What's the best way for Beginners to learn Blockchain basics?

[Nasdel4]

Knowledge is power and you gain more by asking questions. I've been trying to understand how this Blockchain stuff works, not just the price movements.

There are a whole lot of information everywhere that it's sincerely confusing where to start. Some people say 'read the white paper ', others  say watch YouTube, then we have online courses, podcasts and books too.

For starters who are very serious for a very solid understanding (without getting lost in technical terms), what's the best learning path?

Are there specific videos, books or websites you'd recommend to help build and solidify real knowledge about how transactions, books and mining actually works .

We will really be needing your experience and contributions here

[BitMaxz]

There are lots of sources to learn about blockchain basics and how it works. If you go search here on the forum, you should be able to find some similar threads with good responses and links to learn about blockchain.

I'm going to share a few of them, and I think it should be enough to start learning about blockchain.

- https://github.com/yjjnls/awesome-blockchain
- https://github.com/openblockchains/awesome-blockchains?tab=readme-ov-file

For the development side, check the 2nd link and try the DIY blockchain; at least learn how to program one and learn how it works.

[casey15]

There are a lot of resources out there... I would recommend using the search button of the forum as see if a thread concerning blockchain has been made but if you are looking for external resources I can recommend updraft.cyfrin.io. it is a website and they also have a YouTube channel. They basically offer course in blockchain development but they have beginner course that helps you understand what blockchain is all about.. you can use the website or use their YouTube channel.. their teachings are beginner friendly.

[notocactus]

Knowledge is power and you gain more by asking questions. I've been trying to understand how this Blockchain stuff works, not just the price movements.

Are there specific videos, books or websites you'd recommend to help build and solidify real knowledge about how transactions, books and mining actually works

You can check there for getting from books, educational resources online, offline, and also videos if you love watching videos.
[Mega resources for newbies] Check here, find most of your need, before asking.
You can easily find links to books, websites in that pinned thread.

Videos
Bitcoin for beginners.
Bitcoin tutorial videos.

[Abu-Naim]

Worry no more since you are here in the forum, I believe you will have the right links to your questions.

You can check there for getting from books, educational resources online, offline, and also videos if you love watching videos.
[Mega resources for newbies] Check here, find most of your need, before asking.
You can easily find links to books, websites in that pinned thread.

I was about sharing this this thread with him because it contains all the information he will need, and I see you have recommended it for the OP, I hope he use them to get the basics.

Moreover, this book is also a book to read for basic beginning of Bitcoin; the book will also teach you the basics of Bitcoin and blockchain as well; do well to go through it, it will guide you.

[Sally9256]

I was about sharing this this thread with him because it contains all the information he will need, and I see you have recommended it for the OP, I hope he use them to get the basics.

Moreover, this book is also a book to read for basic beginning of Bitcoin; the book will also teach you the basics of Bitcoin and blockchain as well; do well to go through it, it will guide you.

This links you shared are very useful, I have actually gone through some but the easiest to understand is the learnmeabitcoin book. It really simple to understand and self explanatory. If you enter any difficulty don't hesitate to ask questions on the forum, members here are always willing to assist you.

[KingsDen]

I would have recommended mentorship. But some groups I have seen will say they want to teach Blockchain and Blockchain development, they will confuse that with web3 jobs and token mining. They'll ask them to be mining some worthless tokens and they will thereby forget the reason why they are there or the Blockchain they wanted to learn.

I'll recommend that you use chatgpt and YouTube. Chatgpt will give you the guidelines while you follow up with YouTube, by this you'll learn at your pace and you also not going to digress. Just be specific in what you want to learn, get it 100 percent before you talk of other things.

[Stepstowealth]

There are a whole lot of information everywhere that it's sincerely confusing where to start.

I think the first step is for you to identify the sort of learner that you are, if you are the learner that learns better from mentorship through offline teachers or if you're someone who can learn from online resources. Identifying this first about yourself will give you an edge in the learning process because if you're someone that does not do well with online resources you may actually not learn anything if you devote time to online resources, so know where you belong first of all.

I'll recommend that you use chatgpt and YouTube.

To use artificial intelligence in trying to learn blockchain basics, you have to know the right questions to ask because the right questions will point you in the right directions.