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Hi guys,

Kind of an over-asked question I am sure but here it goes;

Can anyone point me to some online courses which teaches about Bitcoin core and Blockchain technology specifically?
I am looking for options that take into consideration that the learner is a website developer with basic WAMP exposure.


EDIT -

Some books from Amazon which I am getting :

Blockchain: The Essential Quick & Easy Blueprint To Understand Blockchain Technology And Conquer The Next Thriving Economy (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Essential-Blueprint-Understand-Technology/dp/1541366840/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209311&sr=1-3&keywords=Blockchain)

The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Business-Blockchain-Practice-Application-Technology/dp/1119300312/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209311&sr=1-8&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain: The Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Hidden Economy 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Comprehensive-Mastering-Technology-Financial/dp/1537272039/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209311&sr=1-9&keywords=Blockchain)

Platform Revolution - Not directly related to Blockchain (https://www.amazon.com/Platform-Revolution-Networked-Transforming-Economy/dp/0393249131/ref=sr_1_48?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209536&sr=1-48&keywords=Blockchain)

Bitcoin and Blockchain Security 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Blockchain-Security-Ghassan-Karame/dp/1630810134/ref=sr_1_61?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209626&sr=1-61&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain : A Complete Beginner's Guide - Master The Game (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Complete-Beginners-Guide-Master/dp/1537783289/ref=sr_1_66?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209626&sr=1-66&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain 2017 (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Tony-Scott/dp/1365664201/ref=sr_1_66?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209705&sr=1-66&keywords=Blockchain)

The Case for Bitcoin 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Case-Bitcoin-Andrew-Barisser-ebook/dp/B01M9CXIC2/ref=sr_1_130?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209762&sr=1-130&keywords=Blockchain)

The Bitcoin Tutorial: Develop an intuitive understanding of the currency and blockchain technology 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Tutorial-understanding-blockchain-technology-ebook/dp/B01EP9SVE8/ref=sr_1_190?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209911&sr=1-190&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain Technology (Fintech Series by Innovation Edge) 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Ebook-Blockchain-Technology-Fintech-Innovation-ebook/dp/B01BX7PLOS/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209311&sr=1-2&keywords=Blockchain)

The Science of the Blockchain (https://www.amazon.com/Science-Blockchain-Roger-Wattenhofer/dp/1522751831/ref=sr_1_18?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209445&sr=1-18&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain: The Untapped Goldmine Of Blockchain That Virtually No One Knows About 2017 (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Untapped-Goldmine-Virtually-Knows/dp/1543188664/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209445&sr=1-22&keywords=Blockchain)

Blockchain: Down The Rabbit Hole 2016 (https://www.amazon.com/Blockchain-Down-Rabbit-Discover-Power-ebook/dp/B01N9HY76W/ref=sr_1_52?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488209594&sr=1-52&keywords=Blockchain)

Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies Best Seller / Most Popular (https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042/ref=sr_1_242?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488210000&sr=1-242&keywords=Blockchain)

Git link : https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook (https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook)

As expected, most of these books explain concepts rather than getting down & dirty with building anything with an academic approach. That is not to say that there is absolutely no such 'explanations' here. Its there just not as much as I would have liked it to be.
I have bought one book currently and its trash, I haven't linked it here.


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There is no magic happening, all you need to do is to learn #Basics #C++ and #Java, though there are not many people yet understand the whole thing, but I believe if you know how codes work you'll understand how to use blockchain's code as well. the important part is the concept.

Haha well it sure does look like magic even to someone who has a coding background.

My own history with C# is very limited. The intention behind this topic is to arrange all the resources there is so it is easy for someone to find it all in one place and start tweaking with the code & contribute towards the whole network. Eventually I am foreseeing the development of a website like MIT open Uni or The Khan academy possibly with the robustness of Codeacademy and the modularity of Udemy like sites.

I believe this would help tremendously. I am not aware of any such place where even the concepts are taught.

I don't know of any course who actually guide you through the code of an altcoin, no one wants to share this, and even if you have coding skills and know the languages, it doesn't means that you will know how it works, i think that your best bet is to get to work, make cryptos, fix some objectives and try to achieve them.
This is how i did to learn, it was hard, but now i can say that i know enough about blockchains and how they work, how to make them, how to interact with them using JSON and other technologies.
You may be interested in ethereum also as it is developer based coin, i mean, made for developers as common people can't get to use it because it is too complicated for them, yet you can have a lot of usefull informations from it.

