Bitcoin notes
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References on bitcoin and blockchain:
Recommended
- Nicholas Weaver - Computer Security 161 Cryptocurrency Lecture
- WATCH - Cryptocurrencies: the ideas behind the hype, Arvind Narayanan - Princeton - July 21, 2016. at NSF. You need to register your email address before you can watch the presentation.
- Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering, Nathaniel Popper, The New York Times, June 23, 2017
Textbook
Notes
- https://bitcoinpaperwallet.com/ — Print your own paper wallets (on holographic paper!)
- https://bitpay.com/ — it's like Paypal, but for bitcoin.
- http://piperwallet.com/— Piper, a paper wallet generator
- http://www.coindesk.com/ — News Site, with current BTC price.
- https://www.bitaddress.org/ — Generate your own bitcoin wallet with JavaScript. Ask me *why this is a bad idea*.
- https://blockchain.info/ — Monitor the Blockchain...
Cold Storage
- https://www.weusecoins.com/bitcoin-cold-storage-guide/
- http://bitcoinist.net/piperwallet-bitcoin-paper-wallet-printer-available-exclusively-purse-merchants/ — Nice display of cold wallet printers
- Standalone Bitcoin Offline Wallet Printer Demo, by Steven Pearson
Litecoin
A crypto-currency like Bitcoin, but different