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💡 List of crypto reading lists

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Contents

General reading list 💡:

• 💡 a16z's crypto canon
• 💡 Jump crypto reading list
• 🥐 pastry's crypto reading list
• 💤 nosleep jon's gud reads
• 🗺 web3pm's recommended reading list
• 🗺 sparbhu and gmirea's 10 lessons for web3 PMs
• 🌐 Darrenlautf's dailyape notion page
• 🐻 JasonYanowitz' bear market classics

Domain specific reading list 👩‍💻:

• 👩‍🏫 bryanhpchiang's protocol reading list
• 🧩 Emerick's curated tokenomics reading list

Other resources 💭:

• 🛠 dcbuild3r's blockchain-development-guide
• 🤖 officer_cia's anon opsec guide
• ➗ rossant's awesome-math
• ➗ nbro's understanding-math

the end 🤷‍♂️ (comments and suggestions very welcome!)

a16z-crypto-canon.md

a16z's Crypto Canon (2019)

What is this?

It's a simple markdown copy of a16z's crypto canon, so anyone interested can fork this and keep track of their reading.

Original source: https://a16z.com/2018/02/10/crypto-readings-resources/

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Here’s a list of crypto readings and resources (2018-2019).

It’s organized from building blocks and basics; foundations (& history); and key concepts — followed by specific topics such as governance; privacy and security; scaling; consensus and governance; cryptoeconomics, cryptoassets, and investing; fundraising and token distribution; decentralized exchanges; stablecoins; and cryptoeconomic primitives and crypto goods (non-fungible tokens, cryptocollectibles, token-curated registries, curation markets).

We also included a section with developer tutorials, practical guides, and maker stories — as well as other resources, such as newsletters/updates and courses, at the end.

For a list of resources dedicated to NFTs, applications, community/social tokens and creator DAOs, please see a16z.com/nftcanon.

Building Blocks and Basics

• WTF is the blockchain? — understanding the problem it solves before defining it by Mohit Mamoria https://hackernoon.com/wtf-is-the-blockchain-1da89ba19348

• Ever wonder how bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) actually work? from 3Blue1Brown https://youtu.be/bBC-nXj3Ng4

• How the bitcoin protocol actually works by Michael Nielsen http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/how-the-bitcoin-protocol-actually-works/

• Ethereum in 25 minutes by Vitalik Buterin https://youtu.be/66SaEDzlmP4

• How does Ethereum work, anyway? — how it functions at a technical level, without complex math by Preethi Kasireddy https://medium.com/@preethikasireddy/how-does-ethereum-work-anyway-22d1df506369

• Decrypting crypto, from bitcoin and blockchain to ICOs by Alex Rampell https://a16z.com/2017/12/08/summit-crypto-alex-rampell/

• An introduction to crypto by Linda Xie https://a16z.com/2018/05/04/intro-to-crypto/

• Cryptographic hash function — what they are, properties of, etc. by Khan Academy https://youtu.be/0WiTaBI82Mc

• Basic primer on blockchain — ledger basics, why it matters by Chris Berg, Sinclair Davidson, and Jason Potts https://medium.com/@cryptoeconomics/the-blockchain-economy-a-beginners-guide-to-institutional-cryptoeconomics-64bf2f2beec4

• Basic terminology for Ethereum — from gas to dapps (distributed apps) by Matt Condon https://medium.com/@mattcondon/getting-up-to-speed-on-ethereum-63ed28821bbe

• A basic glossary of terms — a few short and simple definitions https://tangelo.co/insights/blog/techs-must-have-reference-guide-to-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency

• Crypto Glossary: Cryptocurrencies & Blockchains — key concepts and terms to know that relate to NFTs (cryptography, proof of stake, more) by Alex Pruden and Sonal Chokshi https://a16z.com/2019/11/08/crypto-glossary/

• Beginner’s guide series on cryptoassets (series) — from ethereum to litecoin by Linda Xie https://medium.com/@linda.xie/beginners-guide-series-on-cryptoassets-d897535d887

Foundations (& History)

• Bitcoin whitepaper (2009): A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

• Ethereum whitepaper (2013+): A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform by Vitalik Buterin et al https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper

• The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) by Leslie Lamport, Robert Shostak, and Marshall Pease https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~luca/cs174/byzantine.pdf

• The Agoric papers series (1988) by Mark Miller and K. Eric Drexler https://agoric.com/references/#aos

• The idea of smart contracts (1997) by Nick Szabo http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/rob/Courses/InformationInSpeech/CDROM/Literature/LOTwinterschool2006/szabo.best.vwh.net/idea.html

• Why bitcoin matters (2014) by Marc Andreessen https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/

• Bitcoin’s academic pedigree (2017) by Arvind Narayanan and Jeremy Clark https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3136559

Key Concepts

• Beyond the bitcoin bubble by Steven Johnson https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/magazine/beyond-the-bitcoin-bubble.html

• Crypto tokens: A breakthrough in open network design by Chris Dixon https://medium.com/@cdixon/crypto-tokens-a-breakthrough-in-open-network-design-e600975be2ef

• Crypto tokens and the coming age of protocol innovation by Albert Wenger http://continuations.com/post/148098927445/crypto-tokens-and-the-coming-age-of-protocol

• Fat protocols by Joel Monegro https://www.usv.com/blog/fat-protocols

• Cryptocurrencies, app coins, and investing in protocols Olaf Carson-Wee, Chris Dixon, and Sonal Chokshi https://a16z.com/2017/04/03/cryptocurrencies-protocols-appcoins/

• Getting applications into people’s hands Juan Benet and Chris Dixon https://a16z.com/2017/09/14/networks-protocols-labs-tokens/

• Blockchain: what is it good for? — including smart contracts by Ed Felten http://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/02/26/blockchain-what-is-it-good-for/

• How the U.S. government used blockchain to fight fraud by Kathryn Haun https://youtu.be/507wn9VcSAE

• Bitcoin network effects by Elad Gil http://blog.eladgil.com/2017/12/bitcoin-network-effects_11.html

• Keepers: workers that maintain blockchain networks — when designed correctly, tokens can act like rocket-fuel for driving network effects by incentivizing desired behaviors by Ryan Zurrer https://medium.com/@rzurrer/keepers-workers-that-maintain-blockchain-networks-a40182615b66

• The quiet master of cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo in conversation with Naval Ravikant by Tim Ferris https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/

• Why crypto tokens matter Fred Ehrsam and Chris Dixon https://a16z.com/2017/09/28/cryptocurrencies-networks-tokens/

• What are cryptonetworks and why are tokens fundamental? — with full deck by Nick Grossman https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2018/cryptonetworks-and-why-tokens-are-fundamental/

• Why it’s hard to “get” bitcoin: the blockchain spectrum by Dhruv Bansal https://blog.unchained-capital.com/blockchain-spectrum-806847e1c575

• Money, blockchains, and social scalability by Nick Szabo http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2017/02/money-blockchains-and-social-scalability.html

• What do we mean by “blockchains are trustless”? by Preethi Kasireddy https://medium.com/@preethikasireddy/eli5-what-do-we-mean-by-blockchains-are-trustless-aa420635d5f6

• Why decentralization matters — from eras of the internet to cryptonetworks by Chris Dixon https://medium.com/@cdixon/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e

• The meaning of decentralization — but what does that actually mean? nuances, depth by Vitalik Buterin https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/the-meaning-of-decentralization-a0c92b76a274

• Quantifying decentralization — we must be able to measure blockchain decentralization before we can improve it by Balaji Srinivasan and Leland Lee https://news.earn.com/quantifying-decentralization-e39db233c28e

• The truth about blockchain — framework for adoption to help big company executives understand state of development; strategic investments; challenges, resources, processes to facilitate adoption by Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani https://hbr.org/2017/01/the-truth-about-blockchain

• The slow death of the firm by Nick Tomaino https://thecontrol.co/the-slow-death-of-the-firm-1bd6cc81286b

• Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum — Unchained: big ideas from the worlds of blockchain and cryptocurrency by Laura Shin https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unchained-big-ideas-from-worlds-blockchain-cryptocurrency/id1123922160

• Mental models for understanding tokens Nick Tomaino and Chris Dixon https://a16z.com/2018/01/21/mental-models-tokens-crypto-trends/

• Hard forks, soft forks, defaults, and coercion — illustrating fork types, benefits, addressing criticisms by Vitalik Buterin https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/03/14/forks_and_markets.html

Governance

• An overview of governance in blockchains — introduction slides to a working paper by Odysseas Sclavounis and Nic Carter https://www.docdroid.net/ddz6VzP/overview-governance-blockchains-nc-zcon.pdf

• Governance deep dive — slides from Blockchain at Berkeley https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10cLFnYaR0r58DyPVYwMgJq3nJOFVkO02hxJf1hxGnJ0/edit?usp=sharing by Alexandra Tran and Steven Elleman

• The myth of the irrational token holder — why blockchain governance doesn’t fit squarely into any existing model by Kathleen Breitman https://medium.com/@kathleenbreit/the-myth-of-the-irrational-token-holder-c12438709afd

• Blockchain governance/ governance 101 — talk from Ethereum Foundation at BeyondBlock Taipei 2017 by Vlad Zamfir https://youtu.be/9RtSod8EXn4

• Blockchain governance — design components, approaches, suggestions by Fred Ehrsam https://medium.com/@FEhrsam/blockchain-governance-programming-our-future-c3bfe30f2d74

• Against on-chain governance — refuting (and rebuking) the above post by Vlad Zamfir https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir/against-on-chain-governance-a4ceacd040ca

• On-chain vote buying and the rise of dark DAOs — on on-chain voting and governance by Philip Daian, Tyler Kell, Ian Miers, and Ari Juels http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/07/02/on-chain-vote-buying/

• Thoughts on governance and network effects Luke Duncan https://blog.aragon.one/thoughts-on-governance-and-network-effects-f40fda3e3f98

• Notes on blockchain governance by Vitalik Buterin http://vitalik.ca/general/2017/12/17/voting.html

• Tezos position paper — a self-amending crypto-ledger by Arthur and Kathleen Breitman https://www.tezos.com/static/papers/position_paper.pdf

• An Overview of Cosmos Hub Governance — how a proposal is submitted, how deposits are collected, how the voting happens and how the final outcome is determined by Felix Lutsch https://blog.chorus.one/an-overview-of-cosmos-hub-governance/

Privacy and Security

• Privacy on the blockchain by Vitalik Buterin https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/01/15/privacy-on-the-blockchain/

• Securing smart contracts (series) — 6 Solidity vulnerabilities and how to avoid them from Loom https://medium.com/loom-network/how-to-secure-your-smart-contracts-6-solidity-vulnerabilities-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-1-c33048d4d17d https://medium.com/loom-network/how-to-secure-your-smart-contracts-6-solidity-vulnerabilities-and-how-to-avoid-them-part-2-730db0aa4834

• Ethereum smart contract best practices by ConsenSys Diligence https://consensys.github.io/smart-contract-best-practices/

• Town Crier: an authenticated data feed for smart contracts by Fan Zhang, Ethan Cecchetti, Kyle Croman, Ari Juels, and Elaine Shi https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/168.pdf

• Devcon3 panel on formal verification Phil Daian, Everett Hildenbrandt, Yoichi Hirai, and Loi Luu, moderated by Reto Trinkler https://youtu.be/DrDIcirrhWM

• What are zk-SNARKs? by Jay Graber https://z.cash/technology/zksnarks.html

• Introduction to zero-knowledge proofs — Zero Knowledge podcast episode 21, examples and underlying concepts by Fredrik Harrysson and Anna Rose https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/21

• Understanding zero-knowledge proofs — a summary based on the above episode of Zero Knowledge (with Fredrik Harrysson and Anna Rose) by Nicole Zhu https://blog.goodaudience.com/understanding-zero-knowledge-proofs-through-simple-examples-df673f796d99

• Zk-SNARKs: under the hood (series) — assumes basic knowledge of zk-SNARKs (zero-knowledge succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge) by Vitalik Buterin https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/zk-snarks-under-the-hood-b33151a013f6

• STARKs, part I: proofs with polynomials — general-purpose technology that can be used for all sorts of use cases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency by Vitalik Buterin https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/11/09/starks_part_1.html

• Scalable, transparent, and post-quantum secure computational integrity — on transparent zk-SNARKs (zk-STARKs) as a solution to the tension between personal privacy and institutional integrity by Eli Ben-Sasson, Iddo Bentov, Yinon Horesh, and Michael Riabzev https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/046.pdf

