I’ve thought about this for a while, and I know many of you starting out in cryptocurrency are discovering the terminology, the use cases, and even the price volatility to be somewhat disturbing. In either case, I wanted to highlight that the beginning investor should not be easily swayed by misinformation, hype, or nonsense. To best separate the facts from fiction, we should start the discussion of reading white papers. Now realistically, reading a whitepaper isn’t easy, and it shouldn’t be taken with a grain of salt that you would need a high level of reading comprehension to get through every single line of programming, math, cryptography, and whatnot to fully comprehend the system, but in many cases these white papers abbreviate the actual definition of the cryptographic hash. What a whitepaper should offer to most people is insights into how the cryptography or business use case. It’s not always the case that you’ll be able to get as granular to understand the cryptography well enough to design your own currency, though if you have the intelligence to develop a unique block hash function, you should let the imagination run wild. In any case, I’ve though about the three most important whitepapers anyone should read. So, here they are: The original Bitcoin Whitepaper written by Satoshi Nakamoto. The original whitepaper described the various use cases for a decentral currency beyond describing the SHA-256 Algorithm, plus the practicality of using miners. This Whitepaper is a good place to start for anyone needing to understand the foundational stuff, because there’s a lot of weird stuff lately being said, even about Bitcoin ironically. The original Ethereum Whitepaper written by Vitalik Buterin. This whitepaper is a bit complex to understand, but it establishes the framework for distributed apps running on a blockchain ledger and built-upon the work of Satoshi Nakamoto by referencing the Bitcoin whitepaper. The purpose of Ethereum, and how it deals with hacks, and the consensus voting mechanism are also described in the whitepaper. The next one is a bit controversial, but I would recommend the IOTA whitepaper by Serguei Propov, because it’s a fully decentralized structure for blockchain. Ironically, this is the only whitepaper that referenced both quantum computing resistance, and a fully decentralized architecture. Will it overtake some of the bigger cryptos, perhaps not any time soon, because it’s so recent, but it’s at least interesting to see where this coin goes. There are obviously other great whitepapers, but I’m starting with the most practical ones to read, so you can understand where blockchain has been and where it’s going. There’s going to be more blockchain projects released down the road, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. If you want to learn more via video courses with my help, and the help of crypto millionaires, bitcoin foundation founders, and various other crypto pioneers who are at the forefront of news, information, and methodologies you’ve got to join the Bitcoin Crypto Mastermind program. We also provide live events, one-on-one consulting, and private communities where knowledgeable experts, and experienced traders interact with each other, share ideas, and keep a level of inclusion that can be found nowhere else. The program will remain open for a select period, so enroll as soon as possible.