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Cryptoeconomics
Introductory
Cryptoeconomics for dummies
Cryptoeconomics 101
Making Sense of Cryptoeconomics
Making Sense of Cryptoeconomics by Josh Stark
What is Cryptoeconomics
What is Cryptoeconomics, a guide by BlockGeeks
How Society Will Be Transformed By Cryptoeconomics
Paving the Future of Blockchain Technology
Vivek Singh’s Cryptoeconomics in context
Cryptoeconomics Definitions Part 1
,
Part 2
and
Part 3
The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics
by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Cryptoeconomics is Hard Part 1
,
Part 2
and
Part 3
by Aleksandr Bulkin
How to create a cryptoeconomic protocol from scratch
by Vlad Zamfir
Behavioural Crypto-Economics
the challenge and promise of Blockchain Incentive Design by Elad Verbin
Introduction to Blockchain through Cryptoeconomics
by Zubin Koticha
The need for an Incentive scheme in Algorand
by Alexis Guaba, Zubin Koticha
Cryptoeconomics.study
— An free and open source book & course on Cryptoeconomics
Game Theory
Introduction to Game Theory
Part one of a series by Devin Soni
Schelling Point
Introduction to the concept of Schelling Point
Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points
The strategy of conflict book
The Strategy of Conflict
Mechanism design (deck)
Mechanism design theory examples and complexity
Standford’s Algorithmic Game Theory lecture series
Cryptocurrency Game Theory
What is Cryptocurrency Game Theory: A Basic introduction
Correlated Equilibria
In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium
Mechanism Design
A Crash Course in Mechanism Design for Cryptoeconomic Applications
Mechanism Theory
paper by Matthew O. Jackson
Mechanism Design Theory
Cryptographic Primitives
Cryptographic Primitives
as described in Wikipedia
A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography
by Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup
Ethereum: Signing and Validating
Merkling in Ethereum
by Vitalik Buterin
Bitcoin’s Academic Pedigree
by Arvind Narayanan and Jeremy Clark
Consensus Mechanisms
PoW – Proof of Work
PoW and Blockchains
presentation by Prof. Ittay Eyal (IC3)
The PoW concept
article by the Nakamoto Institute
ConsensusPedia – An Encylopedia of 29 consensus algorithms
article by the Nakamoto Institute) article by Vasa
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake
by BlockGeeks
Vulnerability: Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake
PoS – Proof of Stake
Strengths and Weaknesses of PoS
Vitalik Buterin’s article on the strengths and weaknesses of staking contrasting to PoW algorithms
PoS Design Philosophy
A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy by Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum PoS FAQ
The evolution of PoS
Article on the evolution of PoS by Coin Telegraph
Weak Subjectivity in PoS
Weak Subjectivity in PoS by Vitalik Buterin
The History of Casper – Chapter 1
Vlad Zamfir’s series on the history of Casper,
Chapter 2
,
Chapter 3
,
Chapter 4
,
Chapter 5
On Stake and Consensus
Critic on the PoS Philosophy
by Tuur Demeester
Extended Summary on Casper
by Jon Choi
The Economics of the PoS consensus algorithm
Casper vs Tendermint
Minimal Slashing condition in Ethereum
DPoS – Delegated Proof of Stake
DPoS Introduction
Introduction to DPoS by Bitshares
DPoS vs PoW
Article by Daniel Larimer from Bitshares
Tendermint BFT vs. EOS dPoS
by Tendermint
Seeking Consensus on Consensus
Delegated Proof of Stake and the Two Generals’ Problem
dBFT – Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance
Byzantine Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems
by Prof. Kenneth Goodwin
dBFT vs PoW and PoS
Antshare’s (now NEO) views on consensus
Intro to Ethermint BFT
Network Effects
A Note on Metcalfe’s Law, Externalities and Ecosystem Splits
by Vitalik Buterin
Continuous Token Models: Towards a Million Networks of Value
by Simon de la Rouviere
Crypto Tokens: A breakthrough in open network design
by Chris Dixon
Bitcoin Network Effects
Keepers — Workers that Maintain Blockchain Networks
Smart-Contract Network Effect Fallacy
Governance
The Consensus Series, Part I: The Basics of Collectivity
and
Addendum
by Aleksandr Bulkin
Governance and Network Effects
Notes on Blockchain Governance
by Vitalik Buterin
Against On-Chain Governance
by Vlad Zamfir
On Public vs Private Blockchains
by Vitalik Buterin
Cryptoeconomic Security
Intro to Cryptoeconomic security
Basic intro to cryptoeconomic security
Anti-fragile Cryptoeconomic systems
Anti-fragile cryptoeconomic Systems through game theory
Triangle of harm
by Vitalik Buterin
On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy
Vitalik Buterin’s article on the role of cryptoeconomics in blockchain security
Settlement Finality
Vitalik Buterin’s article on the elusive topic of economic finality
Bancor is flawed
Bancor’s review by Hacking Distributed
To sink front-runners, send submarines
Bancor’s front-running woes by Hacking Distributed
Bitcoin’s security model
by Jameson Lopp
Attacks
General article on how attacks work in PoW – Part 1
and
Part 2
Long range attacks
Censorship attacks
P + epsilon attack
Coordination problems
The Miners dilemma
Dealing with failure in cryptocurrency
Vlad Zamfir’s article on dealing with failure in cryptocurrency
Model of an internal PoW attacker
Vlad Zamfir’s article on PoW attackers
Cryptoeconomics and X-Risk researchers should listen to each other more
Vitalik Buterin’s article on how cryptoeconomics and existential risk researchers could apply blockchain technology in global coordination challenges
Part 2
Presentation on most common attacks in Bitcoin
51% Attack
Bitcoin.it Wiki explanation
Selfish Mining
a 25% attack against Bitcoin
Sybil attack
as described in Wikipedia
Nothing at Stake and Long-range attacks in PoS
$5 wrench Attack
XKCD comic on the cheapest attack on cryptography
An Exploration of Attack Vectors in Proof-of-Stake
Mechanism Labs
Token Engineering
The Emergence of Cryptoeconomic Primitives
History Is Rhyming: Fitness Functions & Comparing Blockchain Tokens To The Web
by Simon de la Rouviere
Introducing Curation Markets: Trade Popularity of Memes & Information
by Simon de la Rouviere
Can Blockchains Go Rogue?