• Succinct non-interactive zero knowledge for a von Neumann Architecture by Eli Ben-Sasson, Alessandro Chiesa, Eran Tromer, and Madars Virza https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/879.pdf

Scaling

• Blockchains don’t scale — not today, at least… but there’s hope by Preethi Kasireddy https://hackernoon.com/blockchains-dont-scale-not-today-at-least-but-there-s-hope-2cb43946551a

• The decentralized-consistent-scale (DCS) triangle — on the “trilemma” of scalability, tradeoffs between decentralized, consistent, or scalable by Trent McConaghy https://blog.bigchaindb.com/the-dcs-triangle-5ce0e9e0f1dc

• Models for scaling trustless computation — on the “trilemma” of scalability, tradeoffs between safety, scalability, and decentralization of block production by Kyle Samani https://multicoin.capital/2018/02/23/models-scaling-trustless-computation/

• What are zk-SNARKs and why do they matter? (a fable) — a tale of Ethereum scalability by Eric Gorski https://blog.gnosis.pm/the-parrot-and-the-viper-a-tale-of-ethereum-scalability-3d121df3de87

• Platform currencies may soon be obsolete — here is my claim: within 5 years the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap will be an application token by Aleksandr Bulkin https://blog.coinfund.io/platform-currencies-may-soon-be-obsolete-78d9b263d902

• The importance of layer two — an HTTP of bitcoin and blockchains by Elizabeth Stark https://youtu.be/3PcR4HWJnkY

• What is the Lightning Network and how can it help bitcoin scale? by Elizabeth Stark https://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-the-lightning-network

• Making sense of Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling solutions: state channels, Plasma, and Truebit by Josh Stark https://medium.com/l4-media/making-sense-of-ethereums-layer-2-scaling-solutions-state-channels-plasma-and-truebit-22cb40dcc2f4

• On managing tradeoffs between Layer 1 and Layer 2 innovations by Vitalik Buterin https://vitalik.ca/general/2018/08/26/layer_1.html

• Scaling Tezos — scaling with recursive SNARKs (succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs of knowledge) by Arthur Breitman https://hackernoon.com/scaling-tezo-8de241dd91bd

• Ethereum Foundation research initiatives — primary topics in both pure and applied research by Ethereum Foundation http://notes.eth.sg/CwIwZgbAjADAxgUwLQEMUIKxOCsWCcIEwShAHCgEwJj4qyVA

• Ethereum scalability research and development subsidy programs by Vitalik Buterin https://blog.ethereum.org/2018/01/02/ethereum-scalability-research-development-subsidy-programs/

• A beginner’s guide to Ethermint by Tendermint https://blog.cosmos.network/a-beginners-guide-to-ethermint-38ee15f8a6f4

• Construction of a plasma chain 0x1 by David Knott https://blog.omisego.network/construction-of-a-plasma-chain-0x1-614f6ebd1612

• Accounts, transactions, gas, and block gas limits in Ethereum by Hudson Jameson https://hudsonjameson.com/2017-06-27-accounts-transactions-gas-ethereum/

• Interplanetary linked computing: separating Merkle Computing from blockchain computational courts by Simon de la Rouviere https://media.consensys.net/interplanetary-linked-computing-separating-merkle-computing-from-blockchain-computational-courts-1ade201ecf8a

• Ethereum sharding: overview and finality by Hsiao-Wei Wang https://medium.com/@icebearhww/ethereum-sharding-and-finality-65248951f649

Consensus

• What it means to have consensus in a distributed system — brief basics of distributed systems and distributed “consensus” by Preethi Kasireddy https://medium.com/@preethikasireddy/lets-take-a-crack-at-understanding-distributed-consensus-dad23d0dc95

• Decentralization in bitcoin and ethereum by Adem Efe Gencer, Soumya Basu, Ittay Eyal, Robbert van Renesse, and Emin Gün Sirer http://hackingdistributed.com/2018/01/15/decentralization-bitcoin-ethereum/

• A proof of stake design philosophy by Vitalik Buterin https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/a-proof-of-stake-design-philosophy-506585978d51

• Delegrated proof of stake: Features and tradeoffs by Myles Snider https://multicoin.capital/2018/03/02/delegated-proof-stake-features-tradeoffs/

• Seeking consensus on consensus — DPOS (delegated proof of stake) and the Two Generals’ problem by Ian Grigg https://steemit.com/eos/@iang/seeking-consensus-on-consensus-dpos-or-delegated-proof-of-stake-and-the-two-generals-problem

• Consensus Compare: Casper vs. Tendermint; Tendermint BFT vs. EOS dPoS from Tendermint https://blog.cosmos.network/consensus-compare-casper-vs-tendermint-6df154ad56ae https://blog.cosmos.network/consensus-compare-tendermint-bft-vs-eos-dpos-46c5bca7204b

• Ethereum Casper 101 by Jon Choi https://medium.com/@jonchoi/ethereum-casper-101-7a851a4f1eb0

• The history of Casper  (series) by Vlad Zamfir https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir/the-history-of-casper-part-1-59233819c9a9

• Inflation and participation in stake-based token protocols by Doug Petkanics https://medium.com/@petkanics/inflation-and-participation-in-stake-based-token-protocols-1593688612bf

Cryptoeconomics, Cryptoassets, and Investing

• Making sense of cryptoeconomics — the term and the concept by Josh Stark https://hackernoon.com/making-sense-of-cryptoeconomics-5edea77e4e8d

• A crash course in mechanism design for cryptoeconomic applications — understanding the basic fundamentals of cryptoeconomics from BlockChannel https://medium.com/blockchannel/a-crash-course-in-mechanism-design-for-cryptoeconomic-applications-a9f06ab6a976

• The security token thesis — when a broad array of assets moves to blockchain records of ownership (represented by tokens) by Stephen McKeon https://hackernoon.com/the-security-token-thesis-4c5904761063

• Cryptoasset valuations — a theory and framework for evaluating by Chris Burniske https://medium.com/@cburniske/cryptoasset-valuations-ac83479ffca7

• An (institutional) investor’s take on cryptoassets by John Pfeffer https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/john-pfeffer/An+Investor%27s+Take+on+Cryptoassets+v6.pdf

• Comments on the above (tweetstorm) — network effects?; programmability as feature of money by Kyle Samani https://twitter.com/KyleSamani/status/943277077037506560

• On value, velocity, and monetary theory — a new approach to cryptoasset valuations by Alex Evans https://medium.com/blockchannel/on-value-velocity-and-monetary-theory-a-new-approach-to-cryptoasset-valuations-32c9b22e3b6f

• On the quantity theory of money for tokens — take from a former research officer at Federal Reserve Bank (Minneapolis) by Warren Weber https://blog.coinfund.io/the-quantity-theory-of-money-for-tokens-dbfbc5472423

• On medium-of-exchange token valuations by Vitalik Buterin http://vitalik.ca/general/2017/10/17/moe.html

• Understanding token velocity by Kyle Samani https://multicoin.capital/2017/12/08/understanding-token-velocity/

• A process for evaluating new tokens by Nick Tomaino https://thecontrol.co/our-process-for-evaluating-new-tokens-4627ed97f500

• Token classification framework — a multi-dimensional tool for understanding and classifying crypto tokens by Thomas Euler http://www.untitled-inc.com/the-token-classification-framework-a-multi-dimensional-tool-for-understanding-and-classifying-crypto-tokens/

• On cryptocurrency communities by Nick Tomaino https://thecontrol.co/on-cryptocurrency-communities-f592b5ce6b0b

• Fat protocols are not an investment thesis by Jake Brukhman https://blog.coinfund.io/fat-protocols-are-not-an-investment-thesis-17c8837c2734

• Skin-in-the-game coins by Ryan Selkis https://medium.com/tbis-weekly-bits/skin-in-the-game-coins-da0afdfdc650

Fundraising and Token Distribution

• Thoughts on tokens by Balaji Srinivasan https://news.earn.com/thoughts-on-tokens-436109aabcbe

• Funding the evolution of blockchains by Fred Ehrsam https://medium.com/@FEhrsam/funding-the-evolution-of-blockchains-87d160988481

• The bitcoin model for crowdfunding by Naval Ravikant https://startupboy.com/2014/03/09/the-bitcoin-model-for-crowdfunding/

• How to make bonding curves for continuous token models — a novel token distribution mechanism for building healthy communities, a technical primer by Slava Balasanov https://blog.relevant.community/how-to-make-bonding-curves-for-continuous-token-models-3784653f8b17

• Separating the staking token from the fee token — introducing the Photon (the Hard Spoon explained) by Tendermint https://blog.cosmos.network/cosmos-fee-token-introducing-the-photon-8a62b2f51aa

• Explanation of DAICOs by Vitalik Buterin https://ethresear.ch/t/explanation-of-daicos/465

• The SAFT Project https://saftproject.com/

• Regulatory environment and considerations — updates and explainers from Coin Center https://coincenter.org/our-work

Decentralized Exchanges

• State of decentralized exchanges, 2018 by Nathan Sexer https://media.consensys.net/state-of-decentralized-exchanges-2018-276dad340c79

• Networked liquidity — projects solving the chicken and egg problem by Radar Relay https://medium.com/radarrelay/networked-liquidity-2030d85af897

• List of decentralized exchanges — of cryptocurrencies and tokens (does not yet include column for degree of decentralization) https://github.com/PYMERVAL/decentradexchange

Stablecoins

• Stablecoins: A holy grail in digital currency by Nick Tomaino https://thecontrol.co/stablecoins-a-holy-grail-in-digital-currency-b64f3371e111

• An overview of stablecoins by Myles Snider https://multicoin.capital/2018/01/17/an-overview-of-stablecoins/

• The search for a stable cryptocurrency by Vitalik Buterin https://blog.ethereum.org/2014/11/11/search-stable-cryptocurrency/

• Maker for dummies: a plain English explanation of the Dai stablecoin by Gregory DiPrisco https://medium.com/cryptolinks/maker-for-dummies-a-plain-english-explanation-of-the-dai-stablecoin-e4481d79b90

Cryptoeconomic Primitives and Crypto Goods: Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Cryptocollectibles, Token Curated Registries (TCRs), and Curation Markets

• The emergence of cryptoeconomic primitives — definitions and building blocks of a token-based economy by Jacob Home https://medium.com/@jacobscott/the-emergence-of-cryptoeconomic-primitives-14ef3300cc10

• Token lexicon — buzzwords related to curation markets and collectibles by Billy Rennekamp https://medium.com/@billyrennekamp/token-lexicon-b4ed9a4ce363

• Smart media tokens from Steemit https://smt.steem.io/smt-whitepaper.pdf

• Digital pets that don’t die by Elaine Ou https://elaineou.com/2017/12/03/digital-pets-that-dont-die/

• Will cryptocurrencies be the art market’s next big thing? by Scott Reyburn https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/arts/cryptocurrency-art-market.html

• Digital collectibles and the weird future of “digibles” by Josh Stark https://hackernoon.com/digital-collectibles-and-the-weird-future-of-digibles-f75f4bf0f9aa

• Cryptocollectibles are XLNT, but nobody knows what’s next by Matt Condon https://medium.com/xlnt-art/cryptocollectibles-are-xlnt-but-nobody-knows-whats-next-a7892b311637

• Rare pepe — what happens when you combine a crypto-asset with a meme and a trading card by Fred Wilson http://avc.com/2017/05/rare-pepe/

• Introducing curation markets — trade popularity of memes and information (with code!) by Simon de la Rouviere https://medium.com/@simondlr/introducing-curation-markets-trade-popularity-of-memes-information-with-code-70bf6fed9881

• Curation markets (tweetstorm) — summary and implications of by Fred Ehrsam https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/958388803655184386

• Early UIs for curation markets (tweetstorm) — categories and some projects using markets to curate human readable information by Jesse Walden https://twitter.com/jessewldn/status/958733889643696128

• Making token curated registries (decentralized production of high-quality lists) work in practice — voting is the mechanism at the center, but information environment matters too by Alex Tabarrok https://medium.com/wireline/when-can-token-curated-registries-actually-work-%C2%B9-2ad908653aaf

• Token curated registries — a more formal but less-than-mathematical view of token-curated registries by Mike Goldin https://medium.com/@ilovebagels/token-curated-registries-1-0-61a232f8dac7

• Token curated registry design patterns — design thinking and use case exploration for these building blocks of decentralized applications based on fungible tokens and digital scarcity by Matt Lockyer https://medium.com/coinmonks/token-curated-registry-tcr-design-patterns-4de6d18efa15

