I'm Learning Hedera Hashgraph

I've spent the past couple of weeks digging in a little more deeply to the resources I identified with my initial survey of whatever Hedera content that I could find.  If you recall, I'm looking at this from the standpoint of content a developer can use. If I were to specify in terms of a Job To Be Done (JTBD) framework, I'd have something like: As an experienced developer who is new to Hedera, I need to identify the content resources that will get me started with Hedera most quickly. Because there is a lot of content churn out there (for example, in the past two weeks, Hedera updated its web site, and it also reorganized its Discord server), it was tempting to get distracted and misdirected. But I managed to persevere, and have come up with the following set. I'm going to dig very deeply into just these resources for the next few weeks and make a plan for a barebones getting started document.  1. Main Website  https://hedera.com/     The website is the centra...

Most developers don't want to allocate too much time to background information -- they pick up what they need along the way. There's not a ton of information about Hedera out there, but there's always enough cruft to distract you. So I spent a couple of days searching around for high-quality sources of truth for information about Hedera, focusing on the things that a developer would to need to read or use to get started. This survey was just to try and identify sources of truth -- I only went deep enough to judge the quality and purpose of the content. I looked for content that would be useful for ramping up and for ongoing development. Background information is okay, but as I didn't want to get lost in rabbit holes, I only considered content that is core to the technology. Something you'd read once or twice at most to figure out where the technology fits in your technological world. I came up with the following resources. I'll be reading/familiarizing myself wi...

My project for 2023 is to research and try to understand the Hedera Hashgraph technology. I know almost nothing about it today, and I want to learn as much as possible as I can about it, write about what I learn, and become a useful member of the community by the end of the year. I plan to document my process of discovery in blog posts here (as needed, at least 2-3x a week) and sum those up in weekly posts on medium.com. Why Hedera? I've chosen Hedera Hashgraph because it strikes me as an evolutionary advancement in blockchain technology. It appears to have solid funding and founding and has a decent sized multi-national community. So I don't think I'll be wasting my efforts on something really cool but destined for the shelf. By the end of the year, I'll know whether I'm on target with that impression or not. I'll also know whether I want to continue working with it in 2024. How Will I Proceed? For no more than the first couple of weeks, I'm going to spend ...