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Hey there!

I wrote a book about cryptocurrencies which will be most helpful for beginners, but worth reading for more advanced users too. If you have any suggestions for additions or changes, feel free to share them here. I would appreciate any contribution to the book by either posting here or editing the file directly.

The link to the homepage:

https://coined1.com/

Direct link to the book:

PDF:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-OOmwEBKk01HUztGIYGUB2TDTuvEKvJw

Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1klLGovZDOJ-UzrEHE6chXJzOFiSJgWO_XS_EHAFqmcc/edit#


The chapters can be accessed directly with the links below:

https://coined1.com/chapter-1-what-is-bitcoin/
https://coined1.com/chapter-2-the-key-to-successful-investing/
https://coined1.com/chapter-3-basics-of-technical-analysis/
https://coined1.com/chapter-4-do-your-own-research-dyor/
https://coined1.com/chapter-5-portfolio-management/
https://coined1.com/chapter-6-passive-income/
https://coined1.com/chapter-7-what-is-mining-all-about/
https://coined1.com/chapter-8-proof-of-stake/
https://coined1.com/chapter-9-how-to-safely-store-your-coins/
https://coined1.com/chapter-10-is-everything-just-one-big-bubble/



Contents of the book:

Contents
Chapter 1: What Is Bitcoin?   
 

• 1.1 The Rise of Bitcoin   
   1.2 Bitcoin made simple   
   1.3 How does all of this work?   
   1.4 Using Bitcoin   
   1.5 What makes Bitcoin so special?   
   1.5.1 Banking the world   
   1.5.2 Programmable money   
   1.5.3 Modern hyperinflation

   

Chapter 2:  The Key to Successful Investing   

Chapter 3: Basics of Technical Analysis   

• 3.1 Why does TA work?   
  3.2 Psychology of the market   
  3.3 Candlestick patterns   
  3.4 Support and resistance   
  3.4.1 Support   
  3.4.2 Resistance   
  3.5 “Longs” and “shorts”   
  3.6 Market conditions   
  3.7 Trend lines   
  3.8 Price channels   
  3.9 Chart patterns   
  3.9.1 Double Top and Double Bottom chart patterns   
  3.9.2 Head and Shoulders chart pattern (H&S)   
  3.9.3 Triangle chart patterns   
  3.9.4 Wedge chart pattern   
  3.9.5 Bearish and Bullish pennants   
  3.9.6 Flags   
  3.9.7 Rectangle chart patterns   113
  3.10 Moving averages   116
  3.11 Moving Average Convergence Divergence   121
  3.12 Bollinger Bands ®   124
  3.13 Stochastic Oscillator   126
  3.14 Relative Strength Index (RSI)   128
  3.15 Ichimoku Kinko Hyo   130
  3.16 Fibonacci   134
  3.17 Summary and final notes   140

Chapter 4: Do Your Own Research (DYOR)   145

• 4.1 Important websites   147
  4.2 Picking the right coins   157
  4.3 Researching projects   162
  4.4 Averaging down   166
  4.5 Break even   167
  4.6 Blogs, YouTube and social media   170
  4.7 Bounty campaigns   183
  4.8 Initial Coin Offering (ICO)   192

Chapter 5: Portfolio Management   205

Chapter 6: Passive Income   213

• 6.1 Masternode guide   214
  6.2 Basic command line/Linux skill set   236

Chapter 7: What Is “Mining” All About?   245

• 7.1 How to build an efficient mining rig   270
  7.1.1 The frame   271
  7.1.2 The motherboard   272
  7.1.3 The PSU (power supply unit)   274
  7.1.4 The GPUs (graphics processing unit)   278
  7.1.5 Additional hardware   282
  7.1.6 The operating system   285
  7.1.7 The mining software   290
  7.2 Cloud mining   301

• Chapter 8: Proof of Stake   307
  8.1 Energy efficiency   314
  8.2 Increasing decentralization   317
  8.3 Rendering 51 percent attacks more unlikely.   319
  8.4 DPoS, LPoS, TPoS   322

• Chapter 9: How to Safely Store Your Coins   328
  9.1 Exchanges   328
  9.2 Your login credentials   330
  9.3 2-Factor authentication   332
  9.4 Keeping your computer secure   334
  9.5 Using a VPN   339
  9.6 Not getting scammed   345
  9.7 Keeping your private keys secure   357

Chapter 10: Is Everything Just One Big Bubble?   

References   

400 pages, seriously? How long have you made this e-book? You must have had tons of free time when you made this. Anyway, this should be helpful.

You have put great effort into writing your book. It can be of great help to people new to this area, that's for sure. I have some problems to understand the flow, though. Somehow, for me, investing and technical analysis right after introducing bitcoin is out of place. I would rather see core concepts, like decentralization, mining, POW, POS, instead of TA. Investing and trading are probably better placed closer to the end of the book.

This is not a big deal, though, just my two satoshis.