• Token curated registries that don’t work — TCRs are a holy grail of decentralized computing (all about trustless systems), but have a number of subtle but significant problems by Aleksandr Bulkin https://blog.coinfund.io/curate-this-token-curated-registries-that-dont-work-d76370b77150

• Token curated registry design flaws — why blockchain needs reputation by Slava Balasanov https://blog.relevant.community/tcr-design-flaws-why-blockchain-needs-reputation-c5771d97b210

• Building ‘Google for the economic web’ on the Ethereum blockchain by Maciej Olpinski https://blog.userfeeds.io/building-google-for-the-economic-web-on-the-ethereum-blockchain-de27cb3d23b

Developer Tutorials, Practical Guides, and Maker Stories

• Learn to code Ethereum dapps by building your own game — designed for beginners to Solidity (even if you’ve never coded with Solidity before) https://cryptozombies.io/

• How to code your own cryptokitties-style game on Ethereum by James Martin Duffy https://medium.com/loom-network/how-to-code-your-own-cryptokitties-style-game-on-ethereum-7c8ac86a4eb3

• Learning Solidity — commit-reveal voting by Karl Floersch https://karl.tech/learning-solidity-part-2-voting/

• The hitchhiker’s guide to smart contracts in Ethereum by Manuel Araoz https://blog.zeppelin.solutions/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-smart-contracts-in-ethereum-848f08001f05

• Introduction to zk-SNARKs with examples — an overview of zk-SNARKs from a practical viewpoint Christian Lundkvist https://media.consensys.net/introduction-to-zksnarks-with-examples-3283b554fc3b

• zkSNARKs: driver’s ed — practical beginner’s guide to creating, proving, verifying in contracts by Joseph Stockermans https://github.com/jstoxrocky/zksnarks_example

• Epicenter — a trove of interviews with many different blockchain project leads https://epicenter.tv/episodes/

• The Ceremony — Radiolab podcast featuring story of Zcash with Morgen Peck, Peter Todd, Peter Van Valkenburgh, Zooko Wilcox; by Molly Webster and Matt Kielty http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/

Other Resources – Newsletters/ Updates

• Token Daily — place to share/discover news, launches/ product updates, articles, discussions, and deep-dive Q&As with experts by Soona Amhaz, Ari Paul, Ryan Selkis, Dennis Stücken, Erik Torenberg, Ben Tossell, Linda Xie, et al https://www.tokendaily.co/type/deep-dive https://www.tokendaily.co/type/launches https://www.tokendaily.co/type/discussions

• Week in Ethereum News — tracking developments in the Ethereum ecosystem by Evan Van Ness http://www.weekinethereum.com/

• The Control — on the entrepreneurs, projects and protocols that are putting control of power in the hands of the people by 1confirmation https://www.getrevue.co/profile/control

• Token Economy — tracking new developments in distributed ledger tech by Stefano Bernardi and Yannick Roux https://tokeneconomy.co/

• Proof of Work — projects and progress in crypto, also a view from China by Eric Meltzer https://tinyletter.com/proofofwork/archive

• The Defiant — daily newsletter “decrypting” the intersection of blockchain and finance by Camila Russo https://thedefiant.substack.com/

Other Resources – Courses

• Cryptocurrency (2018) by Susan Athey and Kathryn Haun http://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&q=MGTECON%20515:%20Cryptocurrency&academicYear=20172018

• Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (2015) by Arvind Narayan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller https://piazza.com/princeton/spring2015/btctech/home

• Advanced topics in computer science: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies (2014) by Arvind Narayan http://randomwalker.info/teaching/fall-2014-bitcoin/

• A graduate course in applied cryptography (2017-2018) by Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup http://toc.cryptotextbook.net/home

bryanhpchiang-protocol-reading-list.md

@bryanhpchiang's protocol-reading-list

🔗 Source: https://github.com/bryanhpchiang/protocol-reading-list

This is a list of resources intended to serve as a starting point for anybody interested in understanding how crypto protocols work under the hood.

Relevant topics include economics, finance, optimization, game theory, theoretical CS, cryptography.

Getting Started

• MEV 101 by @0xmebius
• DeFi and the Future of Finance from Ashwin Ramchandran and Joey Santoro
• DeFi MOOC (Fall 2021) from Dan Boneh Arthur Gervais, Andrew Miller, Christine Parlour, Dawn Song
• Special Topics in DeFi from Dawn Song

Slides and videos are available online for both.

References

• Algorithmic Game Theory from Tim Roughgarden
  • Foundations of Blockchains Playlist (youtube.com)
  • Tim Roughgarden's Channel
• Linear Dynamical Systems
• Convex Optimization by Stephen Boyd
• A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography from Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup

For anybody coming in without a finance background, it's worth doing some tradfi reading before you dive deep into defi.

• Investopedia is a good reference
• Market making overview
• A good intuitive introduction is Mathematics of Finance from Don Saari, followed by Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time by Tomas Björk for more depth.

Constant Function Market Makers (CFMMs)

Trading via decentralized exchanges (DEXes) and automated market makers (AMMs).

Uniswap

V2

• Uniswap V1 Whitepaper (hackmd.io)
• How Uniswap works - V2 (uniswap.org)
• Uniswap V2 Whitepaper（PDF）

Also:

• Uniswap: A Good Deal for Liquidity Providers? (medium.com)
• Understanding Uniswap Returns (medium.com)
• On AMMS (vitalik.ca)
  • https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/1411444875325808641
• Background on market making (PDF)

V3

• Introducing Uniswap V3 (uniswap.org/blog)
• What is Uniswap - V3 (docs.uniswap.org)
• Uniswap V3: The Universal AMM (paradigm.xyz)
• Uniswap V3 Whitepaper (PDF)
• Interactive graphs in Desmos for Uniswap V3 from @danrobinson

Also:

• Liquidity Mining on Uniswap v3 (paradigm.xyz)
• Toxic Flow: Its Sources and Counter-Strategies (deribit.com)
• Flash Boys 2.0 (PDF)

Curve

• Curve StableSwap Whitepaper (PDF)
• Curve Crypto Pools Whitepaper (PDF)
• Curve DAO Whitepapers (PDF)
• Understanding StableSwap (Curve)
• Curve Wars (every.to) from @nateliason

Alternative Designs

• Nested AMMs (dropbox.com) from Anthony Lee Zhang
• TWAMM (paradigm.xyz)
• Mooniswap Whitepaper (PDF)
• dYdX Whitepaper (PDF)
• Crocswap Whitepaper
• Cowswap
• Lifinity

CFMM Analysis

Work from @GuilleAngeris, @tarunchitra, @alexhevans and more

• An analysis of Uniswap markets (PDF)
• Multi-asset trades via convex optimization (PDF)
• Improved Price Oracles: Constant Function Market Makers (PDF)
• Liquidity Provider Returns in Geometric Mean Markets
• Optimal Fees for Geometric Mean Market Makers (PDF)
• Optimal Routing for Constant Function Market Makers (PDF)
• When does the tail wag the dog? Curvature and market making (PDF)

Privacy-preserving CFMMs

• A Note on Privacy in Constant Function Market Makers (PDF)
• Differential Privacy in Constant Function Market Makers (PDF)
  • Cosmos, Osmosis, Penumbra

Options

• Virtual AMM (vAMM): Perpetual Protocol

• Drift Dynamic AMM

• Replicating Market Makers

• Replicating Monotonic Payoffs Without Oracles

• Primitive Finance

• Why Stake When You Can Borrow?

• Uniswap V3 LP Tokens as Perpetual Put and Call Options from Guillaume Lambert

• For more detail, check out 0xperp/defi-derivatives.

LPing on Uniswap V3

• Strategic Liquidity Provision in Uniswap v3 (PDF)

• Charm’s Alpha Vault, the Minimalist Uniswap v3 LP Strategy (PDF)

• Impermanent Loss in Uniswap v3 (PDF)

• More resources at GammaStrategies/awesome-uniswap-v3.

Protocol Owned Liquidity (POL)

Read these:

• Introducing OlympusDAO, An Algorithmic Currency Protocol (medium.com)
• FAQ（docs.olympusdao.finance)
• A Beginner’s Guide to Navigating Olympus Pro (medium.com)
• A Primer on Bonding (medium.com)

Then read these:

• Feedback Control as a New Primitive for DeFi (medium.com/gauntlet-networks)
• DeFi liquidity management via Optimal Control: Ohm as a case study (PDF)

Asset Management

• Yearn Vaults
• Rari Capital - Fuse (medium.com)

Balancer

• Balancer Basics
• Balancer Whitepaper (PDF)
• Calculating Value, Impermanent Loss and Slippage for Balancer Pools (medium.com)
• Capital-Efficient AMMs With Dynamically Adjusted Weights In Balancer V2 (medium.com)

Lending

Decentralized banks.

• Aave Whitepaper (PDF)
• Compound Whitepaper（PDF)

Stablecoins

• USDC Whitepaper
• DAI Whitepaper
• MakerDAO Whitepaper
• Fei Whitepaper
• Lemma Whitepaper

Ramps

• tbDEX for decentralized ramps
• Sardine for faster settlement

Miscellaneous

• Gauntlet Protocol Assessment Reports
• Gauntlet Blog (medium.com)
• A list of open problems in DeFi by 0xemperor
• 0xalpharush/awesome-MEV-resources
• Chi Gastoken (blog.1inch.io)
• Flexible Anonymous Transactions: Flax (PDF)

ZK

Applied ZK falls into two main categories: ZK-enabled applications and ZK used at the infrastructure/L1 level.

Start with these:

• A Succinct Story of Zero Knowledge from nibnalin
• ZK Learning Group Topics (notion.so) from 0xPARC

Then dive deeper with these:

• Proofs, Arguments, and Zero-Knowledge from Justin Thaler
• https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~alexch/#teaching
  • CS602: Foundations of Probabilistic Proofs (S2022)
• matter-labs/awesome-zero-knowledge-proofs

And check out these ZK-enabled hacks:

• https://0xparc.org/blog
• guiltygyoza on StarkNet + Cairo

For more background on cryptography:

• Coding and Number Theory (PDF)
• A Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra (PDF) from Victor Shoup
• Abstract algebra notes from Ben Lynn
• Learning with errors post-quantum (youtube.com)
• Pairings (youtube.com) from Dan Boneh
• Pairings (vitalik.ca)

For more details on ZK enabling L1 infrastructure:

• Polyna (medium.com)
• Core Development (devpill.me)

I want to point out some papers from Aleo (a ZK-enabled, privacy-first L1):

• Zexe: Enabling Decentralized Private Computation
• LEO: A Programming Language for Formally Verified, Zero-Knowledge Applications
• Proof of Necessary Work: Succinct State Verification with Fairness Guarantees

And also this analysis:

• Navigating Privacy on Public Blockchains from Wei Dai

dailyape-notion-page.md

Darrenlautf's dailyape notion page

🔗 Source: https://thedailyape.notion.site/thedailyape/The-Daily-Ape-c96c0b6727c0433a962e897ef43efb7e

Filtered and organised links that I shared on my telegram channel : 'The Daily Ape'

emerick-curated-tokenomics-reading-list.md

🧩 Émerick Mary's Curated Tokenomics Reading List

🔗 Source: Emerick's Notion site (h/t to Emerick's pinned tweet)

Game theory, utility, supply & demand and governance are just some of the knowledge covered by the interdisciplinary field of tokenomics. Tokenomics represent the latest innovations and experiments as they are at the forefront of web3. You will find below my curated list covering ideas put forward by pioneers in the space to the latest trends and innovations.

