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Bitcoin

Links to the best articles, videos and podcasts about Bitcoin.

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Making Sense of “Cryptoeconomics”

“In simple terms, cryptoeconomics is the use of incentives and cryptography to design new kinds of systems, applications, and networks.”

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Funding the Evolution of Blockchains

Fred Erhsam on the economic incentives to contribute to a blockchain’s core protocols (private funding, public crowdfunding, inflation funding).

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Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum

(January 2018) State of decentralization in bitcoin and etherum.

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Cryptoasset Valuations

A really good framework for assessing crypto assets.

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Blockchain Governance: Programming Our Future

"This post describes why blockchain governance design is one of the most important problems out there, its critical components, current approaches, potential future approaches, and concludes with suggestions for the community."

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How the Bitcoin protocol actually works

The major ideas behind the Bitcoin protocol in a clear, easily comprehensible way.

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Why It’s Hard to “Get” Bitcoin: The Blockchain Spectrum

Cryptography, distributed systems, politics and economics aspects of bitcoin explained.

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Bitcoin network effects

The article describes bitcoin network effects and threat models.

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a16z Podcast: Mental Models for Understanding Crypto Tokens

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Beyond the bitcoin bubble

A long, beginner-friendly, introductory text - nearly as broad as long, tackling bigger picture about the internet itself and closed networks.

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Money, blockchains, and social scalability

"how blockchains, and in particular public blockchains that implement cryptocurrencies, increase social scalability, even at a dreadful reduction in computational efficiency and scalability."

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Ever wonder how Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) actually work?

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Tech’s Must-Have Reference Guide to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies glossary. Terms like bitcoin, altcoin, blockchain, block, daap, farmer, hash, node, miner, mining, proof of work, proof of stake, fork, public/private key and address explained.

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Why bitcoin matters (2014)

Marc Andreessen's clear take on Bitcoin from 2014 that stands the test of time.

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Bitcoin whitepaper (2009): A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

This is where it all began.

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The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo

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