With more and more users interested in æternity, we thought it is a good idea to create a resource that includes various “getting started” resources. Here it is.

[Updated 08.04.2020]

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New æternity website

æternity Universe One Conference —Prague, September 20–21, 2019

• æternity Universe One: Developer Track Highlights
• What has happened: AE Ventures’ update on æternity Universe One conference
• æternity Crypto Foundation Graces æternity Universe One
• æternity Universe One — Entrepreneurship Track Talks — Day 1 (videos)
• æternity Universe One — Developer Track Talks — Day 1 (videos)
• æternity Universe One — Entrepreneurship Track Talks — Day 2 (videos)
• æternity Universe One — Developer Track Talks — Day 2 (videos)
• æternity Universe One — Our Experience by Hack.bg
• æternity Universe One Was A Kickoff One Would Never Forget by Altcoin Magazine

Mainnet Launch

• Introducing Roma: The First Live Implementation of the æternity Blockchain
• æternity’s Roma Release is Here

Protocol Upgrades

• The Minerva Release is Out!
• The Majority of Mining Power Adopted Fortuna
• Æternity Releases Final Hard Fork Software to Compete with Ethereum

Roadmap

• æternity Development Roadmap Update

AE Token Migration — Complete

• Migration FAQ in the Forum
• How Will AE Token Migration Happen?
• Phase 0 of AE Token Migration [COMPLETE]
• Phase 1 of AE Token Migration [COMPLETE]
• End Date for Phase 1 of Token Migration and Ledger Nano S Support
• Phase 2 of AE Token Migration and Minerva Hard Fork [COMPLETE]
• Phase 3 of AE Token Migration [COMPLETE] — Last phase before Ethereum smart contract freeze.
• AE Token Migration Video Guides (Ledger Nano S, MyEtherWallet, MetaMask, Base æpp)
• How to access your ERC20 AE tokens on æternity Mainnet after (last) Lima hardfork?

Community-Building Campaigns

• Create a Community Building Campaign and Grow the Æcosystem

On-Chain Governance

• æternity’s First On-Chain Governance Vote: Decentralization 2.0
• Forum Discussion on the Block Reward Initiative (BRI)

Getting Started with æternity Blockchain

• Documentation Hub (very useful!)
• Forum (the best place to get support)
• æternity protocol on GitHub
• Virtual Machine — Fast æternity Transaction Engine (FATE)
• Oracles on GitHub
• State Channels on GitHub
• Smart Contracts on GitHub
• Sophia — Smart Contract Language at GitHub
• Naming System on GitHub
• The æternity Blockchain Naming System (AENS) is now LIVE! Claim your .chain name via the Base æpp.
• Governance on GitHub
• Bitcoin-NG on GitHub
• Generalized Accounts on GitHub
• æternity Development 101 (free course at dacade.org)
• æternity page at BitcoinWiki
• General FAQ
• Technical FAQ
• Mainnet FAQ
• Mining AE tokens (Video by SavageMine)
• 2018: A Year in Review

Getting Started with æpps and æpp Tools

• Documentation Hub (very useful!)
• æternity Weekly Development Updates (videos)
• Weekly æpp and Tool Updates (great place to start)
• Public Developer Hangouts (videos)
• Run Your Own Middleware
• æternity Best Current Practices (Making Improvement Proposals)
• Tech Twitter Account
• The First æpps Summit: Summary

æternity Ventures

• æternity Ventures Website
• æternity Ventures Blog
• Twitter Account
• Starfleet Website
• Æternity Launches Starfleet Incubator for Blockchain Innovation by Bitcoin Magazine
• Æ Ventures’ Blockchain Accelerator Reaches $1.6M in Investments by Cointelegraph

æternity Crypto Foundation

• æternity Crypto Foundation Website
• æternity Crypto Foundation Blog
• Twitter Account
• 1000 AE for Telegram Tipping
• Announcing a Donation to the AEKnow.org Project
• æternity Crypto Foundation Names Emin Mahrt a Board Member
• æternity Crypto Foundation Awards First Round of BRI Grantees
• Around the world with our æmbassadors: see where we’ve been!
• æternity crypto foundation debuts Video Interviews with Grant Recipients
• æternity: Bitcoin-NG the way it was meant to be
• Grant Report #5: æternity crypto foundation announces new round of grants
• Grant Report #6: æternity crypto foundation announces a sixth round of awardees

