Getting started with Bitcoin

There are three modules for learning the fundamentals of bitcoin. The first two modules cover the fundamentals of money and bitcoin. The final module allows you to dig deeper. Each module includes a set of resources. Studying them will help you understand Bitcoin in order to prepare better project proposals and be successful during your bitcoin internship.

The learning bootcamp organized for screened applicants from February 16 - March 15 will cover all the technical basics on bitcoin. The resources provided below are supplementary to your learning. Feel free to browse through them and dig deeper as per your interests.

Developer Track

Module 1: Understanding Money Read chapters I, II, III.1 and III.2 from What has Government Done to Our Money by Murray Rothbard.

Module 2: Grokking Bitcoin

You may use any or all of the following formats:

1. Grokking Bitcoin Book (HTML, Zip, GitHub) by Kalle Rosenbaum. We recommend using the Zip format to prevent the author’s server from crashing. Download it, unpack and open grokking-bitcoin/index.html in a web browser.

2. Grokking Bitcoin Video Lectures

3. Grokking Bitcoin Lecture Slides

Module 3: Bitcoin and the future of money

• Read The Bullish Case for Bitcoin

• Set up a Bitcoin wallet, receive and send bitcoins, and explore the Bitcoin blockchain using bitcoin-cli

• Run a full node

• Bitcoin Whitepaper

• Lightning Network Summary

• Mastering Bitcoin as a technical reference textbook

• Mastering Lightning as a technical reference textbook for the lightning network

• Lightning Network resources

• Onboarding to Bitcoin Core by Will Clark

• Ask questions and find answers at https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/

• Fun and insightful documentaries on Bitcoin:

  • Hard Money Film

  • Bitcoin is Generational Wealth

  • This Machine Greens

• The many rabbit-holes of Bitcoin

• An exhaustive list of Bitcoin information

Designer Track

Module 1: Understanding Money What has Government Done to Our Money by Murray Rothbard - read chapters I, II, III.1 and III.2 for a high level history and understanding of money.

Module 2: Mastering Bitcoin

• Mastering Bitcoin - chapters 1, 2

• Mastering the Lightning Network - chapters 1,2,3

• Additional Lightning Network resources

Module 3: Bitcoin, open-source design and the future of money

• Read The Bullish Case for Bitcoin

• Study bitcoin.design guide - Getting Started - Designing Bitcoin products - Onboarding - Private Key Management - Payments - Case Studies

• Learn how Open source design works

• Fun and insightful documentaries on Bitcoin:

  • Hard Money Film

  • Bitcoin is Generational Wealth

  • This Machine Greens

• The many rabbit-holes of Bitcoin

• An exhaustive list of Bitcoin information