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Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?
- tboyd47 9y agoI would start with the simplest proven blockchain use case: Bitcoin. Bill Gates called Bitcoin a technological tour de force - something I don't think he's said about "Blockchain." Learn about the design choices made in Bitcoin and how its blockchain adds to that integrated whole, and you will see how the stability of the network emerges as a tensegrity of multiple competing forces with opposing incentives.
- random_moonwalk 9y agoCheck out the readings for Stanford's Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies course (https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/syllabus.html https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/syllabus.html). There's a draft of the textbook for the course that's a great place to start imo.
- tai_hn 9y agoI find these three books entertaining. [Blockchain Revolution by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott](https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Changing-Business/dp/1101980133 https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Revolution-Technology-Chan...) [The Business Blockchain by William Mougayar](https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Application-Technology/dp/1119300312 https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Applicat...) [Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper](https://www.amazon.co.jp/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-Reinvent/dp/0062362496 https://www.amazon.co.jp/Digital-Gold-Bitcoin-Millionaires-R...) If you want to dig deeper, read [Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos](https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042 https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-C...).