by Trent McConaghy
Towards a Practice of Token Engineering
, with presentation deck
here
by Trent McConaghy
Token Engineering Case Studies
Analysis of Bitcoin, Design of Ocean Protocol by Trent McConaghy
Cryptoeconomic Primitives
The Emergence of Cryptoeconomic Primitives
by Jacob Horne
Token Curated Registries 1.0
by Mike Goldin
Continuous Token-Curated Registries: The Infinity of Lists
by Simon de la Rouviere
Tokens 2.0: Curved Token Bonding in Curation Markets
by Simon de la Rouviere
Solving Price Discovery Of Non-Rivalrous Goods (with Curved Bonding)
by Simon de la Rouviere
Hashtag Markets
by Simon de la Rouviere
How to Make Bonding Curves for Continuous Token Models
Re-Fungible Token (RFT)
by Billy Rennekamp
Tokenomics
Token sales models
Token sales models by Vitalik Buterin
A business guide to Tokenomics
by William Mougayar
Cryptoasset Valuations
by Chris Burniske
Understanding Token Velocity
On Value, Velocity and Monetary Theory
The Token Classification Framework
a multi-dimensional tool for understanding and classifying crypto tokens
MV = PQ isn’t right for crypto
a case made by Austere Capital
The quantitative theory of money for tokens
a rebuttal of the MV = PQ theory by Warren Weber
NVT – network value to transactions ratio
a market to transaction value proposal by Coinmetrics
Stablecoins
Ethereum Madrid’s Cryptoeconomics 101
presentation on Stablecoins by Sandra Becker of Ethereum Madrid
An Overview of stablecoins
Stablecoins: A Holy Grail in digital cryptocurrencies
Volatility and Mass Adoption: 2 reasons we would benefit from a stablecoin
The search for a stable cryptocurrency
Maker for Dummies: A Plain English Explanation of the Dai Stablecoin
Designing a price stable currency
by Haseeb Qureshi
A skeptic view of stablecoins
State Channels
Compact and very well explained definition
Overview on the Raiden Network
Generalised State Channels on Ethereum
Introducing multi-party state-channels
A state-channels adventure with Counterfactual Rick
by SpankChain (SFW!)
Empirical Cryptoeconomics
How manipulation-resistant are Prediction Markets?
How manipulation-resistant are Prediction Markets? Our Undertaking in Empirical Cryptoeconomics by Gnosis
Empirical Cryptoeconomics
Vitalik Buterin’s post on empirical cryptoeconomics
Testing mechanism design with AI agents
Tool for Smart Contract testing with
concept paper
and
intro
Videos
Consensus Protocols
Consensus
Consensus Algorithm – Andreas Antonopoulos
Intro to Casper
Karl Floersch presenting Ethereum’s Casper PoS
PoS roundtable
PoS roundtable with Joseph Poon, Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Dominic Williams, Zack Hess at Cryptoeconomicon 2015
PoW roundtable
PoW roundtable with Tim Swanson, Vitalik Buterin and Peter Todd at Cryptoeconomicon 2015
Proof of Stake – Technion Cyber and Computer Security Summer School
and
presentation deck
CESC2017 – Casper Proof of Stake
Hangout – Ethereum PoS: Casper FFG In Depth
and the
presentation
Hangout – Ethereum PoS: Casper & Smart Contract Consensus Overview
and the
presentation deck
Cryptoeconomics
Game Theory in Bitcoin
Game Theory approach behind the motivation for Bitcoin mining
CESC2017 – Cryptoeconomics in Casper
What is Cryptoeconomics
Vlad Zamfir introducing Cryptoeconomics
Introduction to Cryptoeconomics
Vitalik Buterin introducing Cryptoeconomics. The corresponding presentation deck is
available here
Hard problems in Cryptoeconomics
Vitalik Buterin discussing hard problems with cryptoeconomics
The Cryptoeconomic way
Vitalik Buterin discussing cryptoeconomics.
