It can be a challenge to find accessible information about cryptocurrency and blockchain tech―which sites offer the best guides and tutorials?Learning about blockchain can be a chore: the crypto world is full of information, and navigating that material is no small task.

Until recently, there were very few comprehensive resources―instead, information was scattered across project documentation, wikis, and forums. This uncoordinated approach was not very convenient for newcomers.

However, there are now a number of projects and companies that have taken it upon themselves to create educational blockchain websites. These websites generally cover a broad range of topics, keep up to date with the latest changes, and collect everything together in one place. Let's take a look at five of the most significant education sites.

Coinbase Earn

Coinbase is one of the most popular crypto exchanges, and it's making an effort to ensure that its investors are informed about trading. Since May, Coinbase has been paying users to study major cryptocurrencies through a subsite called Coinbase Earn.

The site covers several notable coins, including EOS, 0x, Zcash, Dai, Stellar Lumens, and Brave's Basic Attention Token.

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Coinbase Earn merely scratches the surface of these topics: after viewing each brief tutorial, you'll be able to complete a quiz. In return, you'll typically earn $10 of crypto, total―though you can earn $40 more if you invite other users.

Overall, Coinbase Earn is a good site for beginners, as it covers recognizable cryptocurrencies, not in-depth technical concepts.

Binance Academy

Binance is another major exchange with its own educational initiative. Unlike Coinbase, Binance Academy doesn't cover any particular coins, and it won't pay you to participate.

Instead, it offers encyclopedia-like coverage of various technical topics. In fact, Binance Academy offered 450 different articles as soon as it went live in December 2018―and it's adding more each day.

The site covers topics of all complexities, from basic blockchain overviews to more thorough explanations of security, cryptography, and economics. Binance Academy also has several side features, such as a glossary, quizzes, and tutorials.

Plus, the site is available in fifteen different languages, which means that Binance's efforts are incredibly inclusive and accessible.

Lisk Academy

Lisk Academy has been active since March 2018, and despite its name, it covers far more than Lisk itself. Rather, it covers blockchain topics in general through two main modules: one half of the site is dedicated to general users, and the other half is devoted to business users.

Together, these categories cover several topics, including P2P networking, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs.

Lisk's website boasts over 69,000 words of text, making it a fairly in-depth resource. It is, however, quite simple as well: Lisk's original announcement claims that just ten minutes of reading will give anyone the ability to understand and explain blockchain technology.

There is even a small section targeted at children, using an "explain like I'm five" conversational style.

District0x

District0x is a network for decentralized marketplaces, but it also has a secondary purpose. Since August 2018, District0x has been running its own educational portal. This collection of resources is partially devoted to District0x itself, but the main attraction is the site's extensive coverage of the Ethereum blockchain.

Right now, the site is fairly small, with about two dozen topics―roughly on par with Lisk Academy, but not nearly as large as Binance Academy. However, District0x plans to grow the site, and it is publishing new entries each month. District0x also makes learning fun with eye-catching pictures, engaging videos, and other media.

Tari Labs University

Tari Labs is an initiative co-founded by Riccardo Spagni, one of Monero's lead developers. The project is primarily tasked with creating the Tari protocol, which Monero will use to handle special digital assets in the same vein as CryptoKitties.

Additionally, Tari Labs also offers an educational site called Tari Labs University, which went live in October 2018.This site doesn't focus on any particular cryptocurrencies, but it does cover some basic topics, such as blockchain consensus and scalability.

 It also covers some cutting-edge privacy coin topics, such as bulletproofs and Mimblewimble. Although TLU covers topics at every level, some of its articles are fairly advanced, and prior knowledge is often necessary.

Before You Go

Before you check out the sites listed above, consider our own educational resources as well. Bitrates offers a wide selection of guides and tutorials, as well as in-depth series on special topics such as zero-knowledge proofs, IOTA, and Ethereum's Plasma ecosystem. We don't offer as much as you will find on a full-fledged academy site, but our resources are a good crash course.

On top of that, every website discussed in this article is a valuable resource. Each site is freely accessible, much like Khan Academy and various online coding boot camps.

One of the central values of the blockchain community is accessibility and financial inclusion, and free information can facilitate that―nobody should need to spend money to learn about their options.Additionally, these sites help promote development.

Since there are no formal blockchain education standards, it's up to the community to spread knowledge―and nobody is in a better position to do this than industry leaders. It's not just a chance for leaders to promote themselves: it's also a way for them to give back to the crypto community at large.

Disclaimer: information contained herein is provided without considering your personal circumstances, therefore should not be construed as financial advice, investment recommendation or an offer of, or solicitation for, any transactions in cryptocurrencies.

An out-of-the-box solution says it enables anyone, even with no experience, to build their own blockchain in under 10 minutes.

According to Nuls, businesses are going through a similar evolution as they did with the early internet, when every company wanted their own website: They now want their own blockchain.

And although these firms may not fully understand how to deploy blockchain technology, they are aware of how their business may benefit from it.

Nuls aims is to “dismantle some of the biggest barriers” that are stopping individuals and companies of all sizes from creating their own blockchains. Hurdles for adoption include the need to ensure that networks are fully secure and the sheer cost of bringing them to fruition.

 On top of this, it can be an incredibly time-consuming process — not least because there aren’t enough skilled developers to keep on top of demand.

The future

The team behind Nuls believes that the future of blockchain will see plenty of third-party providers that simplify the process of establishing a blockchain network. 

One of the company’s solutions, known as ChainBox, allows developers to take their applications and deploy them to a new blockchain in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee.

Nuls hopes that this approach will enable entrepreneurs to focus on the product itself rather than the time or money it takes to deploy their applications onto a chain.

Nuls describes its ChainBox feature as language agnostic — giving developers more choices and making it easier to integrate existing systems with blockchain technology.

The platform also says it is keen to ensure that users can personalize and enhance blockchains in line with their specific needs. An upcoming solution known as Chain Factory will allow users to add extra functionality and features through additional module applications that can be automatically downloaded for an instant upgrade.

The benefits

According to Nuls, the fact that major corporations such as Facebook, Amazon, Walmart, ING, IBM, Anheuser-Busch and JPMorgan Chase are creating or exploring their own blockchains powerfully illustrates an “inevitable trend” in which demand for chain-building will increase.

Worth noting is that Visa, Mastercard, Uber and others will create nodes on Facebook’s Libra to run their own consortium chains. The platform says one of the most powerful benefits it can offer through its straightforward service is the ability to bring innovative products to market up to a year early, in addition to allowing partners to receive ecosystem support through consortium chains.

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The company also places an emphasis on “ensuring that the blockchains its platform creates are flexible and scalable,” meaning that they can be adapted in line with growing demand and customized to deliver a better service to end-users.

In addition, cross-chain transactions are supported and will be built to convert Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB) and more. 

Hackathon

Nuls seeks to illustrate how effective ChainBox is through an online hackathon that invites developers to build modules for “the world’s most adaptable blockchain” — even if they haven’t worked with these networks in the past. 

These modules can be built in any coding language the developer desires, and prizes of up to $500,000 are up for grabs. The top prize is reserved for applications that would solve a practical problem and be in substantial demand in a commercial setting.

The winning project will enjoy incubation and a full range of business support, including funding and potential exchange listings, according to the team. The hackathon is scheduled to take place online from July 8 to Aug. 29.

The company has dual headquarters in the Chinese city of Chongqing and in San Jose, California.

Nuls adds that it has an ever-expanding team of developers throughout Europe, as it pursues a vision of bringing an open-source, instant blockchain-building platform to the world.

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