ 

• Gregory DiPrisco’s Plain English Explanation of Dai - https://medium.com/cryptolinks/maker-for-dummies-a-plain-english-explanation-of-the-dai-stablecoin-e4481d79b90 

Basics of USD Coin: https://www.coinbase.com/usdc

Crypto Commerce

  What is it? 

• BTCPay Creator on Merchant Adoption https://www.bitcoin.kn/2019/4/nicolas-dorier-merchant-adoption/ 

• Living on Bitcoin for a Week https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/living-bitcoin-week-san-francisco/ 
  
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• Openbazaar: https://openbazaar.org/

• Open Bazaar Presentation - Bitcoin and Open Blockchain Meetup Chicago: https://youtu.be/JzG8rvL4S3w 

• AirBitz Merchant Directory: https://airbitz.co/search?term=&location=Current+Location

• Map of Bitcoin accepting venues https://coinmap.org/ 

• Bitcoin and Lightning for Commerce Workshop Video: https://youtu.be/dZBiod8fe1M 
  
  Crypto Payment Processors:

• BTCPay Server - Self hosted processor (Open source, non-custodial)

• https://btcpayserver.org/ 

• Coinbase Commerce - Payment processor (Proprietary, non-custodial)

• https://commerce.coinbase.com/ 

• Globee - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• https://globee.com/ 

• Opennode - Payment Processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• https://www.opennode.com/ 

• CoinPayments - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• https://www.coinpayments.net/ 

• BitPay - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• https://bitpay.com/ 

• CoinGate - Payment processor (Proprietary, custodial)

• https://coingate.com/
  
  
  Crypto Economics 
   

• What is it?

• Cryptoeconomics for dummies: https://medium.com/@j32804/cryptoeconomics-for-dummies-part-0-7172efa81507

• MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab: https://ce.mit.edu/research/
  
  Online Courses

• Courses and Lectures https://cryptoeconomics.study/
  
  Videos

• Vlad Zamfir - What is Cryptoeconomics?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lw3s7iGUXQ

Privacy

What is it?

• Digital Cash & Privacy by Hal Finney - https://nakamotoinstitute.org/digital-cash-and-privacy/

• The Case for Privacy  - David D. Friedman - http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/privacy_chapter/privacy.htm

• Encryption- How it works and what it does: https://encryption.bsa.org/downloads/BSA_encryption_primer.pdf

• Bitcoin Privacy Best Practice: https://bitcoin.org/en/protect-your-privacy

• Choosing a VPN by that That One Privacy Guy - https://thatoneprivacysite.net/choosing-the-best-vpn-for-you/

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Privacy Tools 

• Tor: https://www.torproject.org/

• The Librem 5 phone https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ 

• The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Surveillance Self Defense Guide https://ssd.eff.org/ 

• Electronic Privacy Information Centre’s Privacy Tools list https://epic.org/privacy/tools.html 

• KYC, not me!: https://kycnot.me/index.html

Decentralization

What is it?

• Why Decentralization Matters - Chris Dixon -https://medium.com/s/story/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e?email=katherineykwu%40gmail.com&g-recaptcha-response

• Why Is Decentralization Important for OpenBazaar? https://openbazaar.org/blog/why-is-decentralization-important/

• The Meaning of Decentralization - Vitalik Buterin: https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274

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Videos  

• Deconfusing Decentralization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1IqaSLrq8

Crypto Security

What is it? 