Cryptoeconomic Protocols In the Context of Wider Society
Vitalik Buterin discussing cryptoeconomics. The corresponding presentation deck is
available here
The current state of Cryptoeconomics
The current state of Cryptoeconomics by Vlad Zamfir
Programmable Incentives
by Karl Floersch at Devcon 3
Hard problems in cryptoeconomics
by Vitalik Buterin
Cryptoeconomic Primitives
Global Scale Research Networks and Cryptoeconomics
Towards a Practice of Token Engineering
by Trent McConaghy
Cryptoeconomic Theory
an on-going series by Viktor Makarskyy with
part 1
,
part 2
,
part 3
and
part 4
State Channels
The Raiden Network, a technical introduction
Short introduction to the The Raiden Network
by Lefteris Karapetsas
State Channels explained in detail
by Ameen Soleimani
Cryptoeconomic Security
The costs of hacking Bitcoin
Sybil attacks explained
Game theory and Network Attacks- How to destroy Bitcoin
by by Max Fang 03/2017
Game theory and Network Attacks- How to destroy Bitcoin
by Nadir Akhtar and Aparna Krishnan 11/2017
51% Attacks: Pools and Game Theory
Nothing at stake
Introducing the nothing at stake attack
Security Considerations of the Casper Protocol
Vlad Zamfir at Standford’s Blockchain Protocol Analysis and Security Engineering 2017
Cryptography
Cryptography for Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin – Cryptographic hash functions
Hashed based signatures
An illustrated primer
Additional
BBC Documentary
Adam Curtis’ “Fuck you buddy” BBC documentary
Podcasts
Q&A on Casper
Vlad Zamfir answering questions regarding Ethereum’s Casper PoS
PoW attacks
Podcast from 2015 on PoW attacks
Cryptoeconomics, Stablecoins, Casper
with Vlad Zamfir, and corresponding transcript is available
here
Fintech Podcast – Episode 151
Cryptoeconomics as explained by Dr Chris Berg
Cryptoeconomic Primitives
by Trent McConaghy
Whitepapers
Bitcoin Whitepaper
Ethereum Whitepaper
Blockchain Consensus Protocols in the Wild
dBFT Whitepaper
The Quest for Scalable Blockchain Fabric: Proof-of-Work vs. BFT Replication by IBM Research
Federated Byzantine Agreements
by Stellar Development Foundation’s David Mazieres
Research Paper on PoS vs. Pow
by Bitfury
Demystifying Incentives in the Consensus Computer
Game Theory approach behind Bitcoin mining
Research Paper on the security model in PoW
by ETH Zurich and others
A Note on Limits on Incentive Compatibility and Griefing Factors
Research Paper on eclipse attacks
on the Bitcoin Network
Research Paper on eclipse attacks
on the Ethereum Network
Research paper on hashrate-based double spend attack
Satoshi Risk Tables
MakerDAO Purple Paper
Sweetbridge Liquidity Protocol
Bancor Protocol
Maker Dai Stablecoin
Curation Markets
by Simon de la Rouviere
The Economics of BitCoin Price Formation
This paper analyses the relationship between BitCoin price and supply-demand fundamentals of Bitcoin
A Cost of Production Model for Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Backbone Protocol Analysis and Applications
Cryptocurrencies without PoW
Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Other Resources
Evolution of Trust
Fun interactive game by Nicky Case showing the evolution of group trust over time
Ethresear.ch Casper research topic
CECS – CryptoEconomics Security Conference
Reddit subgroup
Telegram Group
RIAT – Institute for Future Cryptoeconomics
a research group from Austria
Cryptoeconomics Asia
is an independent research firm
Cryptoeconomics at RMIT University
a research group of economists in Australia
Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics
Vienna University of Economics and Business
MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab
MIT’s first cryptoeconomics lab
Blockchain Hacks and Post-mortems
The DAO
The DAO can turn into a naturally arising Ponzi
prescient article by Hacking Distributed
Analysis of the DAO Exploit
by Hacking Distributed
Thoughts on the DAO hack
by Hacking Distributed
Parity MultiSig
Parity’s Post-mortem
Deep dive into the Parity hack
Bancor
Front-running Bancor in 150 lines of Python
King of Ether
King of Ether Post-mortem
Roulette
Attacking a public RNG
article by Martin Swende on attacking a smart contract that used a public Random Number Generator
Additional information and related topics
Behavioural Economics
BE Ted Talk
Prof. Dan Ariely’s Ted Talk on Behavioural Economics
Predictably Irrational book
Predictably Irrational by Prof. Dan Ariely
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty book
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty by Prof. Dan Ariely
Economics
Awesome Economics
Cryptography
Awesome Cryptography
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