I always respect people who spend their time and do something like this for people. i'm sure that this book will help to many people to become more professional. keep it up

I am looking for books about anything that is related to blockhain technology, unfortunately it is very difficult to find in my country especially those who speak Indonesian do you have a reference

spreading your book for free is a good Samaritan act and we will appreciate your effort in helping others especially the new one, hoping that you will continue to good for crypto.

I am actively in Crypto since 2013 and it took around a year writing the book because i did it after my regular studies and work. Hope it helps  :)


Good points. Will add this to my to-do list! Thanks for the suggestion. If you have something in mind that might be helpful for others, I would really love to hear it



I really hope the project/book will help others along their journey. As long as it may get a few new people interested or not getting scammed, it was totally worth it.

The book is free to download for everyone, but I actually do not know whether there is any good book available in indonesian. But as you can easily access it by using google docs, google translator or deepl might work quite well. Worth a try at least.



Thank you for your kind words. I will keep it updated and always thankful for any contribution of topic suggestions!

As we are nearing the end of 2018, I would love to further complete the list of important milestones in crypto.

What are your important milestones of 2018 which you think they should be added to the list?

(of course anything before 2018 is highly appreciated as well)

The book is comprehensive and elaborate. Everyone with keen interest in crypto will find it very useful. Despite the time i have spend in the crypto space and despite the experience i have been able to gather, i still find it useful, not even for myself alone, but also for every other person who would appreciate it.

Good one you deserve a lot of merit for coming up with an e-book like this, it's very comprehensive but how I wish you wrote it in pdf so it's easy to navigate, anyway since you are a good writer maybe you can write more about another side of cryptocurrency which is relevant today.

I am glad you find it helpful. I tried to collect as many information as possible and my plan is to expand the book even further over time. I think we are very lucky to be part of this and I really appreciate the experience


Thank you for your kind words. A pdf version of the book is available as well: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-OOmwEBKk01HUztGIYGUB2TDTuvEKvJw (I will add the direct link to the initial post too)

So you would like to see a chapter about usecases and working products/projects?

Update: As requested by another member, the chapter of this book will be added to the homepage directly and should be available soon.

You are a great fellow that helps people through a book. I will definitely read it and I think it will be useful for me. There are many pages in books, I think you put a lot of effort and time into it.

Wow very generous you are.

I'll take a look at the chapters you made for this book. There are some topics that I'm interested with mining and Linux skill set.

I would appreciate every feedback!


Let me know what you think about the chapters! I think the Linux skill set could be really helpful for many people out there!


The direct links are added to the initial post

this article must be spread.. this work put a lot of effort and time just to finish this ebook. The merits it says. Kudos bro.

Thanks! Feel free to share it. I personally think the book and projects would benefit the most, with more and more people involved

It is a good way for some starters to know more about the coins and cryptocurrencies. And very effective way for some newbies that are still struggling hard to find a good way to get some small profits.

WOW, dude, I wish I had merit to give you, 400 whole pages.
I feel confident in most of my knowledge, but I was always looking for good Ichimoku clouds information.
Amazing job!

I personally think that knowledge is crucial for anything related to crypto. I tried to sum everything up as good as possible to help building a solid base to start from.


Thank you very much! I think it´s always nice to recap a few things and I hope the book is a good way to do so.

Wow. That's an excellent job done by you. Writing a book actually shows how passionate you are about crypto currencies. You are doing a great help to the community through sharing your knowledge. Keep it up  :). You got my full support! You should edit the title to something else that can grab peoples attention.

Thank you very much! I thought about a more "catching" title as well. If you or anybody has some idea for it, I really would like to hear your suggestions!

Yes definitely it's helpful. Here in my country there are companies that runs their computers through Linux as they don't want to pay for license. It is becoming now part of their training to learn Linux skill sets.

And as for this, I'm very happy to see someone includes this for an e-book for free. I'm very happy that there are people like you who aren't too boastful and selfish with what they are sharing.

This is really great and am sure it will be really helpful.  Will put out enough time to read through very well. I hope it helps the newbies

Thank you OP for writing this. I've read a few chapters and they are interesting both for newbies and even for those who have been in the crypto space for a few years now.
Salute!  ;D 8)

Wow, it is very nice of you to write a book of this length. Thank you for contributing to crypto. I will read the book once I have time. I have shared in twitter, hope more people can benefit from it.

Great to hear that you can use and like the chapter. Really glad to hear that.


Would love to hear your feedback!


Thank your very much! I am glad you like it and I would really love to hear your feedback or suggestions.

Cheers! ;)



Thanks for spreading the word. I appreciate it! Would love to hear your feedback after reading it. I am always working to make it better!

small update:

I am working on a new chapter called "Scaling Bitcoin" and will talk about the following:

soft forks, hard forks, chain splits
history of BCH
segwit
MAST
Schnorr
Lightning

Any suggestions?