awesome-cryptoeconomics
đź“š A curated collection of links for cryptoeconomists
https://github.com/L4ventures/awesome-cryptoeconomics
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Fundamentals
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Intro to Cryptoeconomics
- Cryptoeconomics.study - - An free and open source book & course on Cryptoeconomics
- Programmable Incentives - Intro to Cryptoeconomics - A talk by Karl Floresch at DevCon 3
- Introduction to Cryptoeconomics - Vitalik Buterin's introduction to the field
- What is Cryptoeconomics? - Vlad Zamfir at Cryptoeconomicon
- Design Rationale - The Ethereum design rationale
- Griefing Factors - "A Note on Limits on Incentive Compatibility and Griefing Factors" by Vitalik Buterin
- The current state of Cryptoeconomics - Another talk by Vlad Zamfir
- Making Sense of Cryptoeconomics - An overview of cryptoeconomics by [Josh Stark](http://0xstark.com/about/)
- A Crash Course in Mechanism Design for Cryptoeconomic Applications - Understanding the Basic Fundamentals of “Cryptoeconomics”
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Applications
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State Channels
- Lightning Network - Payment channels on the Bitcoin network
- Raiden Network - Payment channels on the Ethereum network
- Perun Network - Perun Network (virtual channels)
- State Channels Explanation - Jeff Coleman on state channels
- Raiden Network - Payment channels on the Ethereum network
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Token Design
- How Does REP Work - Augur report on incentive structure of their prediction market token, REP
- Introducing the Gnosis Tokens (GNO) - Background and reasoning for design decisions for Gnosis and the GNO token
- Applications of Security Deposits and Prediction Markets - Vitalik Buterin on a few topics
- SchellingCoin - Vitalik Buterin on SchellingCoins
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Token Sales
- Introducing the Gnosis Token Launch - Gnosis on using a dutch auction
- Analyzing Token Sale Models - Vitalik Buterin reviewing token sale models, including Gnosis' dutch auction
- Vickrey auction - Method used to keep bids secret and have the winner pay the 2nd highest amount
- Long-Term Cryptocurrency Distribution Models - Early Vitalik Buterin post on token distribution
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Attacks
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Token Sales
- 51 percent attack - StackExchange answer to "What can an attacker with 51% of hash power do?"
- Cost of a 51 percent attack - Present day cost for someone to do a 51% attack the Bitcoin network
- The P+ epsilon Attack - Vitalik Buterin on the P+ epsilon attack
- Long-Range Attacks - Post by Vitalik Buterin "The Serious Problem With Adaptive Proof of Work"
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Research
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Privacy
- Privacy on the Blockchain - Vitalik Buterin on privacy
- ZK-Snarks - ZK-Snarks under the hood by Vitalik Buterin
- ZK-Starks - Early article on ZK-Starks
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Proof of Stake
- Cryptoeconomics in Casper - Video of presentation by Vlad Zamfir at CESC2017
- Cryptoeconomics in Casper - A Google Slides presentation by Jon Choi
- A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy - Vitalik Buterin post about the design of a PoS system
- Proof of Stake - A talk at Cryptoeconomicon
- Proof of Stake with Casper - Vlad Zamfir podcast about Casper
- The History of Casper - Vlad Zamfir on Casper, a Proof of Stake Consensus Protcol
- Ethereum Casper 101 - Great article on Cryptoeconomics overall with a focus on PoS
- On Stake - Early Vitalik post on staking
- Proof of Stake FAQ - FAQ from the Ethereum wiki
- On Stake - Early Vitalik post on staking
- The Triangle of Harm - Post on Casper’s incentivization philosophy
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Proof of Work
- Bitcoin - Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
- Proof of Work - A talk at Cryptoeconomicon
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More PoS
- On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy - Vitalik Buterin
- On Settlement Finality - Vitalik Buterin on settlement finality
- Light Clients and Proof of Stake - Vitalik Buterin post on light clients using PoS
- Weak Subjectivity - Vitalik Buterin on PoS
- Cryptocurrencies without Proof of Work
- Slasher Ghost, and Other Developments in Proof of Stake
- Least Authority Performs Incentive Analysis For Ethereum
- Demystifying incentives in the consensus computer
- Formal methods on some PoS stuff - Formalizing PoS Medium article
- Safety Under Dynamic Validator Sets - Vitalik Buterin medium post on safety
- A mechanized safety proof with dynamic validators - A reply to the Vitalik Buterin post above
- Formal methods on another Casper - Talking about the differences betwen Vlad and Vitalik's approach to Casper
- Nothing at Stake Problem - StackExchange "What exactly is the Nothing-At-Stake problem?"
- Weak Subjectivity - Vitalik Buterin on PoS
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Plasma
- Plasma: Scalable Autonomous Smart Contracts - Paper on Plasma by Joseph Poon & Vitalik Buterin
- Plasma in 10 minutes - Easy to understand overview of Plasma proposal by Anthony Akentiev
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Sidechains
- Sidechains - Blockstream: Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains
- Cosmos - A Network of Distributed Ledgers - Cosmos whitepaper
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Fault Attribution
- The problem of censorship - Vitalik Buterin on attributability of censorship
- Minimal Slashing Conditions - Vitalik Buterin on slashing conditions
- Shapley values - Technique for translating fault attributions into penalties
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Mechanism Design
- Mechanism Design - Wikipedia article
- On Anti-Pre-Revelation Games - Vitalik Buterin on anti-pre-revelation games
- Blockchain and Smart Contract Mechanism Design Challenge - Vitalik talk in Malta
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Data Availability & Erasure Coding
- A note on data availability and erasure coding - Comprehensive review of the data availability problem from the Ethereum Foundation
- Secret Sharing and Erasure Coding - Vitalik Buterin guide for the Aspiring Dropbox Decentralizer
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Stablecoins
- Stablecoins - A talk at Cryptoeconomicon
- The Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency - Vitalik Buterin on stablecoins
- The Dai Stablecoin System - MakerDAO's approach to a stable currency
- Arc primer and overview (non-technical) - A practical, intrinsic-value and financial-market approach for a stablecoin
- A Note on Cryptocurrency Stabilisation - Research by Robert Sams on Seigniorage Shares
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Governance
- Futarchy - An intro to futarchy by Vitalik Buterin
- Tezos - Whitepaper of Tezos, "a self-amending crypto-ledger"
- Hard Forks, Soft Forks, Defaults and Coercion - Vitalik Buterin on when to hard fork or soft fork (and more)
- A Note on Metcalfe's Law, Externalities and Ecosystem Splits - Vitalik Buterin on blockchain splitting
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Other
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Cryptography Reading
- Public-private key cryptography - Simple explanation on StackExchange
- Hash functions - Basics of Hashing from Consensys
- Homomorphic encryption - Blog post by Matthew Green
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