Crypto & Trust
Every idea in Doomscholar on crypto & trust. Open any one to read it in layers, with its sources.
- Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash SystemSatoshi NakamotoA decentralized, trustless electronic cash system using proof-of-work to solve double-spending without intermediaries.
- Ethereum Whitepaper: A Next-Generation Smart Contract PlatformVitalik ButerinA Turing-complete blockchain enabling arbitrary smart contracts and decentralized applications.
- Fat ProtocolsJoel Monegro / USVUnlike the web, in crypto value accrues to the protocol layer, not the application layer.
- IPO 2.0 / SPAC Investor LettersChamath PalihapitiyaSPACs democratize access to high-growth pre-IPO companies and are a superior path to public markets.
- Principal–Agent ProblemMichael Jensen & William MecklingThe one deciding is rarely the one bearing the consequences.
- Solana: A New Architecture for a High Performance BlockchainAnatoly YakovenkoProof-of-History plus a fast runtime enables a high-throughput, low-latency blockchain.
- The Bullish Case for BitcoinVijay BoyapatiBitcoin is monetizing as a store of value along the path collectible → SoV → medium of exchange → money.
- The Network StateBalaji SrinivasanA network state is a highly aligned online community that crowdfunds territory, earns diplomatic recognition, and ultimately secedes — the startup path applied to nation-building.
- Uniswap Whitepaper (Automated Market Maker)Hayden AdamsA constant-product automated market maker (x*y=k) enabling permissionless on-chain token swaps without order books.
- Why Decentralization MattersChris DixonDecentralized crypto networks can beat centralized platforms by aligning incentives with users and developers.
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