Must Read Blockchain Articles
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Published: 2022-12-28 18:23:16

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title: Must Read Blockchain Articles
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### collection of articles for blockchain enthusiast

| *TOPIC* | *READING* | *AUTHOR* |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document | [link](https://anf.es/pdf/Haber_Stornetta.pdf) | W. Scott Stornetta, Stuart Haber |
| On the Secure Hash Algorithm family | [link](https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~tel00101/liter/Books/CrypCont.pdf) (ch 1) | Wouter Penard and Tim van Werkhoven |
| The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics | [link](https://medium.com/cryptoeconomics-australia/the-blockchain-economy-a-beginners-guide-to-institutional-cryptoeconomics-64bf2f2beec4) | Darcy WE Allen, Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson, Aaron Lane, Jason Potts, and others |
| Why Web 3.0 Matters and you should know about it | [link](https://medium.com/@Matzago/why-the-web-3-0-matters-and-you-should-know-about-it-a5851d63c949) | Mat Zago |
| The Meaning of Decentralization | [link](https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274) | Vitalik Buterin |
| What is blockchain technology? | [link](https://www.ibm.com/in-en/topics/what-is-blockchain) | IBM |
| Understanding the Byzantine Generals’ Problem | [link](https://medium.com/coinmonks/a-note-from-anthony-if-you-havent-already-please-read-the-article-gaining-clarity-on-key-787989107969) | Anthony Stevens |
| Understanding Blockchain Fundamentals, Part 1: Byzantine Fault Tolerance | [link](https://medium.com/loom-network/understanding-blockchain-fundamentals-part-1-byzantine-fault-tolerance-245f46fe8419) | Georgios Konstantopoulos |
| A (Short) Guide to Blockchain Consensus Protocols | [link](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2017/03/04/a-short-guide-to-blockchain-consensus-protocols/) | Amy Castor |
| Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System | [link](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) | Satoshi Nakamoto |
| This Time is Different Part 2: What Bitcoin Really Is. | [link](https://hackernoon.com/this-time-is-different-part-2-what-bitcoin-really-is-ae58c69b3bf0) | Mark E. Jeftovic |
| Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption | [link](https://medium.com/currency-waves/bitcoins-energy-consumption-7c14f53dd059#:~:text=Currently%20~900%20new%20bitcoins%20are,That's%20a%20lot%20of%20power.) | Mike Co |
| How Does Bitcoin Mining Work? | [link](https://www.investopedia.com/tech/how-does-bitcoin-mining-work/) | EUNY HONG |
| How Bitcoin mining really works | [link](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-bitcoin-mining-really-works-38563ec38c87/) | Subhan Nadeem |
| Ethereum's Memory Hardness Explained | [link](https://www.vijaypradeep.com/blog/2017-04-28-ethereums-memory-hardness-explained) | VIJAY PRADEEP |
| Bitcoin Mining: How Much Electricity It Takes and Why People Are Worried | [link](https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/crypto/bitcoin-mining-how-much-electricity-it-takes-and-why-people-are-worried/#:~:text=How%20much%20energy%20does%20mining,for%20the%20average%20US%20household.) | Oscar Gonzalez |
| Nonce: What It Means and How It's Used in Blockchain | [link](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nonce.asp) | Jake Frankenfield |
| medium.com blockchain | [link](https://medium.com/blockchain) | blockchain.com |
| What Is an Orphan Block? | [link](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/orphan-block-cryptocurrency.asp#:~:text=An%20orphan%20block%20is%20a,the%20shorter%20chain%20are%20orphaned.) | Mitchell Grant |
| Choosing ASICs for Sia | [link](https://blog.sia.tech/choosing-asics-for-sia-b318505b5b51) | David Vorick |
| Understanding Segwit Block Size | [link](https://jimmysong.medium.com/understanding-segwit-block-size-fd901b87c9d4) | Jimmy Song |
| What's the difference between a public key and a public address? | [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_diffe%20rence%20between_public_key_and) | Reddit |
| DETERMINISTIC WALLETS, THEIR ADVANTAGES, AND THEIR UNDERSTATED FLAWS | [link](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/deterministic-wallets-advantages-flaw-1385450276) | Vitalik Buterin |
| What is Ethereum? | [link](https://coincentral.com/what-is-ethereum-the-ultimate-beginners-guide/) | Alex Moskov |
| Blockchain For Beginners: What Is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide | [link](https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/) | Nick Darlington |
| Smart Contracts for Dummies | [link](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/smart-contracts-for-dummies-a1ba1e0b9575) | Nik Custodio |
| Calculating Costs in Ethereum Contracts | [link](https://hackernoon.com/ether-purchase-power-df40a38c5a2f) | Danny Ryan |
| DAOs, DACs, DAs, and More: An Incomplete Terminology Guide | [link](https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/05/06/daos-dacs-das-and-more-an-incomplete-terminology-guide) | Vitalik Buterin |
| The Ether Thief | [link](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/) | Matt Leising |
| WTF is an ICO? | [link](https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/23/wtf-is-an-ico/) | Alex Wilhelm |
| Hard Fork: What It Is in Blockchain, How It Works, Why It Happens | [link](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hard-fork.asp#:~:text=With%20a%20soft%20fork%2C%20only,work%20by%20the%20new%20rules.) | Jake Frankenfield |
| How Crypto Tokens Will Enable the Disruption of Businesses like Uber and Airbnb | [link](https://finnscave.com/2018/02/07/how-crypto-tokens-will-enable-the-disruption-of-businesses-like-uber-and-airbnb/) | Andrew Finn |