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by boysabr3 3092 days ago
If you're starting from scratch, I'd recommend this Khan academy course (it's short and sweet): https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-fi...

There's a lot more advanced stuff out there (as you can see in the other comments) that I would touch on once I have a rough overview.

A lot changes in the crypto world month-to-month, and so forums like Reddit and Twitter are usually the best to stay up to date. Unfortunately, there's a lot of useless chunder on these forums you'll have to learn to filter to get access to the quality stuff.

Personally, I avoid the fanboys/girls and like following people who are more critical of the space. Because of this, I've discontinued following r/Bitcoin on Reddit (I'm sure there're smart people out there—there was just too much I didn't agree with and decided to leave).

Some of my favorites today are:

- patio11 on Twitter

- prestonbyrne.com website and Twitter

- buttcoin on Twitter

- Tim Swanson (ofnumbers on Twitter)

- Bitfinexd on Twitter

- http://thereformedbroker.com/2017/11/27/it-just-got-real/

I know this is more of a crypto pessimist crowd but I tend to agree with their views way more than the rest of the herd. I think they're a lot more rational and highlight some great things to look out for.

I would encourage you to fish for some of the rational optimists as well. If anyone has recommendations, I'm all ears!

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I would recommend Naval Ravikant (@naval) and Nick Svabo (@NickSvabo4) as the smartest people I know who are heavily engaged in cryptocurrency professionally.
Correction: Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4)