Ethereum Reading List

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Introduction

Simple explanations of Ethereum

• [ ] Blockchain Demo - Visual demonstration of blockchain technologies
• [ ] Minimal Blockchain Learning Hands-on CLI
• [ ] Coin Demo - Visual demonstration of cryptocurrency technologies
• [ ] Visual demonstration of a blockchain
• [ ] Ethereum the world computer (video)
• [ ] Vitalik Buterin explains Ethereum (video)
• [ ] Joseph Lubin's interview on building decentralized applications (video)
• [ ] BBC explains Ethereum (video)
• [ ] Techcrunch on Ethereum (video)
• [ ] What is Ethereum?
• [ ] ELI5: What is Ethereum?
• [ ] Ethereum: The not-Bitcoin cryptocurrency that could help replace Uber
• [ ] Introduction to Ethereum: The Internet’s Government
• [ ] A beginner’s guide to Ethereum
• [ ] What is Ethereum?
• [ ] Just enough Bitcoin for Ethereum
• [ ] Ethereum: Bitcoin Plus Everything
• [ ] An Introduction to Ethereum and Smart Contracts: a Programmable Blockchain
• [ ] A Very Non-technical Explanation of Ethereum (aka Yet Another Ethereum Explanation)
• [ ] WTF is Ethereum?
• [ ] Super Beginner's Guide to Ethereum
• [ ] Blockchain: The New Technology of Trust
• [ ] Ethereum for Web Developers

Deeper explanations of Ethereum

• [ ] How does Ethereum work anyway?
• [ ] Minimum Viable Blockchain
• General White Paper, Technical Yellow Paper (pdf)
• [ ] Programmable Blockchains in context: Ethereum
• [ ] Ethereum: Platform Overview
• [ ] Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum introduction at Devcon 1 (video)
• [ ] Thinking outside the Blocks
• [ ] Understanding Ethereum Report (PDF)
• [ ] Very deep-dive on Ethereum Reading List
• [ ] Dissecting Ponzi schemes on Ethereum: identification, analysis, and impact
• [ ] Full Ethereum Syllabus with Detailed Summaries and Resources

History Articles:

• [ ] Can This 22-year-old Coder Out-Bitcoin Bitcoin?
• [ ] The Uncanny Mind That Built Ethereum

I want more in-depth details!

The annual Ethereum Developer Conference (Devcon):

• [ ] Devcon 0 (Berlin, 2014) talks and videos
• [ ] Devcon 1 (London, 2015) talks and videos
• [ ] Devcon 2 (Shanghai, 2016) talks and videos
• [ ] Devcon 3 (Cancún, 2017) talks and videos

List of protocol updates and hard-forks:

• Olympic pre-release (Testnet, Chain #0 - May 9, 2015)
  • [ ] Blog post
• Frontier public release (Ethereum Genesis, Chain #1 - July 30, 2015)
  • [ ] Blog post
• Homestead (Block #1,150,000 - March 14, 2016)
  • [ ] Blog post, EIP-2, EIP-7, EIP-8
• DAO Fork (Block #1,920,000 - July 20, 2016)
  • [ ] Blog post, opposition at r/EthereumClassic
• DoS Fork (Block #2,463,000 - October 18, 2016)
  • [ ] Blog post, EIP-150, EIP-158
• Spurious Dragon (Block #2,675,000 - November 22, 2016)
  • [ ] Blog post, EIP-155, EIP-160, EIP-161, EIP-170
• Metropolis will be scheduled end of June, 2017 (to be announced)
  • work in progress: EIP-86, EIP-96, EIP-98, EIP-100, EIP-140, EIP-196, EIP-197, EIP-198
• Serenity to be announced (2018)
  • [ ] Why does Ethereum plan to move to Proof of Stake?

