CHAPTER 1
Introduction to Cryptoeconomics
Cryptoeconomics for dummies
Cryptoeconomics 101
Making Sense of Cryptoeconomics
by Josh Stark
What is Cryptoeconomics
, a guide by BlockGeeks
How Society Will Be Transformed By Cryptoeconomics
Paving the Future of Blockchain Technology
Vivek Singh's Cryptoeconomics in context
Cryptoeconomics Definitions Part 1
,
Part 2
and
Part 3
The Blockchain Economy: A beginner’s guide to institutional cryptoeconomics
by RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Cryptoeconomics is Hard Part 1
,
Part 2
and
Part 3
by Aleksandr Bulkin
How to create a cryptoeconomic protocol from scratch
by Vlad Zamfir
Behavioural Crypto-Economics
the challenge and promise of Blockchain Incentive Design by Elab Verbin
CHAPTER 2
Game Theory
Introduction to Game Theory
Part one of a series by Devin Soni
Schelling Point
Introduction to the concept of Schelling Point
Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points
The strategy of conflict book
Mechanism design (deck)
Mechanism design theory examples and complexity
Standford's Algorithmic Game Theory lecture series
Cryptocurrency Game Theory
What is Cryptocurrency Game Theory: A Basic introduction
Correlated Equilibria
In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium
CHAPTER 3
Mechanism Design
A Crash Course in Mechanism Design for Cryptoeconomic Applications
Mechanism Theory
paper by Matthew O. Jackson
Mechanism Design Theory
CHAPTER 4
Cryptographic Primitives
Cryptographic Primitives
as described in Wikipedia
A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography
by Dan Boneh and Victor Shoup
Ethereum: Signing and Validating
Merkling in Ethereum
by Vitalik Buterin
Bitcoin's Academic Pedigree
by Arvind Narayanan and Jeremy Clark
CHAPTER 5
Consensus Mechanisms
POW - Proof of Work
PoW and Blockchains
presentation by Prof. Ittay Eyal (IC3)
The PoW concept
article by the Nakamoto Institute
Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake
by BlockGeeks
Vulnerability: Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake
PoS - Proof of Stake
Strengths and Weaknesses of PoS
Vitalik Buterin's article on the strengths and weaknesses of staking contrasting to PoW algorithms
PoS Design Philosophy
A Proof of Stake Design Philosophy by Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum PoS FAQ
The evolution of PoS
Article on the evolution of PoS by Coin Telegraph
Weak Subjectivity in PoS
Weak Subjectivity in PoS by Vitalik Buterin
The History of Casper - Chapter 1
Vlad Zamfir's series on the history of Casper,
Chapter 2
,
Chapter 3
,
Chapter 4
,
Chapter 5
On Stake and Consensus
Critic on the PoS Philosophy
by Tuur Demeester
Extended Summary on Casper
by Jon Choi
The Economics of the PoS consensus algorithm
Casper vs Tendermint
Minimal Slashing condition in Ethereum
DPoS - Delegated Proof of Stake
DPoS Introduction
Introduction to DPoS by Bitshares
DPoS vs PoW
Article by Daniel Larimer from Bitshares
Tendermint BFT vs. EOS dPoS
by Tendermint
Seeking Consensus on Consensus
Delegated Proof of Stake and the Two Generals' Problem
dBFT - Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance
Byzantine Fault Tolerance in Distributed Systems
by Prof. Kenneth Goodwin
dBFT vs PoW and PoS
Antshare's (now NEO) views on consensus
Intro to Ethermint BFT
CHAPTER 6
Network Effects
A Note on Metcalfe's Law, Externalities and Ecosystem Splits
by Vitalik Buterin
Continuous Token Models: Towards a Million Networks of Value
by Simon de la Rouviere
Crypto Tokens: A breakthrough in open network design
by Chris Dixon
Bitcoin Network Effects
Keepers — Workers that Maintain Blockchain Networks
Smart-Contract Network Effect Fallacy
CHAPTER 7
Governance
The Consensus Series, Part I: The Basics of Collectivity
and
Addendum
by Aleksandr Bulkin
Governance and Network Effects
Notes on Blockchain Governance
by Vitalik Buterin
Against On-Chain Governance
by Vlad Zamfir
CHAPTER 8
Cryptoeconomic Security
Intro to Cryptoeconomic security
Basic intro to cryptoeconomic security
Anti-fragile Cryptoeconomic systems
Anti-fragile cryptoeconomic Systems through game theory
Triangle of harm
