Reddit mentions of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction

I was a TA for that class. Can highly recommend the class material and especially Joe's book which the class is based on. https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-Technologies-Comprehensive-Introduction/dp/0691171696/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1501196273&sr=8-3&keywords=cryptocurrencies

Outstanding answer my man!! I have been interested in getting into blockchain development as well, and I am planning to do a project on it for my networks course this semester. My experience mainly lies with C++, and I'm comfortable with sockets as well in it(boost and regular UNIX sockets), I also did take a distributed systems course as well.

Any ideas for a semester long project? I am currently reading [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388/ref=dp_ob_title_bk#reader_1491954388) and this to get started.

Hey there,

Great idea that you chose to focus your research on Bitcoin.
When I first tried to grasp the inner workings of the technology, I found this post to be extremely useful: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/ (it's a bit older, but still perfectly suitable for your purpose). Moreover, this article gives a good technical overview (http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2015/papers-archived/6949a104.pdf) and this one is for a less technical audience (http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aea/jep/2015/00000029/00000002/art00010). Finally, if you want to have a more comprehensive introduction to the system, get yourself a copy of "Mastering Bitcoin" (has already been suggested here) and of this new book (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-Technologies-Comprehensive-Introduction/dp/0691171696%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-ffsb-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0691171696). The latter is an excellent introduction into the technical and economic building blocks. There are plenty of other valuable resources publicly available, but the previously mentioned articles and books should be sufficient to get you started.

Good luck with your thesis!

Bitcoin and Crypto currency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction This book is great for learning all about Crypto

I'm a coder and I found that it jumps from beginner level to more advanced elliptical curve cryptographic math very quickly past the 100 page mark. I think a better book would be the following one which is the basis for a Coursera course:

https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-Technologies-Comprehensive-Introduction/dp/0691171696

I'd say get both these books, the technical details are very good and they're both very well written.


Mastering Bitcoin


Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies


And take this free online class based on the second book I recommended:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency/

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Author: _Deep_Blue69

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>Hi

>Is it possible to understand this book without coding experience besides very superficial stuff in VBA? I read his other book, The Internet of Money, which wasn't difficult at all, although also non technical. Perhaps you recommend a different source than this book? Already have a <em>basic</em> grasp of public/private key stuff, SHA-256, and such.

>For reference, I understood perhaps 80% of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction

>Thanks ahead