• Blockchain Security Course: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/blockchain-security/  

• How to store your Bitcoin (Types of wallets): https://www.coindesk.com/information/how-to-store-your-bitcoins 

• Protecting your funds: https://support.mycrypto.com/staying-safe/protecting-yourself-and-your-funds

• Asymmetric encryption: https://youtu.be/AQDCe585Lnc 

• Choose a wallet: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet 

• Securing your wallet: https://bitcoin.org/en/secure-your-wallet 

• Hardware Wallets: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Hardware_wallet 

• What is Multi-Sig, and What Can It Do?: https://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-multi-sig-and-what-can-it-do 

• Casa Muti-sig Security: https://blog.keys.casa/multisig-security-for-everyone-keymaster/ 

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Custodial Services vs. Holding Your Own Keys

• The sad state of crypto custody: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/01/the-sad-state-of-crypto-custody/ 

• Crypto Custody Explained: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2018/12/18/crypto-custody-explained/ 

• Why be your own crypto payment processor: https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver-doc/blob/master/FAQ/FAQ-General.md#why-should-i-choose-btcpay-over-other-processors 

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Software Wallets

• Green Wallet: https://blockstream.com/green/ 

• Edge Wallet: https://edge.app/ 

• Mycelium Bitcoin Wallet: https://wallet.mycelium.com/ 

• BRD Wallet: https://brd.com/ 

• Jaxx Wallet: https://www.jaxx.io/downloads.html 

• Electrum: https://electrum.org/ 

• MyCrypto https://mycrypto.com/

• Coinbase Wallet: https://wallet.coinbase.com

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Hardware Wallets

• Trezor https://trezor.io/

• Ledger: https://www.ledger.com/ 

• KeepKey: https://shapeshift.com/keepkey 

• Cold Card: https://coldcardwallet.com/ 

• BitBox https://shiftcrypto.ch/

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Physical Wallets

• Crypto Key Stack https://cryptokeystack.com/ 

• Crypto Steel https://cryptosteel.com/

Consensus Algorithms

Proof-of-Work

• Proof-of-Work Explained: https://cointelegraph.com/explained/proof-of-work-explained 

• Bitcoin White Paper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

• Proof of Work: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Proof_of_work 

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Proof-of-Stake

• Proof-of-Stake (vs proof-of-work): https://youtu.be/M3EFi_POhps 

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Delegated-Proof-of-Stake

• What is Delegated Proof-of-Stake?: https://youtu.be/Qfm26MX-Kdo 

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Proof-of-Authority

• Proof of Authority: consensus model with Identity at Stake - POA network - https://medium.com/poa-network/proof-of-authority-consensus-model-with-identity-at-stake-d5bd15463256

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Proof-of-Replication 

• Proof-of-Replication Technical Report: https://filecoin.io/proof-of-replication.pdf

Cryptography

What is it?

• Asymmetric encryption: https://youtu.be/AQDCe585Lnc 

• Cryptography resources: https://privacycanada.net/ 

• A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/

• Cryptography and Number Theory: https://math.dartmouth.edu/archive/m19w03/public_html/Section2-1 

• History of cryptography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cryptography 

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Online Courses

• Intro to Cryptography by Christof Paar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1usFRN4LCMcfIV7UjHNuQg/videos

Elliptic Curve Cryptography 

• Primer on Elliptic Curve Cryptography: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/a-relatively-easy-to-understand-primer-on-elliptic-curve-cryptography/

• Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman: https://youtu.be/F3zzNa42-tQ

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Ring Signatures

• Monero Ring Signature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHN_B_H_fCs

• Ring Signature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_signature 

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MimbleWimble

• MimbleWimble History https://github.com/mimblewimble/docs/wiki/A-Brief-History-of-MimbleWimble-White-Paper 

• MimbleWimble White Paper:    https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/wizardry/mimblewimble.pdf 

• Technical Documentation: https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/blob/master/doc/intro.md 

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Zero Knowledge Proofs

• Zero Knowledge Proofs: An illustrated primer: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2014/11/27/zero-knowledge-proofs-illustrated-primer/

• Origins of ZK Proofs https://people.csail.mit.edu/silvio/Selected%20Scientific%20Papers/Zero%20Knowledge/Noninteractive_Zero-Knowkedge.pdf

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ZK Snarks

• Introduction to SNARKs: https://youtu.be/jr95o_k_SwI

• What are zk-SNARKs: -https://z.cash/technology/zksnarks/

• What’s a snark?: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/19884/what-are-snarks

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Taproot and Schnorr Signatures

• Taproot, and Schnorr, and SIGHASH_NOINPUT, oh my!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSUVRj8iznU&feature=youtu.be

• Taproot Is Coming: What It Is, and How It Will Benefit Bitcoin: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin

Schnorr Signatures: https://coinjournal.net/schnorr-signatures-what-when-why/

Web 3.0

What is it?

