It’s not often I come across content that leaves a lasting impact on me & drastically changes my perception of the crypto space, but when I do, I make sure to take note
Here’s a list of articles, videos, & podcasts that have had a profound impact on me during my time in crypto🧁
Bitcoin Whitepaper
First posted on the cryptography mailing list by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, the BTC whitepaper describes the under-workings of a purely peer-to-peer financial system built using cryptographic primitives bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
In this essay, Piers details the ongoing societal shift towards digital life, & how crypto is paving way for a self sovereign financial system, an open creator economy, & a digital representation & ownership layer via NFTs naavik.co/business-break…
In this series, Peter takes us back to the 70’s to understand the origins of BTC.
Starting at Part One, Peter describes how the spread of cryptographic knowledge led to the cypherpunk movement & later on the invention of BTC pet3rpan.medium.com/history-of-thi…
In this podcast, Vitalik & Naval discuss the underlying technology of ETH, how it differs from BTC, scaling plans & timelines, ETH2.0, future considerations, & more.
Flash Boys 2.0
The holy grail of MEV.
In this essay, researchers document & quantify the deployment of arbitrage bots who exploit inefficiencies in DEXs by paying high tx fees and optimizing network latency to frontrun ordinary users’ trades arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05234…
In this post, Vitalik walks us through the significant evolutions and design decisions made while creating Ethereum, as well as many of the hardships faced along the way.
In this video, Raoul Pal explains his personal journey into BTC & ETH, & explains how these technologies are forming a “black hole” that is driving in value and developer talent at an exponential rate
In this podcast, Tim, Chris, & Naval discuss the frontier of innovation for Web3, NFTs, & decentralization, & how such technologies are empowering a collective owned future over a corporate owned future.
But How Does Bitcoin Actually Work? - (@3blue1brown)
Grant Sanderson is an expert mathematician with a unique ability to explain and visualize complex topics in simple terms.
In this video, Sanderson makes understanding Bitcoin easy.
This thread by Chris details the emergence of the Web3 era, which combines the decentralized, community-governed ethos of Web1 with the advanced, modern functionality of Web2.
I’ve seen a lot of confusion recently regarding the Bakery NFTs.
For this reason, I have written an article detailing the inspiration behind the NFTs, our purposes for them, & our vision for the future.
First off, why?
.@CroissantEth and I have always been intrigued by the capabilities of NFTs.
It was incredible to watch the NFT boom unfold over the past year. Fortunes were both made and lost within a matter of minutes, a time reminiscent of DeFi summer.
Seeing the massive adoption and appeal NFTs had from the general population, I wanted to get involved.
However, I was left somewhat disappointed in the way the majority of NFT projects went about launching.
This thread in designed to break down the barriers of entry for every crypto participant, starting at Tier One, which are the most common topics, all the way down to Tier Five, which are some of the most complex topics in crypto.
TIER ONE: Topics that most beginners are familiar with
Blockchain - A digitally distributed, decentralized, public ledger that exists across a network.
Ledger - An immutable database that stores a series of blocks of transactions after being confirmed by the network
Bitcoin - The first iteration of digital currency created by Satoshi Nakamoto
Ethereum - A generalized platform aiming to go beyond just digital currency through the use of smart contracts and dApps.
The ultimate threadoor. One of the best follows on CT to increase the quality of your timeline.
Adam is a partner at Cinneahain Ventures, professional analyst, professor of info, sciences & business analytic, with threads on nearly every topic imaginable.
The Web3 connoisseur. Chris was writing about Web3 before most people were even in crypto.
General partner & venture stage investor at @a16z, Chris is the think tank of everything metaverse, & writes insightful posts about the upcoming societal change & impact of Web3.