For additional suggestions, please tweet me @emerick__mary

• The Sustainability Checklist https://polynya.mirror.xyz/UL8_QVNtB-nQoPYyoGyTteJoFNf9jEubzdRqO_5Ez58
• Announcing Season 2 of Zapper Quests & NFTs https://medium.com/zapper-protocol/announcing-season-2-of-zapper-quests-nfts-b8ce32f028ac
• New Models For Utility Tokens https://medium.com/multicoin-capital/new-models-for-utility-tokens-d26c12ec00c5
• Tokenomics — A Business Guide to Token Usage, Utility and Value https://medium.com/@wmougayar/tokenomics-a-business-guide-to-token-usage-utility-and-value-b19242053416
• Sommelier Economics https://www.figment.io/resources/sommelier-economics
• Utility tokens or futility tokens? https://medium.com/@listedreserve/utility-tokens-ef1da391ca6a
• Can Blockchains Go Rogue? (TE Series Part I) https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/can-blockchains-go-rogue-5134300ce790
• Analysis of EIP-1559 https://www.paradigm.xyz/2020/06/analysis-of-eip-1559
• The Art and Science of Native Token Liquidity https://www.mechanism.capital/native-token-liquidity/
• Luna - The Fat Octopus Protocol https://unreliablenarratives.substack.com/p/luna-the-fat-octopus-protocol?s=r
• Membership NFTs https://mirror.xyz/nati.eth/qJIEkpzZfVxO6zhcRc_Z6fyW8MlCnWf3khn0htSsb8Q
• Token Curated Registries 1.1, 2.0 TCRs, new theory, and dev updates https://medium.com/@ilovebagels/token-curated-registries-1-1-2-0-tcrs-new-theory-and-dev-updates-34c9f079f33d
• TCR Design Flaws: Why Blockchain Needs Reputation https://blog.relevant.community/tcr-design-flaws-why-blockchain-needs-reputation-c5771d97b210
• Maker Protocol 101 https://docs.makerdao.com/getting-started/maker-protocol-101
• Crypto Gaming is Broken. How Do We Fix It? https://crypto.nateliason.com/p/fix-crypto-gaming?utm_source=email&s=r
• Why most Play-to-Earn models don't work https://twitter.com/spacepixel/status/1512383958327062529?s=20&t=cR8-J4EaM02FmCLS2z-GUQ
• Analyzing Token Sale Models https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/06/09/sales.html
• Token-Curated Registries 1.0 https://medium.com/@ilovebagels/token-curated-registries-1-0-61a232f8dac7
• The Emergence of Cryptoeconomic Primitives https://blog.coinbase.com/the-emergence-of-cryptoeconomic-primitives-14ef3300cc10
• Tokenomics 102: Digging Deeper on Supply https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-102-supply?s=w
• Tokenomics 101: The Basics of Evaluating Cryptocurrencies - DeFriday #19 https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-101?utm_source=%2Fprofile%2F249645-nat-eliason&utm_medium=reader2&s=r
• Token Lexicon https://billyrennekamp.medium.com/token-lexicon-b4ed9a4ce363
• On Verifying Token-Based Systems https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/on-verifying-token-based-systems-c33eca757ecf
• Stablecoin designs and risk https://mobile.twitter.com/spencernoon/status/1524752048121466883
• Tokenomics Musings: ve tokens and alternatives https://mirror.xyz/0x1e35A719f1d68da02DEf39Bde510c9cc4efDC84B/qe5TdeXrnT8OuuQobQN7kZLhsnQQb92ypSuKyznBlsc
• Optimizing Your Token Distribution https://lstephanian.mirror.xyz/kB9Jz_5joqbY0ePO8rU1NNDKhiqvzU6OWyYsbSA-Kcc
• Understanding Tokenomics: Economics and Game Theory https://typefully.com/shivsakhuja/understanding-tokenomics-economics-and-game-FwEjex37zVra
• Bakery DAO - GETTING STARTED https://docs.pastry.xyz/getting-started/
• Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform. https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/
• The Best Ways to Earn Yield on Your ETH https://crypto.nateliason.com/p/eth-yield?s=r
• Economics and Math of Token Engineering and DeFi https://book.economicsdesign.com/
• Tokenomics_002: Limiting extraction through core loops & token design https://medium.com/@richcabrera/tokenomics-002-limiting-extraction-through-core-loops-token-design-2b3ca3683882
• Tokenomics 103: Evaluating Token Utility https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-103-utility?s=w
• How Tokemak Solves the DeFi Liquidity Problem https://incentivized.substack.com/p/the-liquidity-problem-and-the-tokemak?s=r
• WTF is Tokenomics?? https://twitter.com/belikewater893/status/1513253714374500352
• Towards a Practice of Token Engineering (TE Series Part II) https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/towards-a-practice-of-token-engineering-b02feeeff7ca
• Introducing Lockdrop + LBA: A Novel Token Launch Mechanism https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/introducing-lockdrop-lba-a-novel-token-launch-mechanism/
• Mars Protocol Litepaper 2.0 https://docs.marsprotocol.io/mars-protocol/tokenomics/mars-tokenomics
• How to Make Bonding Curves for Continuous Token Models https://blog.relevant.community/how-to-make-bonding-curves-for-continuous-token-models-3784653f8b17
• Understanding $CRV https://resources.curve.fi/crv-token/understanding-crv
• Building Liquidity into Token Distribution https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/building-liquidity-into-token-distribution-a49d4286e0d4
• How to build the promised ve(3,3) https://kydo.substack.com/p/how-to-build-the-promised-ve33?s=r
• Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
• GMX - Full Research Report https://rileygmi.substack.com/p/gmx?utm_source=twitter&s=r
• A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems https://future.a16z.com/reputation-based-systems/
• Staking & Taxation https://www.figment.io/resources/staking-taxation
• The True Sources of DeFi Yield https://incentivized.substack.com/p/where-do-defi-yields-come-from?s=r
• Introducing Bancor 3 https://blog.bancor.network/introducing-bancor-3-962a3c601c25
• Crypto Raiders Tokenomics and Economy Launch Plan https://cryptoraiders.medium.com/crypto-raiders-tokenomics-and-economy-launch-plan-20ab77f44845
• Incentives structures https://cobie.substack.com/p/incentives-structures?s=r
• OSMO Token Distribution https://medium.com/osmosis/osmo-token-distribution-ae27ea2bb4db
• Tokens 2.0: Curved Token Bonding in Curation Markets https://medium.com/@simondlr/tokens-2-0-curved-token-bonding-in-curation-markets-1764a2e0bee5
• Decentral Bank Launches $USN: a NEAR-native Stablecoin https://medium.com/nearprotocol/decentral-bank-launches-usn-a-near-native-stablecoin-cafe1ec0c5af
• Uniswap v3: The Universal AMM https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/06/uniswap-v3-the-universal-amm
• Some notes on ether economics https://polynya.medium.com/some-notes-on-ether-economics-1177f58571ee
• The Ohmization of DeFi (3,3) https://alexander-roznowski.medium.com/the-ohmization-of-defi-3-3-9e410509e0ac
• Token Economy: How the Web3 reinvents the Internet https://shermin.net/token-economy-book/
• Astroport Litepaper https://docs.astroport.fi/astroport/tokenomics/astroport-tokenomics-overview
• Thoughts on L2 tokenomics https://polynya.medium.com/thoughts-on-l2-tokenomics-61666c1b98e4
• Should Product-Market Fit Come Before Tokens? https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/should-product-market-fit-come-before-tokens-6c542a75c8dc
• Introducing the Optimism Collective https://optimism.mirror.xyz/gQWKlrDqHzdKPsB1iUnI-cVN3v0NvsWnazK7ajlt1fI
• Tokenomics Blueprint - The 2021 Edition https://slate.textile.io/ipfs/bafybeih4yteo7oy74icakpr2kli2ebodaul35uaz5ofc6weosjq4okbfx4
• Umee: Why Stake when you can Stake and Borrow? https://www.figment.io/resources/umee-why-stake-when-you-can-stake-and-borrow
• Superfluid Staking: The Next Generation of Proof-of-Stake https://www.figment.io/resources/superfluid-staking-the-next-generation-of-proof-of-stake
• Tokenomics_001: Incentivizing burn mechanisms https://medium.com/@richcabrera/tokenomics-001-incentivizing-burn-mechanisms-1a0207d5b78f
• Cryptoasset Valuations https://medium.com/@cburniske/cryptoasset-valuations-ac83479ffca7
• A Guide to Designing Effective NFT Launches https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/10/a-guide-to-designing-effective-nft-launches
• Stablecoins 2.0: Economic Foundations and Risk-based Models https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3633542
• The Great Curve Wars https://defieducation.substack.com/p/the-great-curve-wars?s=r
• Soulbound https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/01/26/soulbound.html
• Decentralized Society: Finding Web3's Soul https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105763
• Recent Trends in Token Distribution https://variant.fund/writing/recent-trends-in-token-distribution
• Tokenomics 104: How to Launch a Token (Tactics, Questions, Wen, etc) https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-104-launch?s=r
• An Alternative Implementation of veToken Economics https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/an-alternative-implementation-of-vetoken-economics
• What Is a Dynamic NFT? https://blog.chain.link/what-is-a-dynamic-nft/
• Token Engineering Case Studies (TE Series Part III) https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/token-engineering-case-studies-b44267e68f4
• Introducing Uniswap V3 https://uniswap.org/blog/uniswap-v3
• Introducing GTC – Gitcoin’s Governance Token https://gitcoin.co/blog/introducing-gtc-gitcoins-governance-token/
• Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design https://cdixon.org/2017/05/27/crypto-tokens-a-breakthrough-in-open-network-design
• LUNA: The Ticking Time Bomb https://pastry.xyz/supaposts/luna:-the-ticking-time-bomb/

jump-crypto-reading-list.md

Jump Crypto reading list

🔗 Source: https://github.com/JumpCrypto/crypto-reading-list

For a more friendly reading experience, we recommend navigating here.

A curated list for getting up to speed on crypto and decentralized networks.

The content on the toplevel page contains what we consider essential reading. Child pages contain deeper, topic-specific information to review afterward.

The lists here are a work in progress. We welcome any feedback or criticism! Please open a PR/issue here or reach out to [email protected] with any suggestions, or to report any errors.

Nothing in this repo constitutes financial or legal advice.

Contents

• Why is crypto important?
• Blockchain mechanics & innovations
• DeFi primitives
• NFTs & digital identity
• DAOs & Governance
• Byzantine Fault Tolerance & Proof-of-Stake algos
• L1s
• L2s
• Trading mechanics
• Smart contract programming
• Economic design
• Tools & Analytics
• Exercises
• Other references

Why is crypto important?

We'd recommend starting your exploration by trying to understand what problems crypto is trying to solve.

In a few words, we'd say it is:

• enabling a decentralized ledger-based currency system
  • decentralized means, extremely difficult for bad actors to forge transactions taking your holdings
• enabling a decentralized network of computation / decentralized state transition machine
  • decentralized means, extremely difficult for bad actors for enact state changes not defined in sourcecode
• enabling an open network of APIs that can be leveraged to build increasingly advanced apps
• enabling an incentive model for these open networks to grow via crypto tokens

Here's the list:

• Crypto tokens: a breakthrough in open design (2017)
  • tokens as an enabler for alignment between networks and their participants
• Why decentralization matters (2018)
  • discusses the pattern of new technology progressing from innovation to extraction (from cooperation with their ecosystem to eventual competition). For example consider Apple's transition from early days of encouraging developers to build on iOS, to now charging 30% on all in-store purchases. Discusses how crypto solves this by aligning the network with its participants.
• The true power of DeFi composability (Apr 2021)
• Why I have changed my mind on tokens (Dec 2020)
  • noted researcher Hasu weighs in on the merits of protocol tokens, during a time when many cynics questioned the need for each project to have its own token
• Optional: pieces discussing arguments for Bitcoin, generally as a decentralized store of value:
  • Bitcoin for the open-minded skeptic (2020)
  • 7 things to read about bitcoin (2020)

More: see in-depth page: Why

Blockchain mechanics & innovations

We think it's essential reading to understand how bitcoin works, and how smart contracts (pioneered by Ethereum) work.

• Bitcoin:
  • How the Bitcoin protocol actually works (2013)
    • describing Bitcoin's mechanics, building it up from first principles
  • OR for fundamentalists, see the Bitcoin whitepaper (2009)
• Ethereum:
  • Ethereum whitepaper
    • Vitalik Buterin's original whitepaper building on bitcoin to get smartcontracts; easier to read than the Bitcoin whitepaper; also happens to be good explanation of Bitcoin
  • OR for another clear description, see How Ethereum and Smart Contracts work

DeFi primitives

In-depth page: DeFi

Next, let's try to understand the major kinds of financial dApps on the blockchain. Although there are many types, we'd say the two most common are:

1. Lending protocol (a decentralized bank, i.e. a smart contract where you can loan your assets for yield, or do borrow while paying interest). Example: Aave
2. Decentralized exchange (most commonly an Automated Market Maker (AMM), a smart contract with two pools of assets that allows swapping from one asset to the other). Example: Uniswap

A third, which can be thought of as a competitor to (1) of sorts, is:

3. Decentralized stablecoin issuer (a protocol allowing you to deposit assets (e.g. Eth) and borrow a decentralized stablecoin (minted by the protocol) against it). We say that it is a competitor of sorts to (1) where the lender is the protocol. Example: MakerDAO

Initial reading material on these categories:

• Lending protocols
  • Lending and borrowing in DeFi (Nov 2020)
• AMMs
  • AMMs (Jul 2020)
    • explaining the mechanics of the constant-product AMM popularized by Uniswap V2
  • StableSwap AMMs (2019)
    • explaining another AMM formulation for stable pairs of assets, pioneered by Curve.fi
  • Uniswap V3 whitepaper
    • explaining the 'concentrated liquidity' innovation in UniswapV3
    • see also Uniswap v3: The Universal AMM for illustrations of UniV3 emulating specific other functions
• Decentralized stablecoin issuance
  • Wikipedia article on Dai provides a good, terse description of MakerDAO and Dai, the stablecoin it issues
• Other essential reading:
  • Bridges

For much more, see our in-depth page on DeFi

NFTs & digital identity

In-depth page: NFT

• NFTs and a Thousand True Fans (Feb 2021) - an argument for NFTs as enabling a better creator economy

DAOs & Governance

In-depth page: DAO

• Beginner's guide to DAOs (Mar 2021)
  • examples of what DAOs can do (e.g. shared ownership of a valuable asset, governance)
• The DAO of DAOs (Mar 2021)
• Running List of DAOs

Byzantine Fault Tolerance & Proof-of-Stake algos

At this point, we'd recommend learning about alternative smart contract blockchains.