by Vitalik Buterin
On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy
Vitalik Buterin's article on the role of cryptoeconomics in blockchain security
Settlement Finality
Vitalik Buterin's article on the elusive topic of economic finality
Bancor is flawed
Bancor's review by Hacking Distributed
To sink front-runners, send submarines
Bancor's front-running woes by Hacking Distributed
Bitcoin's security model
by Jameson Lopp
Attacks
General article on how attacks work in PoW - Part 1
and
Part 2
Long range attacks
Censorship attacks
P + epsilon attack
Coordination problems
The Miners dilemma
Dealing with failure in cryptocurrency
Vlad Zamfir's article on dealing with failure in cryptocurrency
Model of an internal PoW attacker
Vlad Zamfir's article on PoW attackers
Cryptoeconomics and X-Risk researchers should listen to each other more
Vitalik Buterin's article on how cryptoeconomics and existential risk researchers could apply blockchain technology in global coordination challenges
Part 2
Presentation on most common attacks in Bitcoin
51% Attack
Bitcoin.it Wiki explanation
Selfish Mining
a 25% attack against Bitcoin
Sybil attack
as described in Wikipedia
Nothing at Stake and Long-range attacks in PoS
$5 wrench Attack
XKCD comic on the cheapest attack on cryptography
CHAPTER 9
Token Engineering
The Emergence of Cryptoeconomic Primitives
History Is Rhyming: Fitness Functions & Comparing Blockchain Tokens To The Web
by Simon de la Rouviere
Introducing Curation Markets: Trade Popularity of Memes & Information
by Simon de la Rouviere
Can Blockchains Go Rogue?
by Trent McConaghy
Towards a Practice of Token Engineering
, with presentation deck
here
by Trent McConaghy
Token Engineering Case Studies
Analysis of Bitcoin, Design of Ocean Protocol by Trent McConaghy
CHAPTER 10
Cryptoeconomic Primitives
The Emergence of Cryptoeconomic Primitives
by Jacob Horne
Token Curated Registries 1.0
by Mike Goldin
Continuous Token-Curated Registries: The Infinity of Lists
by Simon de la Rouviere
Tokens 2.0: Curved Token Bonding in Curation Markets
by Simon de la Rouviere
Solving Price Discovery Of Non-Rivalrous Goods (with Curved Bonding)
by Simon de la Rouviere
Hashtag Markets
by Simon de la Rouviere
How to Make Bonding Curves for Continuous Token Models
Re-Fungible Token (RFT)
by Billy Rennekamp
CHAPTER 11
Tokenomics
Token sales models
Token sales models by Vitalik Buterin
A business guide to Tokenomics
by William Mougayar
Cryptoasset Valuations
by Chris Burniske
Justified Token Value
by Adrian Jonklaas
Understanding Token Velocity
On Value, Velocity and Monetary Theory
The Token Classification Framework
a multi-dimensional tool for understanding and classifying crypto tokens
MV = PQ isn't right for crypto
a case made by Austere Capital
The quantitative theory of money for tokens
a rebuttal of the MV = PQ theory by Warren Weber
NVT - network value to transactions ratio
a market to transaction value proposal by Coinmetrics
CHAPTER 12
Stablecoins
Ethereum Madrid's Cryptoeconomics 101
presentation on Stablecoins by Sandra Becker of Ethereum Madrid
An Overview of stablecoins
Stablecoins: A Holy Grail in digital cryptocurrencies
Volatility and Mass Adoption: 2 reasons we would benefit from a stablecoin
The search for a stable cryptocurrency
An Experiment with Sai, a simple stablecoin
by MakedDAO
Maker for Dummies: A Plain English Explanation of the Dai Stablecoin
Designing a price stable currency
by Haseeb Qureshi
A skeptic view of stablecoins
CHAPTER 13
State Channels
Compact and very well explained definition
Overview on the Raiden Network
Generalised State Channels on Ethereum
Introducing multi-party state-channels
A state-channels adventure with Counterfactual Rick
by SpankChain (SFW!)
CHAPTER 14
Empirical Cryptoeconomics
How manipulation-resistant are Prediction Markets?
How manipulation-resistant are Prediction Markets? Our Undertaking in Empirical Cryptoeconomics by Gnosis
Empirical Cryptoeconomics
Vitalik Buterin's post on empirical cryptoeconomics
Testing mechanism design with AI agents
Tool for Smart Contract testing with
concept paper
and
intro