https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7qynvj/dont_panic_just_learn_sixty_free_lectures_from/
created by ccjunkiemonkey on 17/01/2018 at 04:58 UTC
1031 upvotes, 42 top-level comments (showing 25)
This video series is available with a community and some assignments on Coursera.[1] For extra creddit the professors wrote a book to go with the course. Free pre-release pdf,[2] Amazon hardcover and digital,[3] as well as Chinese,[4] and Japanese[5] translations.
1: https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency
2: https://d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net/bitcointech/readings/princeton_bitcoin_book.pdf
4: https://www.amazon.cn/%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6/dp/B01KGYHBEM/
5: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4822285456/
Enjoy :)
Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies
1.0 Welcome - 2 mins[6]
1.1 Cryptographic Hash Functions - 18 mins[7]
1.2 Hash Pointers and Data Structures - 8 mins[8]
1.3 Digital Signatures - 9 mins[9]
1.4 Public Keys as Identities - 5 mins[10]
1.5 A Simple Cryptocurrency - 14 mins[11]
6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo
7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=1m50s
8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=20m28s
9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=29m24s
10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=39m02s
11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=44m32s
How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization
2.1 Centralization vs. Decentralization - 4 mins[12]
2.2 Distributed Conesensus - 13 mins[13]
2.3 Consensus Without Identity: the Blockchain - 17 mins[14]
2.4 Incentives and Proof of Work - 19 mins[15]
2.5 Putting It All Together - 18 mins[16]
12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4
13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=4m47s
14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=17m49s
15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=35m43s
16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=55m37s
Mechanics of Bitcoin
3.1 Bitcoin Transactions - 11 mins[17]
3.2 Bitcoin Scripts - 15 mins[18]
3.3 Applications of Bitcoin Scripts - 14 mins[19]
3.4 Bitcoin Blocks - 5 mins[20]
3.5 The Bitcoin Network - 18 mins[21]
3.6 Limitations & Improvements - 11 mins[22]
17: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs
18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=11m41s
19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=27m20s
20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=42m07s
21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=47m55s
22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=67m57s
How to Store and Use Bitcoin
4.1 How to Store and Use Bitcoins - 6 mins[23]
4.2 Hot and Cold Storage - 13 mins[24]
4.3 Splitting and Sharing Keys - 11 mins[25]
4.4 Online Wallets and Exchanges - 19 mins[26]
4.5 Payment Services - 8 mins[27]
4.6 Transaction Fees - 5 mins[28]
4.7 Currency Exchange Markets - 16 mins[29]
23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg
24: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=6m28s
25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=19m53s
26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=30m54s
27: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=50m16s
28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=58m28s
29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=64m10s
Bitcoin Mining
5.1 The Task of Bitcoin Miners - 10 mins[30]
5.2 Mining Hardware - 23 mins[31]
5.3 Energy Consumption & Ecology - 14 mins[32]
5.4 Mining Pools - 14 mins[33]
5.5 Mining Incentives and Strategies - 23 mins[34]
30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8
31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=10m16s
32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=33m37s
33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=50m16s
34: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=64m26s
Bitcoin and Anonymity
6.1 Anonymity Basics - 26 mins[35]
6.2 How to De-anonymize Bitcoin - 18 mins[36]
6.3 Mixing - 21 mins[37]
6.4 Decentralized Mixing - 14 mins[38]
6.5 Zerocoin and Zerocash - 19 mins[39]
6.6 Tor and the Silk Road - 11 mins[40]
35: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM
36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=26m50s
37: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=44m58s
38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=66m39s
39: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=89m
40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=100m46s
Community, Politics, and Regulation
7.1 Consensus in Bitcoin - 6 mins[41]
7.2 Bitcoin Core Software - 10 mins[42]
7.3 Stakeholders: Who's in Charge - 9 mins[43]
7.4 Roots of Bitcoin - 9 mins[44]
7.5 Governments Notice Bitcoin - 9 mins[45]
7.6 Anti Money-Laundering - 5 mins[46]
7.7 Regulation - 11 mins[47]
7.8 New York's BitLicense Proposal - 10 mins[48]
41: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g
42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=6m54s
43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=17m41s
44: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=27m28s
45: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=36m45s
46: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=46m27s
47: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=52m20s
48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=64m15s
Alternative Mining Puzzles
8.1 Essential Puzzle Requirements - 5 mins[49]
8.2 ASIC Resistant Puzzles - 13 mins[50]
8.3 Proof-of-useful-work - 9 mins[51]
8.4 Nonoutsourceable Puzzles - 7[52]
8.5 Proof-of-Stake "Virtual Mining" - 8 mins[53]
49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4
50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=5m49s
51: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=19m10s
52: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=29m
53: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=36m30s
Bitcoin as a Platform
9.1 Bitcoin as an Append-Only Log - 16 mins[54]
9.2 Bitcoin as Smart Property - 16 mins[55]
9.3 Secure Multi-Party Lotteries in Bitcoin - 10 mins[56]
9.4 Bitcoin as Randomness Source - 18 mins[57]
9.5 Prediction Markets & Real-World Data Feeds - 23 mins[58]
54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw
55: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=16m28s
56: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=32m42s
57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=42m53s
58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=61m10s
Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
10.1 Short History of Altcoins - 21 mins[59]
10.2 Interaction Between Bitcoin and Altcoins - 15 mins[60]
10.3 Lifecycle of an Altcoin - 15 mins[61]
10.4 Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, "Side Chains" - 11 mins[62]
59: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts
60: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=22m
61: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=37m
62: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=52m25s
The Fututre of Bitcoin?
