25. Blockchain and how I learn it?

===== Blockchain and how I learn it? ===== Takeaways: - Very high-level big picture of Bitcoin - How I learn new stuffs? 1. Understand motivation and usage 2. Build a mental model 3. Decompose the system and connect the dots 4. Fill in technical details 5. Generalize Audience: - basic understanding of computers and programming - basic understanding of consensus Source: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies Online Course https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNcSSleedtfyDuhBvOQzFzQ Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies https://bitcoinbook.cs.princeton.edu/ The growing list of applications and use cases of blockchain technology in business and life https://www.businessinsider.com/blockchain-technology-applications-use-cases A glossary of blockchain jargon https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610885/a-glossary-of-blockchain-jargon/ Understand the Blockchain in Two Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r43LhSUUGTQ Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf