Aj - Šťastný - Blockchain 101: Discussion (3/3)
Channel: Media ŠkolaKřižík
Date: 27/11/2020

Online výuka SPŠE Fr. Křižíka Praha - www.skolakrizik.cz

Presenter: Ondřej Šťastný

The final part of the Blockchain 101 course provides useful tips for further study in this field, whether for investing or programming. I also answer and discuss the questions of my students.

At the end of the lecture, we also briefly discuss China, traveling and my personal website: https://quest4discovery.com

Q&A document with sources to study:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fb5EnANSPgPE22U-1kXALT9eb_tgqwBy/view?usp=sharing
 
The ppt file:
https://drive.google.com/file/u/2/d/1yDmmiFCmT-2LJQ5pHZxii_C4Vo5n3xmM/view?usp=sharing

Terminology:
Blockchain
Hash / Tx hash (SHA-256 encryption)
Hashrate
Public and Private key, Mnemonic / seed phrase
Wallet (3rd party / paper / cold)
UTXO – Unspent Transaction Output
Node (to run a node)
Mining – PoW (Proof of Work)
Coin minting (and associated Bitcoin Halving)
Nonce
Mempool
Smart Contract
Dapp (Decentralized App)
ERC-20 Token
ERC-721 Token
NFTs - Non-Fungible Token
CeFi (Centralized Finance) X DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

Useful general links:
https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf - Bitcoin Whitepaper.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin - The open-source code of Bitcoin.
https://emn178.github.io/online-tools... - SHA-256 calculator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGm... – explanation of SHA-256
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer - Blockchain explorer.
https://www.coingecko.com/ - Cryptocurrency price graphs, stats.
https://www.ledger.com/ - the most popular cold wallet.
https://www.binance.je/en – The easiest way at the moment to convert crypto into fiat and the other way around (15% capital tax of the profit in our country the last time I checked).
https://www.binance.com/en - Currently the most popular centralized exchange (arguably).
https://app.uniswap.org/ - Currently the most popular decentralized exchange, i.e. a marketplace running completely on a blockchain code – you need Metamask addon in your browser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itUrx... – Dapp University – learn coding Ethereum (free but limited to youtube videos only).
https://academy.ivanontech.com/ - An academy where you can access lots of courses for coding blockchain based apps (paid but amazing).
https://www.youtube.com/user/Liljeqvi... - the best Youtube channel run by the academy owner with daily content about crypto.
https://nimiq.com - the smaller cryptocurrency running on the same principles as Bitcoin (in 2020) which we use for the practical demonstration of transacting value
https://defipulse.com - a list of DeFi platforms
https://consensys.net/blog/news/linke...