List of public testnets:

• Olympic, pre-release public test network with ID #0 (replaced by Morden)
• Morden, Fontier-based public test network with ID #2 (replaced by Ropsten)
• Ropsten, Homestead-based public test network with ID #3 (recently revived)
• ConsenSys, Proof-of-Work public test network
• Kovan, Proof-of-Authority public test network
• Rinkeby, Proof-of-Authority, to be announced (EIP-225)

Faucets:

• [ ] Ropsten Faucet
• [ ] Rinkeby Faucet

Misc Collections:

• [ ] Learn about the Blockchain
• [ ] Some Blockchain Reading
• [ ] How to Invest in Ethereum ETH Tokens
• [ ] Reading Guide on Ethereum
• [ ] Ethereum Reading List for Prospective Dapp Developers
• [ ] r/ethereum’s Guide
• [ ] The Ethereum Wiki
• [ ] Ethereum Stack Exchange
• [ ] The Ultimate Reading List for Blockchain, Token and Cryptocurrency Sources
• [ ] Curated List of Blockchain-related Academic Papers

Research

• [ ] Making Sense of Ethereum’s Layer 2 Scaling Solutions: State Channels, Plasma, and Truebit

Proof of Stake (PoS)

• [ ] Proof of Stake FAQ
• [ ] Casper FFG Paper
• [ ] Alpha Casper FFG Testnet Instructions

Plasma

• [ ] Plasma Whitepaper
• [ ] Minimal Viable Plasma

Sharding

• [ ] Sharding Research
• [ ] Sharding GitHub Repo

Getting Started

• Ethereum - Getting Started - Australian Edition
• [ ] Words are Hard: Defining Common Terms in the Ethereum / Crypto Space
• [ ] Getting up to speed on Ethereum

Security:

• [ ] The Crypto-Trader’s Guide to Online Security
• [ ] My guide to securing your digital life
• [ ] It’s Time to Get Real: Stop Relying on Third Parties to Protect You & Your Funds. You are responsible for your security.
• [ ] Cold Storage for Dummies

Ecosystem

• [ ] Women in Blockchain Series
• [ ] Where Can I Join The Ethereum Community?
• [ ] State of the Dapps
• [ ] Ethereum Business Directory

Other conferences, workshops, meetups, or tutorials:

• [ ] European Ethereum Development Conference (EDCON)
• [ ] London Ethereum (meetup)
• [ ] Berlin Ethereum (meetup)
• [ ] Ethereum Core Developer Meetings (call)
• [ ] Building Ethereum DApps using Solidity (tutorial)

Newsletters

• [ ] Week in Ethereum
• [ ] Dapp Daily
• [ ] Consensys Media
• [ ] The Etherian
• [ ] The Control
• [ ] HEAT Crypto Roundup

YouTube Channels

• [ ] Crypt0's News - Daily Video Blog
• [ ] Ameer Rosic
• [ ] Decypher Media
• [ ] Ivan on Tech

News

• [ ] CoinTelegraph
• [ ] ETHNews
• [ ] CoinDesk (owned by Digital Currency Group, which has a stake in a competing cryptocurrency)

Ethereum Block Explorers

• [ ] Etherscan
• [ ] Ethplorer
• [ ] Trivial Token Explorer

Wallets

• [ ] My Ether Wallet
• [ ] MetaMask Chrome Extension
• [ ] Multi-platform Jaxx Wallet
• [ ] Mist Wallet
• [ ] Parity Wallet
• [ ] Harmony Wallet
• [ ] imToken
• [ ] Toshi Wallet + Dapp Browser + Messenger
• [ ] Trust Wallet + Dapp Browser

Hardware Wallets

• [ ] Ledger Nano S
• [ ] Trezor

ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings):

• [ ] ICO Calendar
• [ ] Smith and Crown
• [ ] TokenMarket
• [ ] imToken ICO Dapp

Thought Pieces

• [ ] Why Decentralization Matters
• [ ] Possibilities of Decentralized Technology
• [ ] Risks of Ethereum
• [ ] Ethereum Community Values
• [ ] Growth of the Ethereum Ecosystem
• [ ] The Internet of Agreements: Building the Hyperconnected Future on Blockchains
• [ ] Money, Blockchains, and Social Scalability

Decentralized Apps/Protocols

• [ ] Crypto Tokens and the Coming Age of Protocol Innovation
• [ ] The Golden Age Of Open Protocols
• [ ] Thoughts on Tokens
• [ ] Fat Protocols
• [ ] Decentralized organizations can solve the world’s worst problems
• [ ] Blockchain Tokens and the dawn of the Decentralized Business Model
• [ ] The Business Case for Dapps – Decentralization as a Strategy
• [ ] ‘Decentralised’ is the new black, or a short history of dapps
• [ ] Cryptoeconomics Is Hard

