dmfxyz/reading-list-and-annotated-papers

A collection of things I've read, things I'm reading, and things I want to read. Also contains some annotated papers.

Reading List

A collection of resources I’ve found helpful or interesting. Some are just things I want to keep handy. The list is both updated and pruned sporadically, and is pushed occassionally. I hope to organize it further when I have time; for now the links are listed in no particular order.

Words

• Neural Networks and Deep Learning

• An introduction to Markov Chains

• Reinforcement Learning 2nd Edition

• Machine Learning for Asset Managers (Check google for pdf)

• Bithacks (useful bitwise operations)

• Attention Is All You Need

• An Image is Worth 16x16 Words: Transformers for Image Recognition at Scale

• Introducing the Foundry Ethereum development toolbox

• EVM Deep Dives (By noxx, parts 1-6)

• Solidity Docs

• Solving ParadigmCTF's JOP (by plotchy)

• Hardware Acceleration for Zero Knowledge Proofs

• Uniswap 1, Uniswap 2, Uniswap 3

• Programming Uniswap v2 (by jeiwan)

• Gradual Dutch Auctions

• Multicall

• Yul Specification

• Byzantine Fault Tolerance

• Retroactive Airdrops are Exotic Options

• Trail of Bits: Frozen Heart

• All of vitalik.ca

• Verifiable Delay Functions

• Nansen: Arbitrage on Decentralized Exchanges

• W3C's Notation Spec for EBNF Grammars

• Replicating Monotic Payoffs Without Oracles

• Demystifying the TerraUSD Peg

• Fractional Reserve Banking in Decentralized Finance

• EIP-712: Ethereum typed structured data hashing and signing

• Rai: A Low Volatility, Trust Minimized Collateral for the DeFi Ecosystem

• Principles of decentralized finance (Summer 2022)

• A Specification for the Unchained Index (TrueBlocks)

• The different types of ZK-EVMs

• Tornado Cash Privacy Solution

Pictures

• 3blue1brown’s linear algebra series (good refresher if you previously learned linalg by rote memorization )

• 3blue1brown's calculus series (again, if like most people your high school and university math classes did you a disservice, this is a great watch.)

• Attention: Video Essay

• 16x16 Words: Video Essay

• Literally anything on the Applied Science youtube channel

• FTX Pyth Workshop on Regulation and Licenses

• ETHAmsterdam 2022 (need to add timestamps)