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Are Bitcoin Block Hashes Predictable?

What should I study to interact with the Bitcoin block chain?

  • I know basic programming in Java, basic algorithms... I'm not exactly sure what I want to work on, I just know that it's in the bitcoin space. What language should I learn? What topic should I study? Obvious ones are Cryptography, Networking... What else? Edit - Referring to the pure back-end, block-chain part of the app.

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    Maths. You approach everything you learn from a better vantage point when you expand your understanding and appreciation of the core subject. Learning has to be dynamic and ongoing, you never stop, but starting from the ground up is the best way to build real knowledge.

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Choose something that you wanna work on, then decide on what to learn. A good grasp of cryptography is great for bitcoin because that's the entire underlying framework, but I don't think it's a requirement. For example, maybe you have decided to write a price ticker application - then you'll have to learn how to fetch data from different sources using APIs, how to represent them visually (web app/desktop app), and whatever other features you plan on adding to your application. It'll be a lot easier when you have a goal in mind.

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