• Why We Need Web 3.0 - Gavin Wood: https://breakermag.com/why-we-need-web-3-0/

• Coinbase - Understanding Web 3: https://blog.coinbase.com/understanding-web-3-a-user-controlled-internet-a39c21cf83f3

• Web3 Foundation https://web3.foundation/

Enterprise Blockchains

Hyperledger

• Hyperledger course: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/hyperledger/ 

• Hyperledger.org’s resource center - https://www.hyperledger.org/resources

• Curated list of Hyperledger Resources, Articles, Talks, and Applications - https://github.com/skcript/awesome-hyperledger

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Corda

• What is Corda?: https://docs.corda.net/

• Corda White Paper: https://www.corda.net/content/corda-platform-whitepaper.pdf

• Corda Technical White Paper: https://www.corda.net/content/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf

• Corda GitHub: https://github.com/corda/corda

Decentralized File Storage

What is it?

• Decentralized Storage course: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/decentralized-storage/  

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IPFS

• What is IPFS? - https://docs.ipfs.io/introduction/overview/

• IPFS Documentation - https://docs.ipfs.io/

• IPFS Alpha Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMxDNuuAiQ

• IPFS course: https://weteachblockchain.org/courses/ipfs/  

• Filecoin - Proof-of-Spacetime https://filecoin.io/filecoin.pdf

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Blockstack

• Blockstack: https://blockstack.org/ 

• Blockstack whitepapers: https://blockstack.org/papers/

• Blockstack GitHub: https://github.com/blockstack

• Blockstack Documentation: https://docs.blockstack.org/

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MaidSafe

• How MaidSafe works: https://safenetwork.tech/how-it-works/

• An Introduction to the SAFE Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ffmf6z50E

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Swarm

• Swarm Documentation: https://swarm-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Swarm Basics: https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/12/15/swarm-alpha-public-pilot-basics-swarm/

DeFi

What is it?

• A Beginner’s Guide to Decentralized Finance (DeFi): https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-decentralized-finance-defi-574c68ff43c4 

Blockchain Jobs

• Crypto Job List: https://cryptojobslist.com/ 

• Blockchains Tech & Startup Jobs: https://angel.co/blockchains/jobs 

• Coinality: https://coinality.com/ 

• Opolis: https://opolis.co/opolist/ 

• Crypto Jobs: https://crypto.jobs/ 

• Cryptocurrency Jobs: https://cryptocurrencyjobs.co/ 

• Blockchain Developer Jobs: https://blockchaindevjobs.com/ 

• Crypto Jobs List: https://cryptojobslist.com/ 

• Jobs4Bitcoins subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4Bitcoins/ 

Crypto Charity

• BitGive Foundation: https://www.bitgivefoundation.org/

Crypto Taxes

• Crypto and bitcoin taxes in the US: https://www.coinbase.com/bitcoin-taxes 

• Coin Center: https://coincenter.org/ 

• European Crypto Tax Guide: https://bitvalex.com/article/the-best-european-crypto-tax-guide 

• Cryptoassets: tax for individuals (UK): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on-cryptoassets/cryptoassets-for-individuals 

• Tax treatment of cryptocurrencies (Australia): https://www.ato.gov.au/general/gen/tax-treatment-of-crypto-currencies-in-australia---specifically-bitcoin/ 

• Top 5 Best Crypto Tax Software Companies: https://blockfi.com/best-crypto-tax-software/  

Crypto Legalities

• Legality by Country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory