[Overview] The one thread to link them all

[freedomno1]

Mirrored with Permission from Shorena (This list will deviate as suggestions are taken here)

This is an attempt to collect and order every single important, useful or interesting thread for bitcointalk.org. This is for now based on my personal watchlist and thus can not be complete. If you think a thread is missing post a link and an ultra short (few words) summary below.

Disclaimer: Some of these threads might be outdated and/or contain wrong information. A linked thread does not equal endorsement.

Original Thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1217042.0

• Altcoins
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  • Alt coins 101 - how to be careful and avoid scams
       
  • Exchanges - list of altcoin and bitcoin exchanges
       
  • Faucets - list of altcoin faucets.
       
  • Map of coins - visualizes the history of cryptocurrencies (actual info is on external site).
       
  • Malware in altcoins - when your anti virus fails.
       
  • Overview - list of altcoins (outdated).
       
  • rpietila Altcoin Observer - overview over altcoins (outdated).
       
  • Shop and Servies - accepting altcoins (outdated).

• Bitcointalk
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  • Activity periods - explained, also links to a handy spreadsheet.
       
  • Alt accounts - a list of known alternative or additional accounts of users.
     
  • Default Trust Network - a visualisation
       
  • Default Trust Network - get a weekly data dump (trust.txt.xz), etc.
       
  • Default Trust Network - we need a better system discussion thread
       
  • DannyHamilton's ignore list - helps you remove trash posters from your reading experience.
       
  • Evil points - a visualisation
       
  • Hacked Account? - how to recover it
       
  • Hidden pages - a collection of undocumented or hard to find bitcointalk pages.
     
  • New Forum - list of requirements
       
  • Potential activity counting bot
       
  • Ranks/positions/badges - What do those shiny coins under my name mean?
       
  • Rules - unofficial collection and FAQ, covers most forum related things and links to other important threads regarding the forum.
       
  • Secret question recovery can lock your account
       
  • Security Bounties
       
  • Signature Adblock Script - helps you block annoying signatures
     
  • Stake your address to allow account recovery via signed message
• Educational
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  • Beginners Guide
       
  • Boards and Forums - list of alternative bitcoin and altcoin boards.
       
  • Papers, Journals etc. on Bitcoin - a collection
       
  • Papers, Journals etc. on Bitcoin - a very old collection
       
  • Signatures - how to create and verify them
       
  • Stay safe - Security Tips
       
  • Terminology - Commonly used abbreviations, words, names and phrases on bitcointalk.
       
  • Viruses - tips to avoid them
• History
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  • 2010 Pizza for 10000 Bitcoin
       
  • 2011 Brain damage due to GPU mining.
       
  • 2011 Paritiy Party - bitcoin reach 1 USD for the first time.
• Marketplace
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  • Advertising Networks - paying in bitcoin
       
  • Auction 101
       
  • Avatar campaigns - overview thread.
       
  • Cloudmining 101 ponzi risk assessment.
       
  • Collateral why you shouldnt loan without it.
       
  • Debit cards powered by bitcoin.[
       
  • Escrow list of active escrows
       
  • Escrow how does it work
       
  • Exchanges - review collection
       
  • Faucets - possible risks
       
  • Faucets - how to make your own.
       
  • Faucet rotator - how to make your own.
       
  • Free Bitcoin
       
  • Gambling - overview and review of popular gambling sites.
       
  • How to earn Bitcoin overview thread
       
  • LEALANA - physical coins mintage and coin list.
       
  • Lending 101
       
  • Lending - a list of active and defaulted loans
       
  • Lost and Found list of accidental transactions
       
  • Major Bitcoin Heists, Thefts, Hacks, Scams, and Losses
       
  • Paypal and other reversible transfer services
       
  • Ponzi Monitor
       
  • Scam Spotting 101
       
  • Signature campaigns overview thread
       
  • Speculation collection of websites
       
  • Speculation Wall Observer, Bitcoin price discussion mega thread
       
  • Spending Bitcoin - A list of useful every day sites for spending bitcoins.
       
  • Trading advice - Escrow, Social Engineering, Carding, Steam refunds, etc.
• Mining
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  • 3 months in a multi-petahash BTC mine in China
       
  • An introduction
       
  • Dogie's Hardware Guides overview thread
       
  • Hardware manufacturers overview thread
• Technical
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  • Beyond Internet - an alternative coin network - collection of papers
       
  • Blockchain data torrent - no longer needed with newer versions of bitcoin core, but still viable in some situations.
       
  • Brute force a wallet
    Dev weekly IRC meetings in layman's terms by G1lius.
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    • 2015-10-29
           
    • 2015-10-22
       
  • Cold wallet data transfer via minimodem
       
  • Dev Mailling List
       
  • Hacked - what to do
       
  • Hashmal - Transaction Script IDE
       
  • Pull request - how to contribute to bitcoin core
       
  • Pywallet - python based tool to modify bitcoin core wallets
       
  • Raspberry Pi 2 B - full node guide
       
  • secp256k1 - good infromation about bitcoins eliptic curve by gmaxwell
       
  • Sig OPS - a blockchain attack explained.
       
  • Transactions - 0 Fee and confirmation time FAQ
       
  • Vanity - create custom addresses
       
  • Wallets - overview thread for all kinds of wallets.
       
  • Wallets - overview of hardware wallets and nodes.
• Various other
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  • ARG Puzzle #1 solved 3.5 BTC prize.(this post includes a link to a summary pdf)
       
  • ARG Puzzle #2 The Legend of Satoshi Nakamato - unsolved 4.87 BTC prize
       
  • Chess bitcointalk.org vs. a professional
       
  • Physical coins - Mitchełł's collection
       
  • Satoshi's 1st post.

[freedomno1]

Reserved

[LiteCoinGuy]

good summary, thx for posting.