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Sixty lesson Princeton course on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology. Avg length ~
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This course came out in 2014 so it doesn't get into a lot of the newer tech, but I find it holds up really well as a technical deep dive into the foundation of cryptocurrencies. Some of the lessons are more relevant than others today so I timestamped each video to make it easy to bounce around. Hope you all enjoy!</p> <p> </p> <p>Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo">1.0 Welcome - 2 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=1m50s">1.1 Cryptographic Hash Functions - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=20m28s">1.2 Hash Pointers and Data Structures - 8 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=29m24s">1.3 Digital Signatures - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=39m02s">1.4 Public Keys as Identities - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=44m32s">1.5 A Simple Cryptocurrency - 14 mins</a> </p> <p>How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4">2.1 Centralization vs. Decentralization - 4 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=4m47s">2.2 Distributed Conesensus - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=17m49s">2.3 Consensus Without Identity: the Blockchain - 17 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=35m43s">2.4 Incentives and Proof of Work - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=55m37s">2.5 Putting It All Together - 18 mins</a> </p> <p>Mechanics of Bitcoin</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs">3.1 Bitcoin Transactions - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=11m41s">3.2 Bitcoin Scripts - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=27m20s">3.3 Applications of Bitcoin Scripts - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=42m07s">3.4 Bitcoin Blocks - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=47m55s">3.5 The Bitcoin Network - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=67m57s">3.6 Limitations & Improvements - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>How to Store and Use Bitcoin</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg">4.1 How to Store and Use Bitcoins - 6 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=6m28s">4.2 Hot and Cold Storage - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=19m53s">4.3 Splitting and Sharing Keys - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=30m54s">4.4 Online Wallets and Exchanges - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=50m16s">4.5 Payment Services - 8 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=58m28s">4.6 Transaction Fees - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=64m10s">4.7 Currency Exchange Markets - 16 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin Mining</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8">5.1 The Task of Bitcoin Miners - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=10m16s">5.2 Mining Hardware - 23 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=33m37s">5.3 Energy Consumption & Ecology - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=50m16s">5.4 Mining Pools - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=64m26s">5.5 Mining Incentives and Strategies - 23 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin and Anonymity</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM">6.1 Anonymity Basics - 26 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=26m50s">6.2 How to De-anonymize Bitcoin - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=44m58s">6.3 Mixing - 21 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=66m39s">6.4 Decentralized Mixing - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=89m">6.5 Zerocoin and Zerocash - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=100m46s">6.6 Tor and the Silk Road - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>Community, Politics, and Regulation</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g">7.1 Consensus in Bitcoin - 6 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=6m54s">7.2 Bitcoin Core Software - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=17m41s">7.3 Stakeholders: Who's in Charge - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=27m28s">7.4 Roots of Bitcoin - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=36m45s">7.5 Governments Notice Bitcoin - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=46m27s">7.6 Anti Money-Laundering - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=52m20s">7.7 Regulation - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=64m15s">7.8 New York's BitLicense Proposal - 10 mins</a> </p> <p>Alternative Mining Puzzles</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4">8.1 Essential Puzzle Requirements - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=5m49s">8.2 ASIC Resistant Puzzles - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=19m10s">8.3 Proof-of-useful-work - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=29m">8.4 Nonoutsourceable Puzzles - 7</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=36m30s">8.5 Proof-of-Stake "Virtual Mining" - 8 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin as a Platform</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw">9.1 Bitcoin as an Append-Only Log - 16 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=16m28s">9.2 Bitcoin as Smart Property - 16 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=32m42s">9.3 Secure Multi-Party Lotteries in Bitcoin - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=42m53s">9.4 Bitcoin as Randomness Source - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=61m10s">9.5 Prediction Markets & Real-World Data Feeds - 23 mins</a> </p> <p>Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts">10.1 Short History of Altcoins - 21 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=22m">10.2 Interaction Between Bitcoin and Altcoins - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=37m">10.3 Lifecycle of an Altcoin - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=52m25s">10.4 Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, "Side Chains" - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>The Fututre of Bitcoin?</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4">11.1 The Blockchain as a Vehicle for Decentralization - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=15m07s">11.2 Routes to Blockchain Integration - 28 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=43m30s">11.3 What Can We Decentralize? - 24 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=67m40s">11.4 When is Decentralization a Good Idea? - 16 mins</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ccjunkiemonkey"> /u/ccjunkiemonkey </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lgilsx/sixty_lesson_princeton_course_on_bitcoin_and/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lgilsx/sixty_lesson_princeton_course_on_bitcoin_and/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This course came out in 2014 so it doesn't get into a lot of the newer tech, but I find it holds up really well as a technical deep dive into the foundation of cryptocurrencies. Some of the lessons are more relevant than others today so I timestamped each video to make it easy to bounce around. Hope you all enjoy!