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Ask HN: Blockchain Development Resources
3 points by insulanian on Jan 22, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments
Hi,

I want to get deeper understanding and more involvement in blockchain development area. Please note that I'm not talking about on-blockchain development (smart contracts, etc...), but about development of the underlying blockchain technology.

If I would want to build a new blockchain (just hypothetically - I know I should use existing ones) what would be the best

- discussion boards on that topic?

- bloggers to follow?

- three blockchain projects to look at from the architecture and code quality point of views?

- resources for starting out? (I'm an experienced developer, so not "for Dummies" series. I need enough theory to build solid foundation, but I don't plan to do PhD :-))

Thanks a bunch!



Hello,

I am not a developer, but if I may share my humble knowledge here, I think the most common starting point is to reuse Ethereum standard. 50% of the new blockchain-based services being launched are using this standard... I advise you to read the white paper if you have not done it yet :)


What do you mean by "Ethereum standard"? If you're talking about ERC20 token standard, that's exactly what OP said (s)he is not aiming for.


This story is about learning blockchain by building one, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15372940


Thanks, that looks interesting.


Start with learning cryptography systematically. No, just reading about symmetric encryption and hash functions doesn't cut it.




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