Princeton prof ARVIND NARAYANAN - wrote an excellent introductory book on Bitcoin.<p><a href="https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/the-princeton-bitcoin-textbook-is-now-freely-available/" rel="nofollow">https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/the-princeto...</a>
I dont understand this question, what is your question? From the whitepaper do every single relevant discussion around this topic is freely available in the internet.
Just Found this few hours earlier, while searching for more information on bitcoins this video on youtube. I believe this be taken as an introductory video and this website too.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Lx9zgZCMqXE" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Lx9zgZCMqXE</a> & <a href="https://www.bitcoinmining.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bitcoinmining.com/</a>
I recommend the ethereum whitepiper. It has a clear description of bitcoin and then goes on to describe other applications of the blockchain:<p><a href="https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper</a>
The number of resources available online is just too intimidating for a "newbie".<p>I have started this class on Coursera a few weeks ago, and it is very well structured and gradual. [0]<p>[0] : <a href="https://class.coursera.org/bitcointech-001" rel="nofollow">https://class.coursera.org/bitcointech-001</a>