</p> <p> </p> <p>Intro to Crypto and Cryptocurrencies</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo">1.0 Welcome - 2 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=1m50s">1.1 Cryptographic Hash Functions - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=20m28s">1.2 Hash Pointers and Data Structures - 8 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=29m24s">1.3 Digital Signatures - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=39m02s">1.4 Public Keys as Identities - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOMVZXLjKYo&t=44m32s">1.5 A Simple Cryptocurrency - 14 mins</a> </p> <p>How Bitcoin Achieves Decentralization</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4">2.1 Centralization vs. Decentralization - 4 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=4m47s">2.2 Distributed Conesensus - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=17m49s">2.3 Consensus Without Identity: the Blockchain - 17 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=35m43s">2.4 Incentives and Proof of Work - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GWwTgRIT4&t=55m37s">2.5 Putting It All Together - 18 mins</a> </p> <p>Mechanics of Bitcoin</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs">3.1 Bitcoin Transactions - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=11m41s">3.2 Bitcoin Scripts - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=27m20s">3.3 Applications of Bitcoin Scripts - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=42m07s">3.4 Bitcoin Blocks - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=47m55s">3.5 The Bitcoin Network - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hJsFpPmXs&t=67m57s">3.6 Limitations & Improvements - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>How to Store and Use Bitcoin</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg">4.1 How to Store and Use Bitcoins - 6 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=6m28s">4.2 Hot and Cold Storage - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=19m53s">4.3 Splitting and Sharing Keys - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=30m54s">4.4 Online Wallets and Exchanges - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=50m16s">4.5 Payment Services - 8 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=58m28s">4.6 Transaction Fees - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqHXoYZvMg&t=64m10s">4.7 Currency Exchange Markets - 16 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin Mining</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8">5.1 The Task of Bitcoin Miners - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=10m16s">5.2 Mining Hardware - 23 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=33m37s">5.3 Energy Consumption & Ecology - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=50m16s">5.4 Mining Pools - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXerV3f5jN8&t=64m26s">5.5 Mining Incentives and Strategies - 23 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin and Anonymity</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM">6.1 Anonymity Basics - 26 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=26m50s">6.2 How to De-anonymize Bitcoin - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=44m58s">6.3 Mixing - 21 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=66m39s">6.4 Decentralized Mixing - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=89m">6.5 Zerocoin and Zerocash - 19 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glyQy_e5LmM&t=100m46s">6.6 Tor and the Silk Road - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>Community, Politics, and Regulation</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g">7.1 Consensus in Bitcoin - 6 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=6m54s">7.2 Bitcoin Core Software - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=17m41s">7.3 Stakeholders: Who's in Charge - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=27m28s">7.4 Roots of Bitcoin - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=36m45s">7.5 Governments Notice Bitcoin - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=46m27s">7.6 Anti Money-Laundering - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=52m20s">7.7 Regulation - 11 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbgZUGHn9g&t=64m15s">7.8 New York's BitLicense Proposal - 10 mins</a> </p> <p>Alternative Mining Puzzles</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4">8.1 Essential Puzzle Requirements - 5 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=5m49s">8.2 ASIC Resistant Puzzles - 13 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=19m10s">8.3 Proof-of-useful-work - 9 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=29m">8.4 Nonoutsourceable Puzzles - 7</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TipGy2bOVL4&t=36m30s">8.5 Proof-of-Stake "Virtual Mining" - 8 mins</a> </p> <p>Bitcoin as a Platform</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw">9.1 Bitcoin as an Append-Only Log - 16 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=16m28s">9.2 Bitcoin as Smart Property - 16 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=32m42s">9.3 Secure Multi-Party Lotteries in Bitcoin - 10 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=42m53s">9.4 Bitcoin as Randomness Source - 18 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM3OP4gazWw&t=61m10s">9.5 Prediction Markets & Real-World Data Feeds - 23 mins</a> </p> <p>Altcoins and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts">10.1 Short History of Altcoins - 21 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=22m">10.2 Interaction Between Bitcoin and Altcoins - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=37m">10.3 Lifecycle of an Altcoin - 15 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3kOuF0dts&t=52m25s">10.4 Bitcoin-Backed Altcoins, "Side Chains" - 11 mins</a> </p> <p>The Fututre of Bitcoin?</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4">11.1 The Blockchain as a Vehicle for Decentralization - 14 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=15m07s">11.2 Routes to Blockchain Integration - 28 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=43m30s">11.3 What Can We Decentralize? - 24 mins</a><br/> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG7l0XPtzD4&t=67m40s">11.4 When is Decentralization a Good Idea? - 16 mins</a></p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ccjunkiemonkey"> /u/ccjunkiemonkey </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lgilsx/sixty_lesson_princeton_course_on_bitcoin_and/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lgilsx/sixty_lesson_princeton_course_on_bitcoin_and/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R