Where were you learned about crypto?

[Mttewndew]

When I started my way to crypto I looked up for info by myself. It took like months, before I began to understand something more than basics. Now I'm a bit jealous for the beginners who doesn't have to look up for information in different sources - there are like dozens of blogs, videos and courses. And most of them are free.
Though, the number of them made the quality of information lower (in my opinion), and you have to filter the info you get.

Can you recommend something like coursera's or changelly's courses?
Lots of newbies will be grateful, I think.

[bitmover]

In my opinion, one of the best source of information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is the book Mastering Bitcoin, by Antonopoulos.
You can read it for free in github

https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook

Additionally, you can go to the author's youtube channel, which is amazing for newbies. There are subtitles for most of the languages out there, so you don't need to understand English to be able to enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ

[lightningmelo]

I would honestly avoid Coursera/Udemy kind of platforms.

The best bitcoin teachers are on Twitter, podcasts and books.

If you want to learn about Bitcoin's technical aspects, I'd recommend:

Andreas Antonopoulos - Mastering Bitcoin
Kalle Rosenbaum - Grokking Bitcoin
Jimmy Song - Programming Bitcoin


If you're more interested in the economics of Bitcoin:

Saifedean Ammous - The Bitcoin Standard


For a short, overall introduction to Bitcoin:

The Little Bitcoin Book (Multiple authors)

[Retina]

About a month ago I decided to dive in and learn more about cryptocurrency since my investing in it was doing well. I'm different from learning about crypto such a new and rapidly changing field that it's hard to find any good books or established resources on the topic. You mostly have to read blog articles, original whitepapers, and Wikipedia pages and figure it out as you go.

[blockchain master]

Low quality but who says read or view just one... bit and pieces here and there until you are confident..

i personally like reading from white papers if you read the white papers of top 100 coins you will have a grate deal of knowledge and you will also know a grate deal of what you dont know and you should be researching on next

[mk4]

Not necessarily a course, but a decent sized article compilation by Coindesk concerning bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. While this isn't what I used in the past, I've read some of it and it seems good enough in my opinion. It's pretty much my go-to when a beginner is asking about articles to read: https://coindesk.com/information

In my opinion, one of the best source of information about bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is the book Mastering Bitcoin, by Antonopoulos.

Not sure if I would suggest this though, as most of it's content is quite technical. Probably best for the IT/ComSci people.

[Husna QA]

When I started my way to crypto I looked up for info by myself. It took like months, before I began to understand something more than basics. -snip-

I learned about cryptocurrency through this forum, books and other sources on the internet.

[samputin]

Not necessarily a course, but a decent sized article compilation by Coindesk concerning bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. While this isn't what I used in the past, I've read some of it and it seems good enough in my opinion. It's pretty much my go-to when a beginner is asking about articles to read: https://coindesk.com/information

Coindesk is one of my go-to sites as well. At first, I knew bitcoin through a friend but I realized that word of mouth is not enough. That's why I also had to do my own research with the help of Google. Initially, my reference was only what first appeared. But of course, with the time I have spent here, I've learned some few things and that includes coindesk. It's definitely a good recommendation.

[Julian ogan]

Can you recommend something like coursera's or changelly's courses?

Google is a best tool to find "N" number of courses, tutorials, youtubes on Crypto. I have learnt from the online courses available on Internet. You may refer few of the Crash courses from here -

• Cryptocurrency CrashCourse: How Bitcoin Works | Ignite San Diego #5
• Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Crash Course with Andreas Antonopoulos - Jefferson Club Dinner Meetup
• Intro to Cryptocurrency: Resources to Make You Crypto Fluent

You can read many articles about Crypto on Binance Academy.

Also, you can buy some e-books available on amazon for small fees - The Crypto Crash Course

[tranthidung]

I have collected many resources (courses, most of them are online and free) from colleges, universities, academies to online books.
See here: Available courses on Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology from colleges and Universities
Origninally, I made that thread for courses from colleges/ universities, but later I expanded to other sources.
Note that one can visit following sites:

• https://www.edx.org/learn
• https://www.coursera.org

Then use keywords: blockchain, bitcoin to search for all available courses (maybe some of them are not listed in my thread).
There are helpful videos too. One can start with 33 videos for Beginners, then move further with other playlists on that channel.

Andreas M. Antonopoulos:

• Mastering Bitcoin
• Antonopoulos' Youtube channel

       BTC Bitcoin Q&A (200 videos)
        BTC Bitcoin for beginners (33 videos)

In case you see interesting courses that have not yet listed in my thread, please let me know.

[pooya87]

When I started my way to crypto I looked up for info by myself. It took like months, before I began to understand something more than basics.

what do you call "basics"? like how to choose a wallet, buy and send/receive bitcoin? these things have been available on bitcoin.org and most other places and are easy to understand. you don't need months.
but if by "basics" you mean something like how Elliptic Curve Cryptography works then yeah that should take that long!

Now I'm a bit jealous for the beginners who doesn't have to look up for information in different sources - there are like dozens of blogs, videos and courses. And most of them are free.

yeah and 90% of them are crap. in fact the large number of available information, most of which is bad, is a bad thing for newcomers. they are being misled by these people, specially those on places such as Youtube which make it like a revenue for them. so they just create low quality and sometimes wrong content just to get views and make money.

~ courses?
Lots of newbies will be grateful, I think.

Andreas Antonopoulos contents are always good. but it again comes down to what the "newbie" wants to learn. for basics i believe reading bitcoin.org start here page is more than enough. then they just have to start using the wallet they chose with the help of that site to learn more.
anything more than that, you can't call them "newbies" anymore.

[boyptc]

You just have to compile those videos and tutorials that you have watched if you think that most of them are the same and the quality became low. Extract the best out of them and they are doing those for the views, however there's a tiny bit side that you can take.

The forum actually is providing a lot of information about cryptocurrency and even the blockchain technology. There are experts out there willing to share their knowledge as long as you will ask the right question and it's for free.

[berdpen]

You can learn about Blockchain structure from this video:

But how does bitcoin actually work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4

‎3Blue1Brown is really popular among Math enthusiasts.

[LogitechMouse]

There are some users here who learned crypto thru different social medias like Twitter and Facebook etc. while some others thru reading books of different crypto enthusiasts. For me, I learned crypto here (basics) and more on Youtube. I often watch documentaries with regards to Bitcoin (uses of it and benefits to people and how it works etc.). There are many videos on youtube that can be watch and you can learn the basics of it and maybe the complex part too.

[tukagero]

Im in a money making site when i learned about crypto and on that forum  everyday i always see threads about crypto but i didnt have any time to open cause my main goal is to earn real cash. Then one time i open a thread which says easy money so i immediately open it, anyone remember the stellar giveaway before , you only need facebook account and you will get reward.

[hatshepsut93]

I've read Princeton's "Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technology" and it contributed to a big amount of my knowledge about the inner working of cryptocurrencies, but that may be not what you need to know first. A large amount of my practical knowledge comes from this forum and a bit from other platforms like stackexchange and reddit - things like how to choose a wallet, how to verify signatures, knowledge about potential scams and other risks, etc. Those are things that are hard to find in one place like a book or a course. Just stick around this forum, especially this board and a few other boards like Wallets, Technical Support, Technical discussion - and you will learn a lot. Just don't create new threads without searching for similar first.

[Somebody random]

The last 3 days before I stopped from my previous job I had the luck to talk with a friend who introduced me to crypto and offered me a crypto related job. Lucky me!