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Curated list of resources for the development and applications of block chain.

The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value (by Don Tapscott).

This is not a simple collection of Internet resources, but verified and organized data ensuring it’s really suitable for your learning process and useful for your development and application.

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Awesome Blockchain

Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.s) & Answers
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Q: What’s a Blockchain?

A: A blockchain is a distributed database with a list (that is, chain) of records (that is, blocks) linked and secured by digital fingerprints (that is, crypto hashes). Example from genesis_block.json:

{
    "version": 0,
    "height": 1,
    "previous_hash": null,
    "timestamp": 1550049140488,
    "merkle_hash": null,
    "generator_publickey": "18941c80a77f2150107cdde99486ba672b5279ddd469eeefed308540fbd46983",
    "hash": "d611edb9fd86ee234cdc08d9bf382330d6ccc721cd5e59cf2a01b0a2a8decfff",
    "block_signature": "603b61b14348fb7eb087fe3267e28abacadf3932f0e33958fb016ab60f825e3124bfe6c7198d38f8c91b0a3b1f928919190680e44fbe7289a4202039ffbb2109",
    "consensus_data": {},
    "transactions": []
}

Q: What’s a Hash? What’s a (One-Way) Crypto(graphic) Hash Digest Checksum?

A: A hash e.g. d611edb9fd86ee234cdc08d9bf382330d6ccc721cd5e59cf2a01b0a2a8decfff is a small digest checksum calculated with a one-way crypto(graphic) hash digest checksum function e.g. SHA256 (Secure Hash Algorithm 256 Bits) from the data. Example from crypto.js:

function calc_hash(data) {
    return crypto.createHash('sha256').update(data).digest('hex');
}

A blockchain uses

the block header (e.g. Version, TimeStamp, Previous Hash... )and
the block data (e.g. Transaction Data...)

to calculate the new hash digest checksum.

Q: What’s a Merkle Tree?

A: A Merkle tree is a hash tree named after Ralph Merkle who patented the concept in 1979 (the patent expired in 2002). A hash tree is a generalization of hash lists or hash chains where every leaf node (in the tree) is labelled with a data block and every non-leaf node (in the tree) is labelled with the crypto(graphic) hash of the labels of its child nodes. For more see the Merkle tree Wikipedia Article.

Note: By adding crypto(graphic) hash functions you can “merkelize” any data structure.

Q: What’s a Merkelized DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph)?

A: It’s a blockchain secured by crypto(graphic) hashes that uses a directed acyclic graph data structure (instead of linear “classic” linked list).

Note: Git uses merkelized dag (directed acyclic graph)s for its blockchains.

Q: Is the Git Repo a Blockchain?

A: Yes, every branch in the git repo is a blockchain. The “classic” Satoshi-blockchain is like a git repo with a single master branch (only).

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Basic Introduction
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Encryption knowledge
- Basic concepts - Asymmetric encryption, Digital signature, Certificate
- Digital signature extension - Multi-signature, Blind signature, Group signature, Ring signature
- Merkle tree
- Merkle DAG
- CryptoNote v2.0 - Untraceable Transactions and Egalitarian Proof-of-work

Consensus

Account and transaction model
- UTXO model

Exchange

Applications

Governance
- Blockchains should not be democracies

Digital currency ranking

Development Tutorial
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BitCoin
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Bitcoin is an experimental digital currency that enables instant payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried out collectively by the network.

But how does bitcoin actually work?
Mining visualization
Wallets
Explorers
Libraries - C++, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, Java, .Net
Web services
Full nodes
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Ethereum
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Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference.

These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of property.

Utils

EEA - Enterprise Ethereum: Private Blockchain For Enterprises

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