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An introductory guide to Blockchain through whitepapers

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An introductory guide to Blockchain through whitepapers

Intro to Blockchain:

  • Bitcoin (paper) - Blockchain
  • Selfish Mining (paper) – security and vulnerabilities, optional
  • Ethereum (paper) – Smart contracts
  • Town Crier (paper) – Oracles, getting real world info onto the blockchain

Distributed Networks, Scalability:

(Optional, interesting) Exchanges – good intro into the “decentralized” approach for financial systems:

  • Criticism of Bancor, "How I Found a $25m Vulnerability in Blockchain" (paper)
  • 0x Decentralized Exchange (paper) – automated exchange
  • As an example of bad economics, Bancor (paper) – automated market maker with lots of flaws

Privacy – important for questions of KYC/SEC type factors:

  • Monero (paper) – more anonymous transactions
  • Enigma (paper) – private smart contract code

Regulation:

  • Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts and The Social Workings of Law (paper)

Stable Coins:

  • Tether (paper) - reserves
  • CarbonUSD (summary) – automated monetary policy