Crypto Resources
Basics
WTF is the blockchain? by Mohit Mamoria
Quick Reference To Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies by Pablo Gamba
How the Bitcoin protocol actually works
Basic terminology for Ethereum
Bitcoin network effects by Elad Gil
Why Decentralization Matters by Chris Dixon
Whitepapers
Bitcoin whitepaper (2009): A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto
Ethereum whitepaper (2013+): A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform by Vitalik Buterin
POLKADOT: VISION FOR A HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-CHAIN FRAMEWORK
Chainlink 2.0 and the future of Decentralized Oracle Networks
Solana: A new architecture for a high performance blockchain
The Stellar Consensus Protocol: A Federated Model for Internet-level Consensus
Governance
Blockchain governance — design components, approaches, suggestions by Fred Ehrsam
Notes on blockchain governance by Vitalik Buterin
Smart Contracts
The idea of smart contracts (1997) by Nick Szabo
INTRODUCTION TO SMART CONTRACTS
Tokens
Crypto tokens: A breakthrough in open network design by Chris Dixon
What are cryptonetworks and why are tokens fundamental? by Nick Grossman
Mental models for understanding tokens by Nick Tomaino and Chris Dixon