As you can see I'm new to the forum and have made the decision to become more knowledgeable about the technical parts of bitcoin technology before I start my trips with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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Then, you need to find a good resource with basic and technical articles about Bitcoin,
then just "
forum search" what you can't understand; if it's not discussed yet, create a NewTopic.
Other famous cryptocurrencies work differently so you'll need a different resource for those
but some are straight-up copy of Bitcoin so what you'll about to learn is applicable to those bunch.
I'll suggest you to read
everything from this website, it's a good start: