Crypto & Blockchain
Resources
As a not-crypto maximalist who works in crypto, I’ve found these links incredibly helpful when explaining the value and potential of cryptocurrency and the blockchain to pretty much anyone.
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
The original Bitcoin whitepaper published pseudonymously by Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ethereum whitepaper: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform
Vitalik Buterin
Blockchains don’t scale — not today, at least… but there’s hope
Preethi Kasireddy
Why bitcoin matters
Marc Andreessen’
The idea of smart contracts (1997)
Nick Szabo
Crypto tokens: A breakthrough in open network design
Chris Dixon
Ethereum is the Forefront of Digital Currency
Fred Ehrsam
Yes, You May Need a Blockchain
Balaji Srinivasan
How the US government is using blockchain to fight fraud
Kathryn Haun
Bitcoin network effects
Elad Gil
An overview of governance in blockchains — introduction slides to a working paper
Odysseas Sclavounis and Nic Carter
Privacy on the blockchain
Vitalik Buterin
Stablecoins: A holy grail in digital currency
Nick Tomaino