Reading

If you haven’t already, you should read the Bitcoin whitepaper.

If you’re interested in analyzing on-chain data the Ethereum Docs are a good place to start to get a feeling for how data is actually stored on the (Ethereum) blockchain. The ERC-20 token standard for fungible tokens, and the ERC-721 token standard for non-fungible tokens have become key parts of the blockchain ecosystem, and so it’s important to get a good handle on how they function. If you’re ready to start exploring on-chain data, I’ve written a bunch of scripts to help scrape data from Ethereum contracts.

Podcasts

The Zero Knowledge podcast is by far the best podcast for learning about the technical underpinnings of the blockchain technology. Although it focuses on applications related to Zero Knowledge, it covers a broad range of topics outside of Zero Knowledge as well. Epicenter is also quite good. If you’re interested in Bitcoin, The Bitcoin Explained podcast is excellent.

Lane Rettig’s interviews on What Bitcoin Did provide a very clear explanation of what makes Bitcoin special (in contrast to the many newer, faster layer 1s)

Online Blockchain Courses