Stretch reading
Lesson in Course: Work in progress (expert, 90min)
For extra context and understanding
Articles
Cryptocurrency's Netscape Moment - Elad Gil

Just as Netscape's IPO marked the real kick off for the Internet era, 2017 will be the starting gun for broad involvement of venture, hed...
How the Bitcoin protocol actually works - Michael Nielsen
Data-driven intelligence
Crypto Reading in Chronological order - Dan romero

A list of worthwhile posts about cryptocurrency.
Crypto canon
Here’s a list of crypto readings and resources (2018-2019). It’s organized from building blocks and basics; foundations (& history); and key concepts — followed by specific topics such as governance; privacy and security; scaling; consensus and governance; cryptoeconomics, cryptoassets, and …
Seminal white papers
Bitcoin
Ethereum

An introductory paper to Ethereum, published in 2013 before its launch.