Saturday 17 February 2018

Ever wonder how Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) actually work?

The Bitcoin protocol and blockchains explained from the viewpoint of stumbling into inventing your own cryptocurrency.

Protocol Labs: in contributing? thanks to the following patrons: people have asked if this channel accepts contributions in cryptocurrency form as an alternative to Patreon. As you might guess, the answer is yes :). Here are the relevant addresses:

ETH: 0x88Fd7a2e9e0E616a5610B8BE5d5090DC6Bd55c25

BTC: 1DV4dhXEVhGELmDnRppADyMcyZgGHnCNJ

LTC: LNPY2HEWv8igGckwKrYPbh9yD28XH3sm32

Supplement video: by Vincent Rubinetti: are a few other resources I'd recommend:

Original Bitcoin paper: explorer: post by Michael Nielsen: is particularly good for understanding the details of what transactions look like, which is something this video did not cover)

Video by CuriousInventor: by Anders Brownworth: white paper: is a channel about animating math, in all senses of the word animate. And you know the drill with YouTube, if you want to stay posted on new videos, subscribe, and click the bell to receive notifications (if you're into that).

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