Technical Resources

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Or follow the RSK tutorials: https://github.com/rsksmart/tutorials/wiki 

Other links:

You can find a list of ordered links to helpful technical resources about Blockchain, Bitcoin, Smart Contracts, Solidity and RSK.

More to come, feedback welcome! 🙂

Blockchain:

• Blockchain 101 – A Visual Demo
• Bitcoin 101 – Quindecillions & The Amazing Math Of Bitcoin’s Private Keys
• Consensus Algorithms, Blockchain Technology and Bitcoin UCL – by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
• Bitcoin and Byzantine Generals | Programmer explains
• How the Blockchain is changing money and business
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-stake
• https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf
• Bitcoin – Proof of Stake Virtual Mining
• Just How Do CryptoCurrencies work? – The BBC Explains
• In depth video about How blockchain Works 
• How does a blockchain work – Simply Explained
• Cryptographic hash function — what they are, properties of, etc. by Khan Academy
• Short guide to blockchain consensus protocols

Bitcoin:

• Introduction to Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos
• The real value of Bitcoin and crypto currency technology
• http://bitcointicker.co/networkstats/
• Bitcoin, blockchain and my mother | Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar
• Reading list for learning to program Bitcoin transactions
• Become A Bitcoin Developer: Basic 101
• Princeton Bitcoin Book
• Bitcoin resources by Jameson Lopp

Smart Contracts:

• Smart Contracts on Bitcoin (Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar & Sergio Lerner)
• Smart contracts , simply explained
• Ethereum in 25 minutes by Vitalik Buterin
• How does Ethereum work, anyway? — how it functions at a technical level, without complex math by Preethi Kasireddy
• Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum — Unchained: big ideas from the worlds of blockchain and cryptocurrency by Laura Shin
• Mastering Ethereum
• The Ethereum Blockchain, made fun and visual

Solidity:

• https://ethereumbuilders.gitbooks.io/guide/content/en/solidity_tutorials.html
• https://www.gitbook.com/book/ethereumbuilders/guide/details
• Learn Solidity—The Ethereum smart contract programming language
• How To Create An Ethereum Smart Contract
• How to Code Ethereum Dapps
• Ultimate Introduction to Ethereum Ðapp Development (Playing list)

RSK:

• RSK – YouTube channel
• RSK by Diego Gutiérrez Zaldivar & Sergio Lerner
• Internet of Value by Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar
• Presenting Lumino @MIT – Scaling Bitcoin (Sergio Lerner)
• EB138 – Sergio Lerner: How RSK Will Bring Smart Contracts To Bitcoin

RSK Tech info:

Gitter channel: https://gitter.im/rsksmart/rskj

Whitepaper: https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/ec5278f8-218c-407a-af3c-ab71a910246d/RSK%20White%20Paper%20-%20Overview.pdf

FAQ: https://faq.rsk.co/

GitHub: https://github.com/rsksmart

Tutorials:

• Compile and run a RSK node locally
• Testing RSK Smart Contracts using Truffle
• Install RskJ and join the RSK Bamboo Mainnet Beta

RSK News:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/rootstock/
• What is Bitcoin Rootstock and why should you care? Programmer explains.
• https://news.bitcoin.com/rsk-mines-genesis-block-bitcoin-ethereum-like-smart-contract-platform/