Stanford's CS 251 course on the technical foundations of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, covering how the protocols, consensus, and blockchain systems work. Its syllabus and draft textbook are publicly available.

One commenter recommends the course's readings and draft textbook as a good starting point for understanding Bitcoin and blockchain.

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1. Recommendsrandom_moonwalk2017in “Ask HN: Best resources to to understand BTC/Blockchain and its implications?”

   Check out the readings for Stanford's Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies course (https://crypto.stanford.edu/cs251/syllabus.html). There's a draft of the textbook for the course that's a great place to start imo.

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