I'm pretty sure there are some but I don't think they'd be free.. It's still a specialized sort of thing

Well i can't assist you to any blockchain courses, but i have something for you.
I'm reading this book, it's about blockchain programming written by a member from this forum Nicholas Dorier,
i think this ebook is really helpfull especially for newbie in blockchain programming like me so far the book is understandable. If you're interested just visit this link https://aois.blob.core.windows.net/public/Blockchain%20Programming%20in%20CSharp.pdf  i hope you like it.

Thanks for this thread as i am also eager to learn the blockchain technology and how they develop this system. I know that solid background in programming is needed, but mostly I saw that something like they are only cloning the bitcoin platform.

I hope this link can add to resource https://medium.com/zapchain-magazine/the-best-resources-for-learning-to-build-bitcoin-and-block-chain-applications-8de1953506f5#.ta5rmir3q

Hello Op, I've done some searching in google and the web, I found few youtube videos about that. they are basic videos, but still helpful.
I don't know about the core and deep technology. no one yet took this big responsibility of teaching new comers about bitcoin technology.

I am trying to put up baby steps in this matter and perhaps make this idea a reality.
I dont want to assemble just for myself but for every serious developer who wants to get into the core of BTC development, which after 4 years of trading BTC is still a mystery to me.


I have seen those as well, I have also scoured and downloaded everything Udemy like sites have on these topics as well but I found them to be very basic.



Thanks this will go a long way. Feel free to come back to this thread and help out whenever you can.

Check into this link, coinables wrote a book (on amazon) and also put a video series together:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1691123.msg16983259#msg16983259

Very interesting, I'll get in touch & get that course as well.

But everyone must understand that this is not an attempt to understand for only myself.

I am taking the first steps towards making this project become reality, along with another one.
Anyone interested in keeping tabs may follow this thread as well : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1791834.0

One of the best places to get started is this:
https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-for-developers

And it's all free, but you do have to get a lot of additional information yourself regarding actual programming.

I've also looked on Udemy (paid video tutorials), but they don't seem to be offering much in terms of actual programming tutorials for Bitcoin specifically. It's more trading oriented and general Bitcoin knowledge.

https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?ref=home&src=ukw&q=Bitcoin&p=1

thank you so much,,finaly i found something

thank you so much guys , i will come al time to this board, :) :) :)

Keep an eye out on this board as well as this board : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1791834.msg17867022#msg17867022

I am working on something as soon as I have something to share I will post the updates of my new project in these 2 boards.
Hopefully more people will appreciate it.

The search for an academic approach to Blockchain continues. I have linked to some of the study materials I found interesting.
Beware, there are other books that are simply lifting projects off Git & flipping through concepts without delving deep. Avoid such books.

Are those free of cost ? Do you think you will be practically able to implement whatever you learn in the books ?I don't think so.You might want to start with reading about Cryptography and implementing a few algos to see how things work.Once your basics about encryption techniques and network protocols are solid,you can directly start learning the bitcoin protocol.On your journey,you will learn the blockchain as well.
What I'm really implying is don't waste too much time getting knowledge,start implementing it from day 1.

Exactly.Instead one can enjoy checking the code for a few open source projects on github.

there is a course in coursera.org, is quite good, they leave tasks for implmenting some features about the btc. you can find it in the site search for cryptocurrency.

Well I know for a fact that some of these books have already been pirated and can be found online. I have downloaded a few myself and buying the rest.
And no, to be honest, I havent found a "free" comprehensive or academic approach to teaching blockchain tech to beginners. I plan on changing that. That is happening but in the meanwhile I too must understand some of it, as it stands right now I understand very little. Whatever path I choose to follow might also help someone else in my position. That is why I am documenting the books and resources here.

Also, "free" may never happen out there and I do not know much to be able to 'teach' people and those that do might not be interested at all. BUT an academic approach will happen and is probably already in the works somewhere, until that 'free' happens, I will do my best to distribute the information that already exists.

I am aware. Already downloading, read good reviews on the site itself.