Crowdsales

• [ ] Introducing the Blockchain Token Securities Law Framework
• [ ] Blockchain investments and the new problem asset for conventional VCs
• [ ] How to Raise Money on a Blockchain with a Token
• [ ] Exploring Continuous Token Models: Towards a Million Networks of Value
• [ ] Trick or Treat? Investment in Blockchain Cryptoassets
• [ ] AGAINST TOKENS (AND TOKEN CROWDSALES)
• [ ] How Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain-based Startups Are Turning The Traditional Venture Capital Model on Its Head
• [ ] How to Evaluate an Initial Cryptocurrency Offering (ICO)
• [ ] ICO 2.0 — what is the ideal ICO?
• [ ] Blockchain investment vehicles: the future of global retail investment

Trading

• [ ] Learn Forex Trading at the School of Pipsology (Very applicable to crypto trading)
• [ ] Paradigm Shift: Technical Analysis in the Altcoins & Bitcoin Market, & Introduction to Market Cycle, Structure & Manipulation
• [ ] CryptoCurrency Market Capitalizations
• Price/Markets/ATH/News

Exchanges

Decentralized Exchanges (Mostly Eth assets)

OasisDex

EtherDelta

ForkDelta

Idex

CryptoDerivatives

Radex

0x Relayers:

Paradex

RadarRelay

Ethfinex

Programming

• [ ] The ultimate end-to-end tutorial to create and deploy a fully decentralized Dapp in ethereum
• [ ] The ultimate guide to audit a Smart Contract + Most dangerous attacks in Solidity
• [ ] Dapps 101: How do I start developing on Ethereum?
• [ ] Build your own crypto-currency with Ethereum
• [ ] Raise funds from friends without a third party
• [ ] Build a democracy on the blockchain
• [ ] Build your first DApp in ten steps
• [ ] Ethereum DApp devolpment (videos)
• [ ] Monitor the network status (mirror) and the gas price market
• [ ] Read the documentation (for Homestead)
• [ ] Check out some DApps, that run on Ethereum
• [ ] Learn Solidity, an Ethereum smart contract language
• [ ] Check out Truffle, a smart contract development framework
• [ ] Browse the Ethereum Ecosystem Business Directory
• [ ] Ask questions at Ethereum Stack Exchange
• [ ] Live chat with Ethereum developer teams and community
• [ ] Check out Ethereum Meetups in your area
• [ ] A 101 Noob Intro to Programming Smart Contracts on Ethereum
• [ ] Where can I learn how to develop DApps using the solidity programming language?
• [ ] Learning to Code in Ethereum
• [ ] Getting started with Ethereum & Solidity on Windows — part 1
• [ ] Getting started with Ethereum, Solidity & Geth — part 2
• [ ] CryptoZombies.io - Learn Solidity by Making a Game
• [ ] How to deploy Smart Contract using Geth
• [ ] 3 part series on building a full stack Ethereum voting dapp
• [ ] Ethereum Development Guide — Part 1. Developing an Ethereum Document Certification Contract
• [ ] Ethereum Development Guide — Part 2. Interacting with smart contracts
• [ ] Ethereum Development Guide — Part 3. Developing web interfaces for smart contracts
• [ ] Developing an Ethereum Blockchain Application - Research project that is very useful and detailed
• [ ] Ethereum Smart Contract Security
• [ ] Ethereum Smart Contract Best Practices
• [ ] Discovaer Ethereum & Solidity – Complete online course

Legal

• [ ] BitLegal Map
• [ ] Introducing the Blockchain Token Securities Law Framework
• [ ] Securities Law Framework for Blockchain Tokens
• [ ] The Law and Legality of Smart Contracts
• [ ] IRS Virtual Currency Guidance : Virtual Currency Is Treated as Property for U.S. Federal Tax Purposes; General Rules for Property Transactions Apply
• [ ] Legality of Bitcoin by Country