Objective

Understand what is the blockchain technology, why cryptocurrencies are interesting assets and how to invest in them to generate good yield.

Table of contents

📖 Crypto dictionary

🔗 Why is the blockchain an interesting technology?

💰 Why are cryptocurrencies an interesting asset class?

🎯 How to build a crypto portfolio?

Resources

<aside> 💡 Disclaimer: this guide is meant to provide basic knowledge on a particularly complex topic in the most concise manner. I'm no expert, I'm just writing as I learn.

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Crypto dictionary

Largely inspired by Uphold's cryptionary

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Why is the blockchain an interesting technology?

Understand the hype.

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Definition

The blockchain is a public ledger that records transactions; it is a linear, chronological list of transaction records called blocks. The blocks are linked together and secured against tampering using cryptography.