A fundamental design decision in blockchains is the mechanism by which block producers (miners in Bitcoin and Eth 1.0) come to consensus on the next block. This problem of doing so in a distributed system with a variety of actors--some of whom may be sending intentionally confusing or destabilizing messages to their peers--is the key to establishing consensus and progressing the blockchain.

Bitcoin and Eth 1.0 accomplish this by proof of work ("Nakamoto consensus"), but most other blockchains use variants of a different family of algorithms referred to as Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) algorithms.

• Understanding Blockchain Fundamentals: Byzantine Fault Tolerance
• Nakamoto Consensus vs BFT
• Tendermint: Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  • Overview of BFT algorithms and how proof of stake chains can work, in the form of a masters thesis from the co-founder of Cosmos.

L1s

In-depth page: L1

At this point you might want to dig into different L1 blockchains--both their protocol designs and their ecosystems. See in-depth pages below:

• Historical/academic background
• Bitcoin
• Ethereum
• Avalanche
• BSC
• Cosmos
• NEAR
• Polkadot
• Polygon
• Solana
• Terra

L2s

In-depth page: L2

• L2 for Beginners (Mar 2021)
  • describing a mental model of an L2 as a chain which writes enough state back to Ethereum that no one (including the L2's miners/validators) can send back a fraudulent state
• Almost everything you need to know about optimistic rollups (Jan 2021)
  • builds up the design for optimistic rollups from first principles, addressing various perceived issues as they arise
• Optimistic rollups: Arbitrum vs Optimism (Jul 2021)
• Optimistic rollups vs ZK-rollups (Aug 2021)
  • a recent assessment of the state of various rollup projects

Trading mechanics

In-depth page: TradingDynamics

In-depth page: MEV/Arbitrage

Smart contract programming

In-depth page: Development

Economic design

In-depth page: EconDesign

Tools & Analytics

In-depth page: Tools

Exercises

Check your understanding with these thought questions and exercises.

Other references

Other lists/directories

In-depth page: Other Lists

Original research

In-depth page: Researchers

Online courses

• Berkeley DeFi
• Foundations of Blockchain (Columbia)

nosleepjon-gudreads.md

💡 nosleepjon's gud reads

🔗 Source: NoSleep Reads Notion

NoSleep Reading List V13 🧵

🔗 Source: Twitter thread

• A Theory of Justice for Web3 https://li.substack.com/p/a-theory-of-justice-for-web3?r=2id0l&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• Manipulating the velocity of money in proof-of-stake https://dataalways.substack.com/p/manipulating-the-velocity-of-money?s=r
• Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/pop-culture-has-become-an-oligopoly?s=r
• How To Sell Your BS "Web3" Idea To a VC https://wrongalot.substack.com/p/how-to-sell-your-bs-web3-idea-to?s=w
• The economics of rollup fees https://www.alexbeckett.xyz/the-economics-for-rollup-fees/
• Mapping the Web3 Identity Landscape https://mirror.xyz/dommy.eth/YsZmPZUxs4LsS-sS0APg25LJiFxOBnCibj2gzXFX98c
• Virtual Beings: A New Internet-Native Medium for Shared Storytelling https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/virtual-beings-51606c041acf
• Fluff and Air #2 - On-chain liquidity https://mirror.xyz/0xcarnation.eth/WlNV5WsJ2EGVd8o8-3-rJ_FKV5t4uIrAM54mZ96kao8
• Web 3 Middleware https://zeeprime.capital/web-3-middleware/
• Unbundling venture capital via DAOs https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/unbundling-the-unit-economics-of-venture-capital-via-daos-9fbda3e8113b
• Why do VC firms become Platforms? (or why a16z is successful) https://medium.com/startup-grind/why-do-vc-firms-become-platforms-or-why-a16z-is-so-successful-be12b2d7ce2e
• A Framework for Navigating Down Markets https://future.a16z.com/framework-valuation-navigating-down-markets/
• Gaming in Web3: Unlocking the Open Economy https://mirror.xyz/inrainbows.eth/Y_vZFXB3mjpDa-HavK1D5AWO_WcfXIicEeJklKrtBPM
• La Cosa Nostra: Group Ownership, Social Enforcement, and Earning Your Button in DAOs https://drakedanner.medium.com/la-cosa-nostra-group-ownership-social-enforcement-and-earning-your-button-in-daos-bae6be639a1d
• The Fuel for Fast Execution https://maven11.substack.com/p/the-fuel-for-fast-execution?sd=fs&s=r
• LUNA - REKT https://rekt.news/luna-rekt/
• deep dive 1: sudoAMM vs the other AMMs they told u not to worry about https://blog.sudoswap.xyz/deep-dive-1-sudoamm-vs-the-other-amms-they-told-u-not-to-worry-about.html
• Why your public roadmap for your jpeg project is stupid https://davestanton.substack.com/p/why-your-public-roadmap-for-your?s=r
• The Dominance of Uniswap v3 Liquidity https://uniswap.org/blog/uniswap-v3-dominance
• Secure The Bridge: Cross-Chain Communication Done Right, Part I https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/secure-the-bridge-cross-chain-communication-done-right-part-i-993f76ffed5d
• The dangers, present and future of cross-chain communication: what to do after Layer Zero https://coinyuppie.com/the-dangers-present-and-future-of-cross-chain-communication-what-to-do-after-layer-zero/
• The 10 commandments of salary negotiation https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/negotiating-comp?s=r
• Left Curve Adoption https://nosleep.substack.com/p/left-curve-adoption?r=18o8k5&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

NoSleep Reading List V12 🧵

• ApeCoin & the death of staking https://cobie.substack.com/p/apecoin-and-the-death-of-staking?s=r
• Coming at you live from goblin town https://theknower.substack.com/p/coming-at-you-live-from-goblin-town?s=w
• FRENS IN METAVERSE https://www.egirlcapital.com/writings/121401201
• New Markets, Efficient Markets https://jumpcrypto.com/new-markets-efficient-markets/
• The Doom Loop https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/the-doom-loop-161a42bbcd50
• Fluff and Air https://mirror.xyz/0xcarnation.eth/_JpMYvXvHn1KzSpsf-lhP7NX32wsHTTz3-KAFOGv8_8
• Three counterintuitive lessons from a crypto investoooor https://showerthoughts.substack.com/p/three-counterintuitive-lessons-from?s=w
• My Learning Journey of Game Design https://aiko.substack.com/p/my-learning-journey-of-game-design?s=r
• Crypto Gaming, a thought piece https://quirkyqwerty.substack.com/p/crypto-gaming-a-thought-piece?s=r
• Recent Trends in Token Distribution https://variant.fund/writing/recent-trends-in-token-distribution
• Default: A Design Pattern for Better Protocol Development https://palm-cause-2bd.notion.site/Default-A-Design-Pattern-for-Better-Protocol-Development-7f8ace6d263c4303b108dc5f8c3055b1
• The EVM Handbook https://noxx3xxon.notion.site/noxx3xxon/The-EVM-Handbook-bb38e175cc404111a391907c4975426d
• SLOB: Searcher Limit Order Book https://jumpcrypto.com/searcher-limit-order-book/
• Bancor V3 - The Next Step Forward for DeFi? https://alphapls.substack.com/p/bancor-v3-step-forward-for-defi?s=w
• RMM Primer - A friendly guide for Primitive and AMMs https://primitive.mirror.xyz/Audtl29HY_rnhN4E2LwnP7-zjDcDGAyXZ4h3QpDeajg
• zkEVM https://scroll.io/blog/zkEVM
• Land value tax in online games and virtual worlds: A how-to guide https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/land-value-tax-in-online-games-and-virtual-worlds-a-how-to-guide
• With Bridges, Trust is a Spectrum https://blog.li.fi/li-fi-with-bridges-trust-is-a-spectrum-354cd5a1a6d8
• Thoughts on Music NFTs https://medium.com/stateless-ventures/thoughts-on-music-nfts-2b47d5428af
• Multi-Faceted Identities in Web3 https://drakedanner.medium.com/multi-faceted-identities-in-web3-24f5e1592750
• Axel: The Universal DeFi API https://axelapi-xyz.medium.com/axel-the-universal-defi-api-3bcced44fa8a
• Microsolidarity Part 2: a Theory of Groups and Groups of Groups https://medium.com/microsolidarity/microsolidarity-part-2-a-theory-of-groups-and-groups-of-groups-7c6e7ce63eda
• Squad Wealth https://otherinter.net/research/squad-wealth/

NoSleep Reading List V11 🧵

• Introducing Berachain https://medium.com/berachain-foundation/introducing-berachain-4f7dc3032c17
• Token Compensation for Web3 Startups https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/token-compensation-for-web3-startups-47621640a6ba
• The Modular World https://maven11.substack.com/p/the-modular-world?s=r
• Thoughts on on-chain gaming https://dialectic.ch/editorial/thoughts-on-chain-gaming
• A New Mental Model for Defi Treasuries https://uncommoncore.co/a-new-mental-model-for-defi-treasuries/
• Risk frees and currencies: Part Three https://nopeitslily.substack.com/p/risk-frees-and-currencies-part-three?s=w
• Roman Laws of Crypto https://harambe.substack.com/p/roman-laws-of-crypto?r=1cnfr7&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
• The tradeoffs of cross-chain communication https://ls.mirror.xyz/5FM0KUurAEkN7yDXLAI8i9kCha_yMlzguVqiHEGMjPU
• Deep-Dive #1: AMMs https://defining.substack.com/p/deep-dive-1-amms?utm_source=twitter&s=r
• The Perpetual PvP Ponzi https://medium.com/@ragetrade/the-perpetual-pvp-ponzi-beaff4a0c662
• Serving up zero-knowledge proofs https://blog.trailofbits.com/2021/02/19/serving-up-zero-knowledge-proofs/
• FDV: A Tale of Two Minds https://uxdprotocol.medium.com/fdv-a-tale-of-two-minds-cd417c444882
• The financialization of Non-Fungible Tokens https://0xrusowsky.substack.com/p/the-financialization-of-non-fungible?s=r
• Thinking about Interest Rate Derivatives and their applications in crypto https://mirror.xyz/0xF53F15B93e1F0Ce72bC96b850Db7576cC3bf6FE6/hi1kx2ercCmysM1d0uXg8RLZNNmVNmE7lqn9hmXUuRY
• An article to understand zkEVM, the key to Ethereum scaling https://medium.com/degate/an-article-to-understand-zkevm-the-key-to-ethereum-scaling-ff0d83c417cc
• The Virtual Land Problem https://defivader.medium.com/the-virtual-land-problem-29fb007afd16
• The Great [stablecoin] Filter — Is Terra Almost Past It? https://ross-shuel.medium.com/the-great-stablecoin-filter-is-terra-almost-past-it-966a3d1489a1
• The Death Star Depth Chart https://www.machow.ski/posts/the_death_star_depth_chart/
• Introducing Fuel - The Fastest Modular Execution Layer https://fuel-labs.ghost.io/introducing-fuel-the-fastest-modular-execution-layer/
• Dune: The Data Must Flow https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/dune
• Why Most VCs Suck At Talent https://investing1012dot0.substack.com/p/talent?s=r
• How to know when to stop https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-know-when-to-stop?s=r
• Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths

