NodeWomen’s Guide to Crypto Resources

These are our go to resources for knowledge basic and complex regarding digital assets.

Building Blocks and Basics:

• How the bitcoin protocol actually works: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/
• Ethereum in 25 minutes: https://youtu.be/66SaEDzlmP4
• A Guide to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures: https://youtu.be/-nwDOtGaGJc
• An introduction to crypto: https://a16z.com/2018/05/04/intro-to-crypto/
• Beginner’s guide series on cryptoassets https://medium.com/@linda.xie/beginners-guide-series-on-cryptoassets-d897535d887
• The Unknown Path to a Decentralized Future: https://www.usv.com/blog/the-unknown-path-to-a-decentralized-future

Cryptoeconomics:

• The Economics of Cryptocurrencies, by Thomas Lee: https://youtu.be/GGberGnxiJk
• One of my favorites on framing cryptoeconomics (JT): https://thecontrol.co/cryptoeconomics-101-e5c883e9a8ff
• The quiet master of cryptocurrency https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/
• Making sense of cryptoeconomics https://hackernoon.com/making-sense-of-cryptoeconomics-5edea77e4e8d
• Cryptoasset valuations — a theory and framework for evaluating by Chris Burniske https://medium.com/@cburniske/cryptoasset-valuations-ac83479ffca7

Advanced Reading:

• Fat Protocols, by Joel Monegro of Union Square Ventures: http://www.usv.com/blog/fat-protocols
• The concept of thin protocols (JT): https://blog.zeppelin.solutions/thin-protocols-cc872258379f
• Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble, by Steven Johnson of the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/magazine/beyond-the-bitcoin-bubble.html
• It’s 1994 In Cryptocurrency, by Ari Paul of Blocktower Capital: https://www.forbes.com/sites/apaul/2017/11/27/its-1994-in-cryptocurrency/amp/
• Digital Blockchain Networks Appear to Be Following Metcalfe’s Law, by Alabi: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ot55iuq8rybdy6/DIGITAL%20BLOCKCHAIN%20NETWORKS%20APPEAR%20TO%20BE%20FOLLOWING%20METCALFE%27S%20LAW%20-%20Alabi%202017.pdf?dl=0
• Fake Volume Issues (JT): https://medium.com/@sylvainartplayribes/chasing-fake-volume-a-crypto-plague-ea1a3c1e0b5e
• Overview of different types of exchanges (JT): https://medium.com/@danroseman/token-marketplaces-the-ranges-of-exchanges-76b29d75507c

Courses

• Cryptocurrency (2018): http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&q=MGTECON%20515:%20Cryptocurrency&academicYear=20172018
• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (2015): https://piazza.com/princeton/spring2015/btctech/home
• Advanced topics in computer science: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies (2014): http://randomwalker.info/teaching/fall-2014-bitcoin/
• A graduate course in applied cryptography (2017–2018): http://toc.cryptotextbook.net/home
• Compilation of resources from A16Z: https://a16z.com/2018/02/10/crypto-readings-resources/

Websites

https://blockchainbywomen.com/

https://blockworks.co/

https://consensys.net/knowledge-base/

https://gbbcouncil.org/

https://messari.io/

https://thedefiant.substack.com/

https://www.coinbase.com/learn

https://www.coindesk.com/

https://www.delphidigital.io/

http://www.mylogos.io/

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/

Your guide to Bitcoin, Ethereum & Web 3.0 — Decrypt

Podcasts/Webinars

https://a16z.com/podcasts/

https://afdfintech.com/

https://blockchainbooze.io/

https://cryptotokentalk.io/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fintech-silicon-valley/id1450819690

http://podcast.banklesshq.com/

https://unchainedpodcast.com/

https://www.realvision.com/podcast/realvision/page/1/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EAvHQqILyi1Q5GFhA5YWQ

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-bitcoin-did/id1317356120

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-grinds-my-gears/id1450518746

https://www.microstrategy.com/en/bitcoin (Recommend NYDIG episode)