11.1 The Blockchain as a Vehicle for Decentralization - 14 mins[63]
11.2 Routes to Blockchain Integration - 28 mins[64]
11.3 What Can We Decentralize? - 24 mins[65]
11.4 When is Decentralization a Good Idea? - 16 mins[66]
63: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4
64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=15m07s
65: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=43m30s
66: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=67m40s
Comment by mmmm_j0e at 17/01/2018 at 11:54 UTC
81 upvotes, 7 direct replies
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Comment by tehcyx at 17/01/2018 at 18:00 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Comment by TantricLasagne at 17/01/2018 at 10:07 UTC
55 upvotes, 4 direct replies
And by the time you're done learning bitcoin will be worth even less!
Comment by TheCryptoBeaver at 17/01/2018 at 05:56 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wow thanks, saving this post
Comment by JIVEprinting at 17/01/2018 at 06:15 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You know, ostriches don't actually bury their heads in sand. It's only a cartoon thing.
Comment by jtipt at 17/01/2018 at 11:31 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Saved this post. Although I'm using btc for 2 years, I don't know a lot about it
Comment by praieforu at 17/01/2018 at 05:24 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Cool! Thanks for this.
Comment by JulianMolt at 17/01/2018 at 05:37 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks!
Comment by factorgraph at 17/01/2018 at 06:58 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Excellent resource, thanks.
Comment by MyLittlePonyofDoom at 17/01/2018 at 07:11 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Awesome.
Comment by UniqueCandy at 17/01/2018 at 12:34 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is just what I need to make me feel better, thanks.
Comment by monduras at 17/01/2018 at 13:10 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Excellent resource
Comment by bmwwallace at 17/01/2018 at 13:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I actually started this course a couple of days ago, it's awesome!
Comment by cendana287 at 17/01/2018 at 13:59 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This looks to be a very useful and informative series. Thank you.
Comment by jswift2010 at 17/01/2018 at 15:18 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you! Will check this out
Comment by film_composer at 17/01/2018 at 15:24 UTC
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Thanks for sharing this.
Comment by Litecoin_all_day_18 at 17/01/2018 at 15:29 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is awesome on so many levels. Not the least of which is now I know the answer to "when moon?". Moon will be achieved when I finally finish all the content in this course.
Comment by CoinSac at 17/01/2018 at 16:04 UTC
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Thanks
Comment by dfifield at 17/01/2018 at 17:18 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thanks for this information it will be really good for people that want to learn more about bitcoin in general.
Comment by Bloooth at 17/01/2018 at 17:33 UTC
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This is priceless, thanks for posting.
Comment by RJ--13 at 17/01/2018 at 17:50 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you! excited to watch
Comment by Thatsindisputable at 17/01/2018 at 22:45 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you!
Comment by Jean-L at 18/01/2018 at 02:57 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If you're more into readingn you can find the content of the OP's playlist in the following PDF. That's the paper based version of the lectures.
Comment by Yayotron at 17/01/2018 at 10:00 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This full course is also available on Coursera! Totally recommend it, this is what got me started into the tech side of the cryptocurrencies, it's from 2014 but has aged very well.
Comment by AstarJoe at 17/01/2018 at 15:29 UTC
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Interesting how these kind of posts always get buried with memes and euphoria when the price is on the rise.
Shame, really. But that's human nature.