NoSleep Reading List V10 🧵

• Breaking away from cyclicality https://theknower.substack.com/p/breaking-away-from-cyclicality?s=w
• The Interoperability Trilemma https://blog.connext.network/the-interoperability-trilemma-657c2cf69f17
• The Omni-Layer Underneath https://rainandcoffee.substack.com/p/the-omni-layer-underneath?s=r
• LayerZero Explained With Seals https://beachball.substack.com/p/layerzero-explained-with-seals?s=r
• Cross-L1 Vs Cross-L2 https://medium.com/socketdottech/cross-l1-vs-cross-l2-98f3f816a765
• Connext has partnered with Nomad https://blog.connext.network/connext-has-partnered-with-nomad-e20cd8e62e31
• Celer Inter-chain Message Framework: the Paradigm Shift for Building and Using Multi-blockchain dApps https://blog.celer.network/2022/01/12/celer-inter-chain-message-framework-the-paradigm-shift-for-building-and-using-multi-blockchain-dapps/
• Optimistic or Fast, Your choice! Celer Inter-chain Message’s Two Flexible Security Models https://blog.celer.network/2022/03/07/optimistic-or-fast-your-choice-celer-inter-chain-messages-two-flexible-security-models/
• Say NO to Vendor-lock-in: Calling for An Open Canonical Token Bridge Standard https://blog.celer.network/2021/12/13/say-no-to-vendor-lock-in-calling-for-an-open-canonical-token-bridge-standard/
• Algorand State Proofs https://medium.com/algorand/algorand-state-proofs-707d64038e35
• A Comparison of Heterogeneous Blockchain Networks https://medium.com/@arikan/a-comparison-of-heterogeneous-blockchain-networks-4bf7ff2fe279
• Mezcal, A New Vision For Celo https://mirror.xyz/ocelotlabs.eth/9vtP5Tc-V_zRTMZ907DmmCWxUgIS4g-nKMrsckcZW7A
• Dynamic DAOs https://eva.mirror.xyz/r4LxVs66QL_Ia8IjisHK9O5GwjSkFeF542OTzZL9FKo
• REDACTED UNIVERSITY https://redactedcartel.notion.site/redactedcartel/REDACTED-UNIVERSITY-0dba7e10e6fb476a8ee7d2cb70fcfb1f
• The Curve Wars Go Hot https://avgjoescrypto.substack.com/p/the-curve-wars-go-hot?r=r78rm&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
• Capital Inefficiency & DeFi Options https://nopeitslily.substack.com/p/capital-inefficiency-and-defi-options?s=r
• Unraveling a Puzzle: A Per-Wallet Analysis of ETH/USDC Liquidity on Uniswap V3 https://crocswap.medium.com/unraveling-a-puzzle-a-per-wallet-analysis-of-eth-usdc-liquidity-on-uniswap-v3-a00b0f836ac3
• [Proposal] Allowlist Aura Finance in Balancer VotingEscrow https://forum.balancer.fi/t/proposal-allowlist-aura-finance-in-balancer-votingescrow/2708
• Economics of Play to Earn Gaming Economy https://econteric.com/p2e-report/
• Conceptualizing Digital Nations https://defining.substack.com/p/conceptualizing-digital-nations?utm_source=twitter&s=r
• Echo chambers and redacted pumpamentals https://erlalons.substack.com/p/echo-chambers-and-redacted-pumpamentals?s=r
• Wrap It Up: What Yesterday and Today’s NFTs Could Look Like Tomorrow https://drakedanner.medium.com/wrap-it-up-what-yesterday-and-todays-nfts-could-look-like-tomorrow-96f45b992136
• Verse: The Hyperexchange Protocol https://neuroswish.mirror.xyz/i7_5J7vyc-bg7r6pVzUNKH3bw_uQ6I1zPsTEmbiRktc
• Making sense of venture capital https://learn.angellist.com/
• Hi, I'm @mrjasonchoi https://mrjasonchoi.notion.site/Hi-I-m-mrjasonchoi-0ef303cd46ad4061be3d5ff542a726a3
• Burnout https://kuroo.substack.com/p/burnout?s=r

NoSleep Reading List V9 🧵

🔗 Source: Twitter thread from @nosleepjon

• Gud read on Q2 outlook @knowerofmarkets https://theknower.substack.com/p/the-golden-bullrun
• Gud read on the crypto risk-free rate @nope_its_lily https://nopeitslily.substack.com/p/risk-frees-and-currencies-part-2
• Gud read on the crypto infrastructure landscape @jump_ https://jumpcrypto.com/peeking-under-the-hood/
• Gud read on the Dune analytics fundraising journey https://dune.xyz/blog/started-from-the-bottom
• Gud tips for crypto startups @LindsayxLin https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/11-tips-to-avoid-crypto-startup-legal-pitfalls-cc7418d8f3e4
• Gud read on DAOs and hyperstructures https://creators.mirror.xyz/5YUK1Ef3BEMA9QEZvbOIh7ukbjAYL_0cs_NLplqgHw4
• Gud read on contrarian investing https://readthegeneralist.com/briefing/multicoin-capital-2
• Gud read on yield farming https://jumpcrypto.com/yield-farming-for-serious-people/
• Gud read on the Tiger Global venture strategy https://randle.substack.com/p/playing-different-games?s=r
• Gud read on the ugly side of venture capital https://newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/30/how-venture-capitalists-are-deforming-capitalism
• Gud reads on how you spend life https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html
• Gud resource on Gamefi/Metaverse @chng_raymond @wassiecapital @cloudxgmf https://metagamefi.notion.site/metagamefi/Gaming-x-Metaverse-Summer-ee699410916e4401a2e2eba1d158785b
• Gud read on NFT project “mythos” @lord_of_mahjong https://lordofmahjong.substack.com/p/nft-ouroboros?s=w&utm_medium=web
• Gud read on NFT price distributions https://medium.com/@GringottsDAO/exploring-nft-price-distribution-across-collections-782193240f2c
• Gud reads on impermanent loss @0xfbifemboy @CrocSwap
  • https://crocswap.medium.com/a-study-on-apes-profits-vs-impermanent-losses-56667e4029e6
  • https://crocswap.medium.com/impermanent-loss-and-jit-liquidity-in-the-uniswap-eth-usdc-0-3-pool-8fc58c755d7
• Gud read on UXD Protocol’s new yield distribution mechanism @UXDProtocol https://uxdprotocol.medium.com/introducing-verev-a-yield-distribution-mechanism-c9243fbbfe3e
• Gud read on Genie 2.0 @geniexyz https://mirror.xyz/0xe6F3503e20a5102E995219885b2D63Be7fa9dfC8/IwfTuhiMgi5KqEZUP_bP7qhEtFwDDtluLmpAr7qGYXc
• Gud read on Muffin, a new AMM protocol @Muffin_fi https://mirror.xyz/muffinfi.eth/nExnwygnyAeDuuPcexwv6OIBrCm9qCY9P1V1wNQpjkk
• Gud read on Aztec Network @aztecnetwork https://medium.com/aztec-protocol/privacy-for-pennies-scaling-aztecs-zkrollup-9f2b36615cc6
• Gud read on Rysk Finance @ryskfinance https://medium.com/@rysk-finance/rysk-is-the-only-free-lunch-e4f832af0026
• Gud read on how to sell @0x_pasta https://0xpasta.substack.com/p/how-to-sell-early
• Gud ramble from @0xgodking, read to end for alpha https://medium.com/@0xgodking/know-it-all-33633524c5f5
• Gud read on attention @knowerofmarkets https://theknower.substack.com/p/the-decomposition-of-attention

NoSleep Reading List V8 🧵

• Quarter II 2022 https://blknoiz06.substack.com/p/quarter-ii-2022?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
• The Great Unknown https://fabricegrinda.com/the-great-unknown/
• The Crypto Grimoire: Weekend Epilogue https://theodelarosa.substack.com/p/the-crypto-grimoire-weekend-epilogue?s=w&utm_medium=web
• "F*ck You" Money https://www.youngmoney.co/p/fck-money
• Framework for the Metaverse https://www.matthewball.vc/all/forwardtothemetaverseprimer
• PlayFi Guild Design https://medium.com/@lechuzacap/playfi-guild-design-a87a9b018ba9
• How do trusted setups work? https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/03/14/trustedsetup.html
• EVM compatibility and the future of blockchains https://doseofdefi.substack.com/p/evm-compatibility-and-the-future?s=r
• The Zero-Knowledge Landscape https://page1.substack.com/p/the-zero-knowledge-landscape?utm_campaign=post_embed&s=r
• Fractal Scaling: From L2 to L3 https://medium.com/starkware/fractal-scaling-from-l2-to-l3-7fe238ecfb4f
• LayerZero the future transport layer of IBC https://medium.com/layerzero-official/layerzero-the-future-transport-layer-of-ibc-32db19b1f253
• Stargate- A Farewell to Bridges https://medium.com/stargate-official/stargate-a-farewell-to-bridges-28831d0f9439
• Signal Proposal: Migration of Gravity DEX to a Separate Cosmos Chain https://forum.cosmos.network/t/proposal-62-accepted-signal-proposal-migration-of-gravity-dex-to-a-separate-cosmos-chain/5985
• The Aptos Vision https://medium.com/aptoslabs/the-aptos-vision-1028ac56676e
• DeFi Kingdoms Announces DeFi Kingdoms Blockchain https://medium.com/defi-kingdoms-official/defi-kingdoms-announces-defi-kingdoms-blockchain-2d51333b1e4e
• Aave V3: Live on mainnet across 6 networks! https://aave.mirror.xyz/2TnHYHQRnNhSG56Y4CcssulFArSVqrFbmAdYfU7Kxp0
• Introducing Realms: Isolated Markets and Leveraged Yield Farming https://bastionprotocol.medium.com/introducing-realms-isolated-markets-and-leveraged-yield-farming-80bb88c61ac2
• Introducing Midas Capital https://medium.com/@midascapital/introducing-midas-capital-bb6ce3a256a3
• Ensō: The Beginning After the End https://medium.com/@EnsoExchange/ens%C5%8D-the-beginning-after-the-end-bd99a484f256
• Perpetual Yield Tokens: What they are and how to price them https://blog.timelessfi.com/posts/pyt-pricing/
• CrocSwap to chomp competition https://0xcryptus.substack.com/p/crocswap-to-chomp-competition?s=w
• APECOIN IS FOR THE WEB3 ECONOMY. https://apecoin.com/about
• Library of Web3 https://www.alexdphan.com/research/library-of-web3
• The Dōjima Futures Exchange - Conversations in Crypto https://anchor.fm/kitsune-sama1/episodes/Episode-1-Carnation-e1fb4ca

NoSleep Reading List V7 🧵

• DevPill.me - A Public Good Blockchain Development Guide https://github.com/dcbuild3r/blockchain-development-guide
• Building in #DeFi sucks https://andrecronje.medium.com/building-in-defi-sucks-b8fdfda0ef58
• Building in defi sucks (part 2) https://andrecronje.medium.com/building-in-defi-sucks-part-2-75df9ee7871b
• Mental Models for Crypto https://rainandcoffee.substack.com/p/mental-models-for-crypto?s=r
• “the King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds” — questioning what is successful leadership in the crypto space https://mirror.xyz/kitsunesama.eth/S6Lm0CcV8-8BcP3pGJpQ72ziq4amoz6wtaC7QLwKifI
• Are Mergers & Acquisitions a thing in crypto? https://0xakimbo.substack.com/p/are-mergers-and-acquisitions-a-thing?s=r
• Interviewing tuba on Sifu, ZetaZeroes, and DeFi's perilous future https://fbifemboy.substack.com/p/interviewing-tuba-on-sifu-zetazeroes?s=r
• Musings on Governance https://www.reverie.ooo/post/musings-on-governance
• The AMM Test: A No BS Look at L1 Performance https://medium.com/dragonfly-research/the-amm-test-a-no-bs-look-at-l1-performance-4c8c2129d581
• The Endgame bottleneck: historical storage https://polynya.medium.com/the-endgame-bottleneck-historical-storage-e83c101d2a7c
• Arbitrum: A Deep Dive into the Layer 2 Scaling Solution and its Fascinating Ecosystem https://avgjoescrypto.substack.com/p/arbitrum-a-deep-dive-into-the-layer?utm_campaign=post&utm_source=direct&s=r
• First Look: Introduction to Swimmer Network & Testnet Alpha Launch https://medium.com/@swimmer_network/first-look-introduction-to-swimmer-network-testnet-alpha-launch-58716805dd3b
• Everything You Need to Know About the Gravity Bridge Chain https://blog.cosmos.network/gravity-is-an-essential-force-of-the-cosmos-aligning-all-planets-in-orbits-in-the-composable-b1ca17de18cc
• One Pool to Rule Them All… https://mirror.xyz/0x04BEE613690e98A1959F236c38AbAa5f2439B14a/pMDX_ZoZAoVifDgrqHiQLN_ueNFIXyD37vuKXEPjhHo
• GMX https://rileygmi.substack.com/p/gmx?utm_source=twitter&s=r
• Introducing Inverse Bonds https://olympusdao.medium.com/introducing-inverse-bonds-9199cc7bf089
• Olympus Treasuries: Zero-Coupon Bonds for Flexible Staking https://research.thetie.io/olympus-treasuries/
• Introducing Avatar Protocol https://medium.com/@avatar_protocol/introducing-avatar-protocol-d9c5958bd790
• Shibuya & White Rabbit Pilot https://medium.com/@shibuya.xyz/shibuya-white-rabbit-pilot-c901e8bb76a4
• Entering a new era for Merit Circle https://medium.com/@meritcircle/entering-a-new-era-for-merit-circle-3a505b5eb5ca
• Show me the Liquidity: Evaluating NFT Financialization Methods https://medium.com/1kxnetwork/show-me-the-liquidity-evaluating-nft-financialization-methods-f3c30bf8f08c
• Flashbots Docs https://docs.flashbots.net/flashbots-protect/rpc/quick-start/
• Married to The Game https://nosleep.substack.com/p/married-to-the-game?s=w

