🗺️ Developer Path - Plan B Network
Progress tracking and content map for Bitcoin Development studies.
📚 Modules
- 01. Why Bitcoin (DEEP DIVE Summary)
- 02. How Bitcoin (DEEP DIVE Summary)
- 03. Where Bitcoin (DEEP DIVE Summary)
- 04. Bitcoin Industry Landscape (DEEP DIVE Summary)
- 01. Bitcoin Protocol Intro (DEEP DIVE Summary)
🏛️ Foundations: Why Bitcoin (Lecture 01)
Economics & Philosophy
- Time Preference
- Crusoe Economics (Ant vs Grasshopper)
- Positive-Sum Games
- Shelling Out (Nick Szabo Analysis)
- Energy Harvesting and Capital
- Bearer Instrument vs Credit
- The Skinny Pirate Analogy
Scarcity & History
- Stock-to-Flow Ratio
- Inelasticity of Supply
- De-virtualization of Money
- The History of Coinage
- Roman Currency Debasement
- Hyperinflation Case Studies
- The Nixon Shock (1971)
The Fiat Trap
- The Cantillon Effect
- Fractional Reserve (Parking Lot Analogy)
- Money as a System of Control
- Shrinkflation and Skimpflation
- The Fiat Life
Visuals & Resources
🛠️ Foundations: How Bitcoin (Lecture 02)
Cryptography Foundations
- Symmetric vs Asymmetric Cryptography
- Digital Signatures and Authorship
- Hash Functions & Pre-image Resistance
The Digital Cash Quest
- David Chaum & eCash
- Blind Signatures for Privacy
- Hashcash & Linear Cost (Adam Back)
- Hal Finney & RPOW
- Merkle Trees & Timestamping
- Satoshi’s Final Synthesis
- The Double-Spending Problem
- UTXO vs Account Model
Censorship & Failure Modes
Visuals & Resources
🌍 Foundations: Where Bitcoin (Lecture 03)
The Timechain & Consensus
- The Timechain
- Proof of Work (Unforgeable Costliness)
- Mining Economics (Subsidy vs Fees)
- The Sigma Equation (Halving)
Scaling & Layers
- The Scalability Trilemma (Bathtub Curve)
- Lightning Network (Payment Channels)
- Ark (Lift-Off Payments)
Economics & Adoption
Visuals & Resources
🏢 Foundations: Bitcoin Industry Landscape (Lecture 04)
Terminology & Evolution
Security Models & Sovereignty
- Spectrum of Security Models
- Custodial vs Federated Models
- Layer 2 Security Models
- Base Layer Sovereignty
Network Architecture
Business & Monetization
Visuals & Resources
💻 Developer Track (Lecture 01)
Bitcoin Protocol Intro
- Bitcoin Core Architecture
- Building Bitcoin Core
- Key Source Files
- Testing and Validation
- Peer to Peer Network
- Contributing to Bitcoin Core
🛠️ Tools & Resources
🧠 Review & Flashcards
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