@mrdubious - Welcome to Steemit!
I'm a programmer too and have been obsessed with bitcoin since early this year. I've been studying Andreas Antonopoulos's Mastering Bitcoin text. He's got a lot of great videos as well.
Thanks for being part of the solution to web centralization. The more who leave FB, Twitter, Google, etc, behind for decentralized blockchain social media platforms like Steemit, the sooner we empower ourselves.
Awesome! You seem like a good candidate for my first follow.