NoSleep Reading List V6 🧵

• Six long-term crypto predictions https://fbifemboy.substack.com/p/six-long-term-crypto-predictions?s=r
• State of the Market https://medium.com/galois-capital/state-of-the-market-6824ad7cf2fd
• The Absurdity Supercycle- Being Early After the End of History https://www.getrevue.co/profile/goodalexander/issues/the-absurdity-supercycle-being-early-after-the-end-of-history-821755
• The Black and White https://medium.com/@0xgodking/the-black-and-white-cfe01ca08a8b
• Incentives structures https://cobie.substack.com/p/incentives-structures?s=r
• protocol-reading-list https://github.com/bryanhpchiang/protocol-reading-list
• Understanding rollup economics from first principles https://barnabe.substack.com/p/understanding-rollup-economics-from?s=r
• zkSync 2.0: Public Testnet is Live! https://blog.matter-labs.io/zksync-2-0-public-testnet-is-live-de870ba9632a
• Welcome to the IBC gang, let’s talk https://interchain-io.medium.com/welcome-to-the-ibc-gang-lets-talk-f469883e0ffe
• Interchain Accounts Take Cosmos Interoperability to the Next Level https://blog.cosmos.network/interchain-accounts-take-cosmos-interoperability-to-the-next-level-39c9a8aad4ad
• Cosmos Community and Marketing — Tendermint Hands the Reins to the Interchain Foundation (ICF) https://medium.com/tendermint/cosmos-community-and-marketing-tendermint-hands-the-reins-to-the-interchain-foundation-icf-fc1e5a4efdf2
• Osmosis Updates from the Lab, ft. Fetch.ai, Superfluid Staking, & Bridges https://medium.com/osmosis-community-updates/osmosis-updates-from-the-lab-ft-fetch-ai-superfluid-staking-bridges-feb-9-2022-94aafcb6632b
• The Connection https://rainandcoffee.substack.com/p/the-connection?s=r
• AVAX Subnet Plays 2022 https://medium.com/@WAGMIpost/avax-subnet-plays-2022-e597af1b7e6b
• Trader Joe: The Tokenomics Overhaul https://traderjoe-xyz.medium.com/trader-joe-the-tokenomics-overhaul-9dee2db3766
• Introducing Locke Protocol https://mirror.xyz/0x61aff5A1899DD290568D53A0727dC4d0a27D2Ea0/nVcF3PGWrzBYRSkqod4sHHqu9v1qxVlhOWbe8-Hu2EI
• How to Print Money with FRAX https://incentivized.substack.com/p/how-to-print-money-without-printing?s=r
• The (Eco)System is Broken https://nosleep.substack.com/p/the-ecosystem-is-broken?s=w
• An argument for DeFi 3.0 https://theknower.substack.com/p/an-argument-for-defi-30?s=r

NoSleep Reading List V5 🧵

• The Polarization of Crypto Narrative https://kyla.substack.com/p/the-polarization-of-crypto-narrative?s=r
• See Through https://medium.com/@0xgodking/see-through-bc31b38f2c23
• Go-to-Market in Web3: New Mindsets, Tactics, Metrics https://future.a16z.com/go-to-market-in-web3/
• Tokenomics 101: The Basics of EvaluatingCryptocurrencies https://every.to/almanack/tokenomics-101
• Success Tokens: An Incentive Aligned Way for VC Funds to Invest in DAOs https://medium.com/uma-project/success-tokens-an-incentive-aligned-way-for-vc-funds-to-invest-in-daos-1e8b8244f2f4
• UMA KPI Options and Airdrop https://medium.com/uma-project/uma-kpi-options-and-airdrop-bae86be16ce4
• Level 2: Game Monetization, The Promise of Play-And-Earn and Harmonizing Incentives https://metaversus.substack.com/p/play-and-earn?s=r
• Guide to Web3 Data: Thinking, Tools, and Teams https://ath.mirror.xyz/w2cxg5OP1OEcqvSgsEjSSyKRJhPmam0w-fXGogiG-8g
• The History of DeFi https://defieducation.substack.com/p/the-history-of-defi?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta&s=r
• The Wassie and Its Emergence on Crypto Twitter https://wassiepedia.org/2021/11/25/the-wassie-and-its-emergence-on-crypto-twitter/
• Cryptography: Extreme Basics https://anon753.substack.com/p/cryptography-extreme-basics?s=r
• Public (degen) goods https://mirror.xyz/0xcarnation.eth/W8k7_74DrpNKP5ykWONbGGzgbLArcAKNWhEDZdCfQ4k
• Minimal guides for fundamental trading concepts https://www.visualisealpha.com/guides
• It's all a dark forest https://theknower.substack.com/p/its-all-a-dark-forest?s=r
• LayerZero- An Omnichain Interoperability Protocol https://medium.com/layerzero-official/layerzero-an-omnichain-interoperability-protocol-b43d2ae975b6
• The Bridging Trilemma https://medium.com/stargate-official/the-bridging-trilemma-d80788cce4ef
• Synapse Thesis https://mirror.xyz/interndao.eth/pseI1ESiTzz5Ba1yCGwgPQqXCyrjSa4NaskWC00UMjU
• Quantum Gravity Bridge: Secure Off-Chain Data Availability for Ethereum L2s with Celestia https://blog.celestia.org/celestiums/
• Editorial: Round table the cosmos bank, a manifesto https://sentinel.medium.com/editorial-round-table-the-cosmos-bank-a-manifesto-a2857328e5a1
• Olympus12: Building a Strong Ecosystem Around a Web3-Native Reserve Currency https://olympusdao.medium.com/olympus12-building-a-strong-ecosystem-around-a-web3-native-reserve-currency-416f58175e74
• Exploring a Bond-Centric Future https://forum.olympusdao.finance/d/1061-exploring-a-bond-centric-future
• A new era for Bancor https://medium.com/@knower/a-new-era-for-bancor-8c40702dfd22
• Working in Web3: The Handbook https://web3.smsunarto.com/
• Untitled Crypto Podcast, episode 2 https://youtu.be/uRlbMIKV6p8
• Why the Why is Important https://nosleep.substack.com/p/why-the-why-is-important?s=w

NoSleep Reading List V4 🧵

• (3,3) https://cobie.substack.com/p/33?s=r
• Web 3 & The Curse of Solutionism https://jasonchoi.substack.com/p/web-3-and-the-curse-of-solutionism?s=r
• On Risk Taking https://roshunpatel.substack.com/p/on-risk-taking?s=r
• Sharpening the Knife https://wangarian.substack.com/p/sharpening-the-knife?s=r
• A Song of Shapes and Words https://roonscape.substack.com/p/a-song-of-shapes-and-words?s=r
• Influence is power https://mirror.xyz/0xcarnation.eth/Ii57YBd66IaVfAqfji4R5YREnrsJJWxk9rQFztgYDIo
• A Walk Through the Dark Forest https://mirror.xyz/unitzero.eth/XOWkcDGhjy3nM3WdjcpWXR6tPufD3uLTEKUsy6YDay8
• Automated Rebase Farming on OHM Forks https://mirror.xyz/derked.eth/Vndae9dKhiVXllXf84ULO4qAaP_HurhqvQQMsxXlytU
• Designing Web3 marketplaces for Web2 games https://uxdesign.cc/designing-web3-marketplaces-for-web2-games-1364a2d428cd
• The great renaming: what happened to Eth2? https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/01/24/the-great-eth2-renaming/
• Vitalik on bridges https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/rwojtk/comment/hrngyk8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
• The Nomad Design Philosophy https://blog.nomad.xyz/the-nomad-design-philosophy-6fc0eacf3263
• an osmo thesis https://ctzpy.substack.com/p/an-osmo-thesis?s=r
• What is Tendermint https://docs.tendermint.com/master/introduction/what-is-tendermint.html
• First Glimpse: Juno Network https://mirror.xyz/antidegendegenclub.eth/CeHT8OsJHU80aZ5jbzdJx-vbdjlhQGCu1R0v58suCbA
• The Celestia Thesis https://rainandcoffee.substack.com/p/the-celestia-thesis?r=8h753&s=r
• ve(3,3): An Introduction into the New and Ambitious Solidly Exchange https://avgjoescrypto.substack.com/p/ve33-an-introduction-into-the-new?r=r78rm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct&s=r
• TWAMM https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/07/twamm
• A Quantitative Analysis of DeFi Option Vault Strategies https://www.research.ledgerprime.com/p/a-quantitative-analysis-of-defi-option?s=r
• Analyst Dao Report #1 : Exploring the Design Architecture of Decentralized Stablecoins https://mirror.xyz/0x43930805dEBbF779fB8EDC8E43f988A8448Aad63/XuF96k6vrQdE5zuDs6jeubJOSr07JwHaOH1Ai16UkI0
• What is Lens? https://docs.lens.dev/docs
• The Daily Ape https://thedailyape.notion.site/thedailyape/The-Daily-Ape-c96c0b6727c0433a962e897ef43efb7e
• The Way of the Ape https://nosleep.substack.com/p/the-way-of-the-ape?r=18o8k5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&s=w

NoSleep reading list V3 🧵

• Soulbound https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2022/01/26/soulbound.html
• Not so smart contracts https://andrecronje.medium.com/not-so-smart-contracts-8c9ab4368d21
• A Journey Through the Cosmos https://research.thetie.io/a-journey-through-the-cosmos-atom/
• Introducing Cevmos — An Open, Scalable and Modular Stack For EVM-based Applications https://evmos.blog/introducing-cevmos-an-open-scalable-and-modular-stack-for-evm-based-applications-72930ce6b85c
• Defining modular blockchains https://forum.celestia.org/t/defining-modular-blockchains/76
• The future of Synthetic Assets: TardFi On-chain and a Larger Casino https://themothership.substack.com/p/the-future-of-synthetic-assets-tardfi?s=r
• The State Growth Problem Facing Blockchains https://thecontrol.co/state-growth-a-look-at-the-problem-and-its-solutions-6de9d7634b0b
• Junø — Interoperable Smart Contracts https://medium.com/@JunoNetwork/jun%C3%B8-c990617f4f6d
• Junø Tokenomics and Utility: Powering the worlds first fully interoperable smart contract blockchain. https://medium.com/@JunoNetwork/jun%C3%B8-tokenomics-and-utility-powering-the-worlds-first-fully-interoperable-smart-contract-ce9f490c4d97
• An Incomplete Guide to Rollups https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html
• (Almost) Everything you need to know about Optimistic Rollup https://research.paradigm.xyz/rollups
• Ethereum-powered ZK-Rollups: World Beaters https://hackmd.io/@canti/rkUT0BD8K
• Pocket Network Investment Thesis https://decentralparkcapital.substack.com/p/pocket-network-investment-thesis?s=r
• dAMM (distributed AMM) https://medium.com/starkware/damm-decentralized-amm-59b329fb4cc3
• ramblings on defi derivatives https://mirror.xyz/0x0C23E0dE114d28112f52203cb9583B9826b05dDe/8W5T5qFJerprS92FCF9858HFU-juoqoLJFwdEaH2re4
• The future of Synthetic Assets: TardFi On-chain and a Larger Casino https://themothership.substack.com/p/the-future-of-synthetic-assets-tardfi?s=r
• Shifting to Utility — $OHM https://medium.com/sherpa-library/shifting-to-utility-ohm-61ce352ccf8
• Introducing Web3 Investment Clubs https://syndicate.mirror.xyz/4p6a0nKpBYMSxoAfN6KpjcUwJSD2t68Dq7zgoliB4pk
• Consensus Capital Markets https://mirror.xyz/alkimiya-protocol.eth/PbTyQ3JnVtGq54fLjDr9toMLliWX_HMox9PQCFkZvsw
• Crypto Unicorns: Creating a Sustainable Play-and-Earn Economy Around Unique Unicorn NFTs https://members.delphidigital.io/media/crypto-unicorns-creating-a-sustainable-play-and-earn-economy-around-unique-unicorn-nfts
• Welcome to the Unicorn Multiverse! https://whitepaper.cryptounicorns.fun/intro/
• Echelon Whitepaper https://paper.echelon.io/echelon-whitepaper.pdf
• Prime Proposal https://paper.parallel.life/prime-proposal.pdf
• Untitled Crypto Podcast, episode 1 https://youtu.be/jBgPnY9znQY

