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