a very good introductory article about how blockchains work
Blockchain - Blockchain Fundamentals @ MSDN Magazine
Merkle tree - Wikipedia
Merkle Trees – Hacker Noon
Blockchain technology | Microsoft Azure
Azure Blockchain Service
azure-blockchain-projects/EnterpriseSmartContracts.md at master · Azure/azure-blockchain-projects
coco-framework/Coco Framework whitepaper.pdf at master · Azure/coco-framework
Getting Started with Ethereum using Azure Blockchain – Premier Developer
free E-Book: Blockchain for Dummies @ IBM