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Crypto Canon

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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

Kudos bro, for putting this together.

This is a great work. Well done