æternity Americas

• æternity Uruguay Blog
• Twitter account

Videos, Interviews, and Presentations

• What is æternity?
• Short overview of æternity’s main technological features at Cent.co
• æternity’s State Channels by Dimitar Ivanov
• æternity’s State Channels by Ulf Wiger
• æternity’s Consensus Algorithm by Michal Zajda
• æternity’s Peer Communication (Noise Protocol) by Georgi Spasov
• æternity’s Smart Contracts by Erik Stenman & Tobias Lindahl
• æternity’s Virtual Machine [Elixir] by Bozhidar Nikolov
• Property-Based Testing in Blockchain and P2P Networks by Thomas Arts
• Challenges & Advantages of Using Erlang in Cryptocurrencies by Ulf Wiger
• Interview with Vlad during Berlin Blockchain Week
• Interviews with Vlad & Stoyan during Chainges, Amsterdam
• Interview with Nikola and Emin during Consensus 2018
• Podcast with Nikola on Ventures, Starfleet and Growing the Global Blockchain Talent Pool by Technology Blog Writer
• GLOBSEC: Parallel & Undercover World of Blockchain by Julio Alejandro
• Building a Blockchain in Erlang — Ulf Wiger at CODE Mesh LDN 2018
• Sofia Crypto Meetup #34 — æternity Mainnet
• æternity’s Generalized Accounts by Vlad, Hans, and Dimitar
• æternity’s Arkane Wallet by Vlad, Marco, and Karel from Arkane Network
• æternity’s FATE VM and more by Nikita and Michal
• How to sleep well after a major code refactoring by Thomas Arts & Tobias Lindahl
• Yanislav Malahov on æternity: A Legacy To Outlive Its Founder — interview with Yanislav Malahov by Hackernoon
• Why Developers Shouldn’t Shy Away From Blockchain Development — interview with Dincho Todorov by Altcoin Magazine
• A Scalable Ethereum — Can æternity Blockchain Get Ahead By Starting from Scratch? — interview with Ulf Wiger by Investing.com
• The Story of Reinvention: Lessons in Heresy From an Erlang Veteran — interview with Ulf Wiger by TechBullion
• Interview with Yanislav Malahov by Crypto Beadles at CoinAgenda 2019
• Interview with Pablo Coirolo by decentraLIVE at AIBC Summit 2019
• Interview with Pablo Coirolo by BTC Bros at AIBC Summit 2019
• Improving Public Sector on the Blockchain? — Pablo Coirolo taking part in an AIBC Summit 2019 panel
• Building a Blockchain in Erlang — Ulf Wiger at GOTO Conference 2019
• On Building a Decentralised Future — Yanislav Malahov at GenesisDevCon 2019
• Interview with Yanislav Malahov by Crypto Kanoon at GenesisDevCon 2019

Webinars

• æternity Webinar: Scaling decentralized applications by Vlad Dramaliev
• æternity Webinar: Sophia, a functional blockchain language by Erik Stenman
• æternity Webinar: Evolution of the æternity consensus engine by Michal Zajda

Opinion Articles and Blog Posts (Team)

• 5 Issues Companies Are Facing With Blockchain
• How Will Blockchain Technology Enter the Mainstream? | Writers Contest Winners [Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4]
• Could a Blockchain-Based Reputation System Prevent a Dystopian Future? in HackerNoon
• Advantages of Functional Programming for Blockchain Protocols in HackerNoon
• Can Blockchain Win? — Social Media Platforms 2.0 [Part 1]
• Can Blockchain Win? — Social Media Platforms 2.0 [Part 2]
• Facebook’s Blockchain Affair | Can Blockchain Win? — Social Media Platforms 2.0 [Part 3]
• The Future of Payment Gateways
• DAOs on æternity
• Introduction to æternity’s Bitcoin-NG Implementation
• Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake
• On (Decentralized) Governance
• Blockchain Must be Open Software
• The Digital Insurance Marketplace
• Trade Financing is Broken
• How Smart Contracts Might Change The Way We Live
• Blockchain Oracles
• Democratizing Blockchain Forks
• Building a Truly Decentralized Blockchain
• Re-Discovering Prediction Markets
• Bitcoin Whitepaper Birthday Special: æternity’s 11 Advantages
• æternity’s Mainnet Turns One!

Community Resources

• Coin Spotlight: æternity by Coinplan Insights
• Blockchain Scalability Solutions from æternity by CardRates.com
• æternity Review: What is AE, What are æpps, and What Makes It a Unique Token by BitBoy Crypto
• æternity: Scalable smart contracts interfacing with real-world data by Fujan Crypto Report
• Token Analysis: æternity (AE) by Edward Ward (Comprehensive)
• Coin of the week review by faast
• Comprehensive Wiki Guide to æternity by WikiCryptoCoins
• æternity (AE) Review: Building Scalable Smart Contracts by Coin Bureau
• æternity biweekly review by Paradigm Fund
• What is æternity? by ZebPay
• What is æternity? by investinblockchain.com
• What is æternity? by disruptblock.com
• What is æternity? by qoinbook.com
• æternity review by longcaller.com
• æternity — Ethereum 2.0? by The Crypto Lark
• æternity review — The Ultimate Money Guide to AE by Ultimate Money
• æternity Blockchain Will Be Used to Track Cannabis in Uruguay by Cointelegraph
• æternity Blockchain Brings ‘Liquid Democracy’ to Uruguay by Cointelegraph
• Microsoft Innovation Center Partners with æternity to Support Blockchain Startups in Malta by Globenewswire

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