NoSleep reading list V2 🧵

• Understanding Token Velocity https://multicoin.capital/2017/12/08/understanding-token-velocity/
• How RuneScape led to the rise of NFTs and Web3 https://uxdesign.cc/how-runescape-led-to-the-rise-of-nfts-and-web3-a3504dab25c1
• A Cosmos Thesis https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/04/a-cosmos-thesis
• Getting Started with Cosmos IBC Transfers https://catdotfish.medium.com/getting-started-with-ibc-transfers-276e9ce91e17
• The Evmos Rektdrop https://evmos.blog/the-evmos-rektdrop-abbe931ba823
• The Evmos Token Model https://evmos.blog/the-evmos-token-model-edc07014978b
• zkSNARKs vs zkSTARKs: a primer https://pseudotheos.mirror.xyz/_LAi4cCFz2gaC-3WgNmri1eTvckA32L7v31A8saJvqg
• 2022 PREDICTIONS FROM OUR 2D FAMILY https://www.egirlcapital.com/writings/95576068
• Understanding veNomics https://medium.com/intotheblock/understanding-venomics-8287e225a08d
• ve(3,3): Curves, Initial distribution, Competition, & Building a protocol for protocols https://andrecronje.medium.com/ve-3-3-curves-initial-distribution-competition-building-a-protocol-for-protocols-79a1ff1cf1a1
• A correct model of Olympus DAO https://fbifemboy.substack.com/p/a-correct-model-of-olympus-dao?s=r
• Implement SYN staking in preparation of PoS Synapse Chain launch https://forum.synapseprotocol.com/d/7-implement-syn-staking-in-preparation-of-pos-synapse-chain-launch
• WTF is Data Availability? https://medium.com/blockchain-capital-blog/wtf-is-data-availability-80c2c95ded0f
• Solana’s endgame: becoming an Ethereum rollup https://polynya.medium.com/solanas-endgame-becoming-an-ethereum-rollup-c77ee479a8ae
• Near launches stake farming to unlock ecosystem rewards https://medium.com/nearprotocol/near-launches-stake-farming-to-unlock-ecosystem-rewards-e09ae94d8218

NoSleep reading list for tn 🧵

• Awesome Cryptoeconomics https://github.com/jpantunes/awesome-cryptoeconomics
• Optimizing Your Token Distribution https://lstephanian.mirror.xyz/kB9Jz_5joqbY0ePO8rU1NNDKhiqvzU6OWyYsbSA-Kcc
• Wtf is web3 https://cobie.substack.com/p/wtf-is-web3?s=r
• Narrative Distillation https://kwokchain.com/2021/09/29/narrative-distillation-1/
• An Overview of the DeFi Landscape: 2021 in Review https://defimafia.substack.com/p/an-overview-of-the-defi-landscape?r=zfnzw&s=r
• Maelstrom https://cryptohayes.medium.com/maelstrom-ee6021e9d0c2
• Why rollups + data shards are the only sustainable solution for high scalability https://polynya.medium.com/why-rollups-data-shards-are-the-only-sustainable-solution-for-high-scalability-c9aabd6fbb48
• Rollups, data availability layers & modular blockchains: introductory meta post https://polynya.medium.com/rollups-data-availability-layers-modular-blockchains-introductory-meta-post-5a1e7a60119d
• The lay of the modular blockchain land (Jan 2022 update) https://polynya.medium.com/the-lay-of-the-modular-blockchain-land-jan-2022-update-d38c868286f
• Unsolicited thoughts on the Curve Wars https://mirror.xyz/0x57c322bafDBC22CF5B50835a1392Eb3Cef735F06/1qrK63Z7ubHAy6gJpcVmQ77wWOJaL0S-jwqTwjcaKjI
• How Near’s Simple Nightshade Gives Dapps Infinite Scalability https://medium.com/nearprotocol/how-nears-simple-nightshade-gives-dapps-infinite-scalability-433188d2ef1e
• Notes on Gas https://doc.aurora.dev/compat/gas/
• Octopus Network Partners with NEAR https://near.org/blog/octopus-network-partners-with-near/
• Octopus Network Overview https://erlalons.substack.com/p/octopus-network-overview?s=r
• Polkadot Vs. COSMOS Vs. Octopus Network Vs. NEAR Protocol: Fat Hubs Are Better Than Hub Minimalism https://hackernoon.com/polkadot-vs-cosmos-vs-octopus-network-vs-near-protocol-fat-hubs-are-better-than-hub-minimalism

patryeth-crypto-reading-list.md

pastryeth's crypto reading list

🔗 Source: https://twitter.com/pastryeth/status/1502686322623979531

• Bitcoin Whitepaper

First posted on the cryptography mailing list by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, the BTC whitepaper describes the under-workings of a purely peer-to-peer financial system built using cryptographic primitives

• Into The Void (@pierskicks)

In this essay, Piers details the ongoing societal shift towards digital life, & how crypto is paving way for a self sovereign financial system, an open creator economy, & a digital representation & ownership layer via NFTs

• Before Bitcoin (@pet3rpan_)

In this series, Peter takes us back to the 70’s to understand the origins of BTC.

Starting at Part One, Peter describes how the spread of cryptographic knowledge led to the cypherpunk movement & later on the invention of BTC

• How to Get Rich - (@naval)

Naval has the ability to distill a complex world into short excerpts of wisdom, & the way he is able to articulate such things is a form of art.

The ideas expressed in this thread resonate deeply with me, and I have returned to them time & time again

• Tim Ferris Show - Understanding Ethereum - (@VitalikButerin feat. @naval)

In this podcast, Vitalik & Naval discuss the underlying technology of ETH, how it differs from BTC, scaling plans & timelines, ETH2.0, future considerations, & more.

• Flash Boys 2.0

The holy grail of MEV.

In this essay, researchers document & quantify the deployment of arbitrage bots who exploit inefficiencies in DEXs by paying high tx fees and optimizing network latency to frontrun ordinary users’ trades

• A Prehistory of the Ethereum Protocol - (@VitalikButerin)

In this post, Vitalik walks us through the significant evolutions and design decisions made while creating Ethereum, as well as many of the hardships faced along the way.

• Hopium Diaries - Dystopian Dreams (@RektHQ)

A cinematic masterpiece.

Hopium Diaries - Dystopian Dreams is a story that paints a picture of how cryptocurrency and decentralized finance will change the world.

• Introduction to the Exponential Age - (@RaoulGMI)

In this video, Raoul Pal explains his personal journey into BTC & ETH, & explains how these technologies are forming a “black hole” that is driving in value and developer talent at an exponential rate

• The Wonders of Web3 - (@cdixon & @naval)

In this podcast, Tim, Chris, & Naval discuss the frontier of innovation for Web3, NFTs, & decentralization, & how such technologies are empowering a collective owned future over a corporate owned future.

• But How Does Bitcoin Actually Work? - (@3blue1brown)

Grant Sanderson is an expert mathematician with a unique ability to explain and visualize complex topics in simple terms.

In this video, Sanderson makes understanding Bitcoin easy.

• Why Web3 Matters - (@cdixon)

This thread by Chris details the emergence of the Web3 era, which combines the decentralized, community-governed ethos of Web1 with the advanced, modern functionality of Web2.

sunita-parbhu-PM-reading-list.md

Sunita Parbhu and gmirea's 10 lessons for web3 PMs

🔗 Source: https://sunita-parbhu.medium.com/2022-top-10-resources-for-learning-blockchain-defi-nft-cc016e963aad

So you’re a successful tech Product Manager or similar, considering a career move into the blockchain/Defi/NFT/web3 space. Or perhaps you’re already in the sector and want to broaden your horizons and point of view. Where do you start to train yourself?

Contents

• Lesson 1— Commit to Usage (wallets, etc.)
• Lesson 2— Read Widely (favorite reads)
• Lesson 3— Learn Low-level Blockchain Concepts (favorite courses)
• Lesson 4— Dig into DeFi or NFTs (non-fungible tokens)
• Lesson 5— Put Yourself in the Daily Information Flow
• Lesson 6— Understand Project/Company Types
• Lesson 7— Study Counter-arguments and Risks
• Lesson 8— Regulation
• Lesson 9— Consider DAOs
• Lesson 10 — Make friends, and Help

web3pm-reading-list.md

web3pm's recommended reading list

🔗 Source: https://web3pms.substack.com/p/web3pms-launch-?s=r

• The bitcoin white paper. What started the Web3 and crypto revolutions.
• The original ethereum white paper. Ethereum allows for smart contracts and has a robust developer ecosystem.
• Why Web3 Matters by Chris Dixon and a16z. A summary of why Web2 was just a stepping stone.
• Coinbase Blog, A Simple Guide to the Web3 Stack. The new tech stack and the leading companies playing at each level.
• Crypto fundamentals by Patrick Rivera. A simple but in-depth presentation of crypto.
• A Curious Beginner’s Guide to Crypto, Peter Yang. A great guide with simple and clear diagrams.
• An overview of Web3 and Aggregration Theory by Stratechery.
• A comprehensive crypto reading list by Andreessen Horowitz.

yano-bear-market-classics.md

🐻 JasonYanowitz' bear market classics

🔗 Source: Tweet

• Bitcoin Whitepaper: http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

• Ethereum Whitepaper: http://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper

• Why decentralization matters By @cdixon Chris Dixon's blog. https://cdixon.org/2018/02/18/why-decentralization-matters

• Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? By @albertwenger One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism… https://continuations.com/post/671863718643105792/web3crypto-why-bother

• Placeholder's investment thesis By @cburniske and @jmonegro https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZL4eT1gxnE168Pmw3KyejW6fUfMNzMgeKMgcWJUfYGRj/Placeholder%20Thesis%20Summary.pdf

• The case for a small allocation to Bitcoin — Kana and Katana By Wences Casares “The case for a small allocation to Bitcoin” by Wences Casares, CEO of Xapo. Why most portfolios should allocate up to 1% to Bitcoin. https://www.kanaandkatana.com/valuation-depot-contents/2019/4/11/the-case-for-a-small-allocation-to-bitcoin?utm_source=pocket_mylist

• The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo (#244) By @NickSzabo4 + @naval + @tferriss “Trusted third parties are security holes.” – Nick Szabo Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) is a polymath. The breadth and depth of his interests and knowledge are truly astounding. He̵… https://tim.blog/2017/06/04/nick-szabo/

• An (Institutional) Investor’s Take on Cryptoassets By @jlppfeffer https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/john-pfeffer/An+Investor%27s+Take+on+Cryptoassets+v6.pdf

• Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble (Published 2018) By @stevenbjohnson Yes, it’s driven by greed — but the mania for cryptocurrency could wind up building something much more important than wealth. https://web.archive.org/web/20220613230645/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/magazine/beyond-the-bitcoin-bubble.html

• Add: Decentralized Thoughts (h/t https://twitter.com/DCbuild3r/status/1525611553235550210?s=20&t=PI58TcdeGMY-B-7GlShb5Q)

• Add: Cryptocurrency Class 2022

• Add: https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1509380091184246784?s=20&t=PI58TcdeGMY-B-7GlShb5Q

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• add “road to web3” https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMj8NvODurfEYLsuiClgikZBGDfhwdcXF

H/t https://twitter.com/ZeroDayTrader/status/1527338532062126088

• add https://defi-learning.org/f22
  H/t https://discord.com/channels/940831868931149864/940831869979754502/972963428194975814

add gud read 13 https://twitter.com/nosleepjon/status/1527799374679531522