AnnouncementsAnnouncements
Welcome to the newsletter. It’s good to be back home and spending more time on SN. I’m glad to see that the territory is still filled with high quality content. For now I will continue the rewards system, although the downzapping drama is complicating things. @btcbitbybit earned top honors with an explanation of their new family bitcoin app. I am thankful that @R4DENT0R is still updating the ecosystem map.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, and have a good week.
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Top 5 Posts Of The WeekTop 5 Posts Of The Week
- I built a family Bitcoin education app — kids earn sats from chores by @btcbitbybit
- Bitcoin Education Archive - @NeedCreations by @Scoresby
- Bitcoin: Soft Fork vs Hard Fork & BIP-110 Updates - Wicked Smart Bitcoin by @Lux
- After orange-pilled the School owner, today I had a chance talking with students by @hasherstacker
- How to set up a Raspberry Pi node by @06bc1a977d
There will be a zap award for the top 5 posts weekly. It will be broken down as follows:
- 1000 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
- 250 sats
Posts will be judged using SN zaprank. The cut off time is 9:00am EST (1300GMT) Friday morning. I will post the top 5 winners shortly after 9:00am every Friday morning.
I reserve the right to not award any sats for the week. I also reserve the right to deny sat awards to bare link posts. I recognize that link posts can be valuable, so I will only only exercise discretion for low quality links that garner few sats or engagement from stackers.
Index
Learning ResourcesLearning Resources
The White PaperThe White Paper
Everyone knows about the white paper, but have you read it? Here is the pdf.
Ecosystem MapEcosystem Map
@RadentorForNoxus has created a comprehensive ecosystem map. I believe he intends to keep this list updated. Beginners will benefit from checking it out, as will experienced bitcoiners.
Web SitesWeb Sites
- Jameson Lopp’s website is an incredible resource for people interested in learning about bitcoin at any level. Beginners should go to his Getting Started With Bitcoin page. For those who can do without Lopp’s shitcoinery, here is a curated fork of the site.
- DarthCoin Guides
DarthCoin Guides provide excellent step by step instruction for those learning about nodes, particular wallets, and just about everything else in the ecosystem.
Here is a link to DarthCoin’s Github, where you can find all of DarthCoin’s guides:
https://darth-coin.github.io/
- Why Bitcoin Only This is a massive trove of links, where you can find just about anything you’re looking for. It’s also fun to browse around.
- Learn Me A Bitcoin Greg Walker explains bitcoin in a way that everyone can understand.
- Opcode Explained Documenting bitcoin opcodes, one at a time.
- Lightning Network Documents Good complement to the white paper.
Best Stacker PostsBest Stacker Posts
- DarthCoin Posts
-- Zeus - Graduated LN wallet, a step by step guide for newbies by @DarthCoin
-- Zeus Node - Tips and tricks by @DarthCoin
-- Beginner guide: how to use different LN channel types by @DarthCoin
- Top Posts Of All Time
Here you will find a few of the top posts to this territory. I am not going to adhere to a rigid zaprank system, since my purpose is to highlight content that has educational value. I will use an informal combination of zaprank and my own evaluation. For instance, some posts, though of high quality, are solely about Stacker News, and might have more appropriately originated as a meta post.
I'm sure lots of people are like me -- not new to bitcoin, although still finding their way around lightning. lots of these links are still relevant for us.
I still see myself as a beginner. I believe in the whole zen thing.