ZOzoomzoom·Dec 3, 2018
See also: https://github.com/jamesob/tinychain
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tinychain
A pocket-sized implementation of Bitcoin
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What it is
A pocket-sized implementation of Bitcoin
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I link to some of my favorite resources at the end of this section: https://github.com/jamesob/tinychain#what-is-bitcoin I also recommend subscribing to the bitcoin-core-dev…
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Observed mentions: 2017-08-07 18:06:23 UTC to 2018-12-03 16:18:15 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2018 | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2018 | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2018 | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2018 | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2018 | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2018 | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2018 | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2018 | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesSomething from a few months back that's a bit closer to Bitcoin's actual implementation but at a similar level of readability: https://github.com/jamesob/tinychain
In Show HN: An educational blockchain implementation in PythonIntro:
1. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/explain-bitcoin-like-im-five...
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIxwTx7o_B4
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8
5. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/244-the-quiet-master-of-...
6. http://investorfieldguide.com/hashpower/
Build Your Own Blockchain:
1. https://dev.to/aunyks/lets-build-the-tiniest-blockchain
2. https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117...
3. https://github.com/jamesob/tinychain
Resource List for an Advanced Understanding (Multidisciplinary Approach):
1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiMS4Br7LkTIRdEOPjCukOxG...
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Additionally, here is some advice from Balaji Srinivasan (source: https://www.producthunt.com/live/balaji-s-srinivasan):
1. First, I'd master database and cryptography fundamentals, with
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something like Dan Boneh's course for the latter
2. Then, I'd read the Bitcoin.org and Ethereum documentation
3. Then, you should write short Python or Go scripts to do things like printing out the blockchain, formatting and signing a transaction by hand, managing private keys, that type of thing. This will give you a feel for the raw data structures.
4. After doing all this, I'd take a look at application libraries like Ryan Shea and Muneeb Ali's new blockstack.org
The reason I'd do it in this order is that you would learn fundamentals first before proceeding to the cutting edge.
I link to some of my favorite resources at the end of this section: https://github.com/jamesob/tinychain#what-is-bitcoin
I also recommend subscribing to the bitcoin-core-dev mailing list.
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