For anyone interested, you can find the course here (http://academictorrents.com/details/409f4cdb063940f2210acbbecca09ca6ad8b3032).

bitcoin,com for developer.... read it, you will find alot info, tutorial

Wow awesome! Why didn't it occur to me before darnit! You must be the new Einstein!

I also started to learn more about bitcoin and blockchain and how everything works. I read Mastering Bitcoin, which you can find here: https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook (https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook). I find it pretty good to read and easy to understand when you are a beginner.
I am currently working on a blockchain parser and I am learning a lot. If you know any programming language, I recommend to do this. You will learn to parse the binary data, how transaction inputs and outputs work and much more. While I am programming the parse, one tab is on the bitcoin developers documentation (https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-documentation (https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-documentation)).

I am not sure what else you could besides that when it comes to understand the underlaying technique.

If you would like to read some academia related topics, I guess you should look out for papers and use the references to go from one paper to another one.

I am going to have a so called 'Financial Crypto' course at my uni next semester. I guess I could provide some more information about what we are exactly learning and what resources we use. I am not sure yet if it is going to be more about the math or in general :D

As you may have noticed I had already linked to the book on the OP, thank you for sharing the Git link I believe it will help people here looking for that book.


YES! A big yes! That will help tremendously! Remember when you share anything here or with me on this subject it will go public. So make sure that your personal info are well masked out when you are sharing any kind of notes or study materials from your University; i.e if you want to remain anonymous.


About following research papers, yes, I am collecting links and publishing data at the moment, after I have gone through a few beginner books & tutorials that I mentioned earlier; I'm going actively collect and reiterate research papers on blockchain and bitcoin, hopefully I will be able to translate it in an easy to digest form for the average newcomer in my shoes.

Yes, I noticed it, but you linked it to amazon. That's why I added the git link ;) If someone is not able to buy it, it's a good source.


Yep, I will do that. First I will see what it is and if it is going to be helpful. My next semester starts somewhere in April, so there is still some time to go till then.


Are you planning on creating a platform or something where you share materials, tutorials or something?

That's the plan. Yes :) You or anyone willing to help with resources etc are most welcome to discuss the details through PM.

just about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies materials  or some other subjects too

Sounds like a good idea :)
As soon as I start with my Financial Crypto course, I will be able to tell you more. I am not sure if people need proper knowledge in Cryptographie. I had a Crypto course which is based on "Introduction to Modern Cryptography" (https://www.amazon.de/Introduction-Cryptography-Chapman-Network-Security/dp/1466570261)  and was done by Prof. Alexander May (http://www.cits.rub.de/personen/may.html).

There are also the lecture pdf files:

• Symmetric Crypto: http://www.cits.rub.de/imperia/md/content/may/paper/krypto_i.pdf
• Asymmetric Crypto: http://www.cits.rub.de/imperia/md/content/may/paper/krypto_ii.pdf

Since they are in German, this might be a problem for the most :D But you can have a look into it and we could discuss if it is interesting.

I also had been thinking about writing a bit about how to parse the blockchain and explain how certain things work. During my programming time, I felt that many technical details are not well written and I spent a lot of time on figuring out how it works.

I am not sure what exactly you plan and how it should look. If this is something which would fit in there, great :)

Yes this should fit in nicely :) I have been occupied with my own problems so progress is a bit slow. I will get to you through PM and explain more about the platform.
For now I'd request you to dump any learning resource that you may come across over here in this thread so people can access them.

Yea sure, no problem :) Take your time, no rush ;)



Sure, I will do so :)

:DThank you, I have been looking for books on this aspect.

Guys.

I started this project : www.CryptoBackersList.com (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2977727.0)

Although this project is geared towards Project funders / ICO startups. It'd also have a dedicated section on the website which could be dubbed as the Udemy for Cryptos.

Please follow the thread.

Noted with thanks. I'll try by myself

I'll get that course.

I need to understand how blockchain - decentralized platform works at a technical level. Pretty good source

Can't believe all this courses are free and yet people are still ignorant of the use and knowledge of Blockchain technology.

I was able to get some very good eBook from the amazon link thanks

Wow, thank you so muchhhhh! All courses are great and useful with us ;)

the most idea that the best teachers are the well be been