# Best of Blockchain #2

By [Ben K. Dingler](https://paragraph.com/@innovat) · 2021-11-16

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Reading/Education
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*   **Bitcoin Whitepaper** [**link**](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) 
    
*   [**Nakamotoinstitute.org**](http://nakamotoinstitute.org/) **&** [**http://nakamotoinstitute.org/the-skeptics/**](http://nakamotoinstitute.org/the-skeptics/)
    
*   **Bitcoins the hard way:** [**http://www.righto.com/2014/02/bitcoins-hard-way-using-raw-bitcoin.html**](http://www.righto.com/2014/02/bitcoins-hard-way-using-raw-bitcoin.html)
    
*   **Lightning Network** [**Youtube**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpfvhiqFw7A)
    
*   [**https://www.courseraI'm following the renovation path, converting multiple rooms into what works for my family - fewer large rooms and private bathrooms where we have circulation space and "air". If you follow this path please do not underestimate the project timelines and cost: for a major refurb including digging up a basement. My project is bog-standard: adding side-return extension and loft conversion, creating bathrooms, moving a few walls, and all in I am now expecting it to take 2 years to complete. --DNS**](https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency)
    
*   [**.org/learn/cryptocurrency**](https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency)
    
*   **Mastering Bitcoin :** [**Amazon**](https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8) **(or** [**https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook**](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook)**)**
    
*   **Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction :** [**Amazon**](https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-Technologies-Comprehensive-Introduction/dp/0691171696/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502894306&sr=1-1&keywords=bitcoin+and+cryptocurrency+technologies)
    
    *   **Book** [**site**](http://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/)**, for lectures, videos, PDF of a draft version etc.**
        
*   **The Definitive Crypto Guide:** [**https://mycrypto.guide/**](https://mycrypto.guide/)
    
*   [**Ethereum Reading List (Master Hub)**](https://github.com/Scanate/Ethlist)
    
*   [**The intelligent Investor's Guide to Cryptocurrency**](https://www.reddit.com/r/Particl/comments/696t2q/the_intelligent_investors_guide_to_cryptocurrency/) **:u**
    
*   [**Coin Spectator (Crypto news/discussion/press releases)**](https://coinspectator.com/)
    
*   [**The Top 10 Cryptocurrency Resources for Non-Technical People**](https://medium.com/the-mission/the-top-10-cryptocurrency-resources-for-non-technical-people-3efb42eb7be6)
    
*   [**State of Blockchain Project Ecosystem (Oct 2017)**](https://medium.com/@josh_nussbaum/blockchain-project-ecosystem-8940ababaf27)
    
*   [**eveningstar.io**](https://eveningstar.io/)
    

Podcasts
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**Various Podcast (**[**see link**](https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-podcasts-83f6d6d02bc4)**)**

*   [**http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/**](http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/)
    
*   [**https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/**](https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/)
    
*   [**https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-202**](https://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-202)
    
*   [**https://a16z.com/2017/09/28/cryptocurrencies-networks-tokens/**](https://a16z.com/2017/09/28/cryptocurrencies-networks-tokens/)
    

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_Youtube channels_

*   The Defiant: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0J4MLEdLP0-UyLu0hCktg](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0J4MLEdLP0-UyLu0hCktg)
    
*   Andreas M. Antonopoulos: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ)
    
*   Finematics: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1ob28ceGdqohUnR7vBACA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1ob28ceGdqohUnR7vBACA)
    
*   Real Vision Finance: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBH5VZE\_Y4F3CMcPIzPEB5A](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBH5VZE_Y4F3CMcPIzPEB5A)

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