xBlockchain

My reading list on blockchain related topics.

Topics

• Concepts
  • Cryptography
  • Wallet
  • Tokens
  • Transactions
  • Consensus mechanisms
  • Zero-knowledge proof
  • Scalability
  • Oracles
  • Blockchain interoperability
  • Trilemma
• Dev
  • EVM
  • JSON-RPC
  • Faucet
  • Smart contract security
  • Smart contract upgrades
  • Best practices
  • Data
• Applications
  • Defi
  • Web3

Cryptography

• Cryptography behind top 20 cryptocurrencies
• Repo: Generating Ethereum accounts in Javascript
• Tool: Mnemonic Code Converter
• Interactive: Merkel Trees in Javascript (ConsenSys)
• Tool: ECDSA sample

Wallet

• BIP32: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets
• BIP39: Mnemonic code for generating deterministic keys

Tokens

• ERC-20: Token Standard
• ERC-721: Non-fungible token standard
• ERC-1155: Multi Token Standard

Transactions

• What The Heck is UTXO

Consensus mechanisms

Consensus mechanisms for traditional distributed system

• Article: Let’s take a crack at understanding distributed consensus
• Paper: Paxos Made Simple
• Interactive: Raft: Understandable Distributed Consensus

Consensus mechanisms for blockchain

• Wiki: Consensus Mechanisms (Ethereum.org)
• Article: What is Nakamoto Consensus? Complete Beginner’s Guide
• Article: What is Proof of Stake (ConsenSys)
• Paper: Casper the Friendly Finality Gadget
• Article: Casper FFG: Consensus Protocol for the Realization of Proof-of-Stake

Zero-knowledge proof

• Video: Explains zere-knowledge proof in 5 levels of difficulty

Scalability

• Article: Why sharding is great: demystifying the technical properties
• Article: An Incomplete Guide to Rollups

Oracles

• Wiki: Oracles
• Article: What Is Chainlink in 5 Minutes

Blockchain interoperability

• Article: Blockchain Interoperability : Why Is Cross Chain Technology Important?
• Article: Understanding Cross-Chain Communication – Examining Blockchain Interoperability and Why It Matters
• Article: Blockchain Bridges: Building Networks of Cryptonetworks
• Wiki: Bridges

Trilemma

• Article: Blockchain's biggest technical challenge

EVM

• Tool: An interactive reference to Ethereum Virtual Machine Opcodes
• Articles: EVM Deep Dives

JSON-RPC

• Tool: Ethereum JSON-RPC playground
• Articel: Use Multicall to Save Tons of API Requests to Your Blockchain Node
• Tool: Decode ETH ABI Binary Data into Readable Values

Faucet

• Tool: testnet faucet

Smart contract security

• Article: Smart Contract Weakness Classification and Test Cases

Smart contract upgrades

• Article: Upgrading smart contracts
• Article: The transparent proxy pattern
• Article: Transparent vs UUPS Proxies
• EIP-1822: Universal Upgradeable Proxy Standard (UUPS)

Best practices

• Articles: Solidity Patterns

Data

• Course: Querying with Open APIs Course

Defi

• Course: UC Berkeley CS294-177/CS194-177 Special Topics on Decentralized Finance

• Article: Defi 101 - concepts you need to understand before using a Defi protocol

• Book: How to Defi

• GitHub: DeFi Studies

• Paper: Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain and Smart Contract-Based Financial Market

• Paper: DeFi and the Future of Finance

• Article: What explains the rise of AMMs?

• Video: What is Bancor V2? Chainlink Integration and Dynamic Automated Market Maker Explained

• Article: 7 Indicators Every DeFi Investor Should Know

• Website: defiprime.com

• Article: A beginner's guide to DeFi

• Video: Things that matter outside of defi By Vitalik Buterin

• Tool: check out your Impermanent Loss

Web3

• Defining the web3 stack