How do you develop your knowledge or keep your self upto date on Cryptos/Altcoins? Please suggest books/blogs/websites/person to follow.
I recommend the Princeton course on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies, available free on Coursera:<p><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency" rel="nofollow">https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrency</a><p>I took this last year and found it very informative
Realistically, almost all of the real-time discussion happens on Reddit, Twitter, and in various private chat groups (Telegram, etc). But you have to be savvy about sorting the shilling and nonsense from actual useful information.
From an investment or technical perspective? I'll assume investment.<p>I do it the hard way as the summaries often leave out a lot or bias facts. Especially mass media.<p>Start with the coin official site. If you like the pitch, skim the white paper. Abstract and conclusion tells you a lot.<p>You can learn a surprising amount from just the tone of the founders.<p>Next, check out the community. Usually Reddit or Slack. Read both sides, e.g. for ETH and ETC. As a general rule, don't invest in something until you know its downsides. If there are no downsides, then you don't understand enough about it.
Stanford CS always has great resources.<p><a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/" rel="nofollow">https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/</a>
If you're starting from scratch, I'd recommend this Khan academy course (it's short and sweet): <a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/money-and-banking/bitcoin/v/bitcoin-what-is-it" rel="nofollow">https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...</a><p>There's a lot more advanced stuff out there (as you can see in the other comments) that I would touch on once I have a rough overview.<p>A lot changes in the crypto world month-to-month, and so forums like Reddit and Twitter are usually the best to stay up to date. Unfortunately, there's a lot of useless chunder on these forums you'll have to learn to filter to get access to the quality stuff.<p>Personally, I avoid the fanboys/girls and like following people who are more critical of the space. Because of this, I've discontinued following r/Bitcoin on Reddit (I'm sure there're smart people out there—there was just too much I didn't agree with and decided to leave).<p>Some of my favorites today are:<p>- patio11 on Twitter<p>- prestonbyrne.com website and Twitter<p>- buttcoin on Twitter<p>- Tim Swanson (ofnumbers on Twitter)<p>- Bitfinexd on Twitter<p>- <a href="http://thereformedbroker.com/2017/11/27/it-just-got-real/" rel="nofollow">http://thereformedbroker.com/2017/11/27/it-just-got-real/</a><p>I know this is more of a crypto pessimist crowd but I tend to agree with their views way more than the rest of the herd. I think they're a lot more rational and highlight some great things to look out for.<p>I would encourage you to fish for some of the rational optimists as well. If anyone has recommendations, I'm all ears!
From a couple of months ago<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15762485" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15762485</a><p>There is a lot of information on Reddit about what is new, but it lacks the same quality filters that HN has so I have not really enjoyed it.<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/</a> is a place to start
<a href="http://www.Bitcointalk.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.Bitcointalk.org</a> for the huff & puff + <a href="http://www.coinmarketcap.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinmarketcap.com</a> for the money talk + <a href="http://www.icodrops.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.icodrops.com</a> for entering at the penny stage
If you are just getting started, you might wanna check out this page:<p><a href="http://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/" rel="nofollow">http://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/</a><p>I think it is good for an initial overview
<a href="https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html" rel="nofollow">https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html</a><p>Great resource that covers a array of topics on a spectrum of levels for different audiences.