Beginner Material

• The Crypto Story

• Primer to Web3

• DeFi course: https://learn.nateliason.com/p/defi-orientation

• Defining DAOs and their importance: https://future.a16z.com/dao-canon/

• Video: Blockchain concepts

• NFT intro: https://www.surgewomen.io/learn-about-web3/blog-post-three-a4anx

• DAOn the Rabbit hole podcast (all topics): https://open.spotify.com/show/3Z0n23rYtrhA7FxvxWoWH0?si=lg5XhD4pS5K82_xV34fUHw

• What is Web3, DAOs, NFTs - course

• Value of Web 3

• Web3 - Why Bother?

• Blockchain 201: What is Ethereum? https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmyh714hu6xyaya/1_4936273189660525166.pdf?dl=0

• Introduction to DAOs

Meta - Zoom Out

• Primer to Web3: https://twitter.com/katiewav/status/1445856680235917317

• Blockchain nations with proof of stake as their engines: https://twitter.com/RealNatashaChe/status/1454523509917376513

• Blockchain adoption rates (page 3): https://s27.q4cdn.com/397450999/files/doc_financials/2021/q3/Coinbase-Q321-Shareholder-Letter.pdf

• 2022 Theses and predictions - Messari: https://messari.io/pdf/messari-report-crypto-theses-for-2022.pdf

• Philosophy: https://bleeping.notion.site/Crypto-God-s-Eye-a2e3d8519853409787b885cf42ec5095

• Value of Web 3: https://continuations.com/post/671863718643105792/web3crypto-why-bother#disqus_thread

• Ethereum - Slayer of Moloch, The God of Coordination Failure: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/ethereum-slayer-of-moloch-

  • More Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

• Web3 - Why Bother?: https://continuations.com/post/671863718643105792/web3crypto-why-bother

• The Decentralized Country: https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/the-decentralized-country

• Arthur Hayes on BitMEX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGjks0g03EM

• Blockspace: https://www.readthegeneralist.com/briefing/blockspace

• Consensus Capital Markets: https://www.aniccaresearch.tech/blog/consensus-capital-markets

• The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work: https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/\~rogaway/papers/moral-fn.pdf

• The Exponential Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJrla31t8I&t

Energy/Environment

• https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4125499

• https://ebuchman.github.io/posts/orange-is-the-new-green/

• https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/08/18/how-much-energy-does-bitcoin-use/

• https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/country-power-no-more/

• https://sterlingcrispin.blogspot.com/2021/02/crypto-art-sky-is-not-falling.html

  • People who see this and complain about the environmental impact of Bitcoin/Ethereum:

• • Yet see this meme and laugh how stupid it would be to focus on an expense like making food at home:

• • ...need to check their bias.

NFTs

• NFT intro: https://www.surgewomen.io/learn-about-web3/blog-post-three-a4anx

• Knowledge base: https://academy.0xsociety.com/

DeFi

• DeFi course: https://learn.nateliason.com/p/defi-orientation

Gaming

• Why gamers will be the true fans of web3: https://twitter.com/brianjcho/status/1459176570174672897?s=20

DAOs

• DAO Canon: https://future.a16z.com/dao-canon/

Decentralized Reserve Currencies

• How $TIME and other reserve currencies work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz28QAFdk_Q

L2s:

• Getting MATIC onto Polygon network for cheap: https://medium.com/@nifty.pixels/getting-matic-on-the-polygon-network-with-kucoin-bc2de9f7b2d9

  • Use this for Sushi swap for cheap swaps.

Tokenomics:

• Tokenomics 101: https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-101?s=w

• Tokenomics 102: https://cryptonat.substack.com/p/tokenomics-102-supply?s=r

• Designing Token Economies: https://www.notboring.co/p/designing-token-economies?s=r

Interoperability

• State of cross-chain bridges and protocols Jan 2023

Misc

• Twitter bookmarks

  • https://twitter.com/bobbyong/status/1403881080902471680?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/\_garretthughes/status/1415135424083861504?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/kaiynne/status/1424424138857455624?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/rrana03\_/status/1429524832027389954?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/0xMitzy/status/1430652129052532744?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/gaby_goldberg/status/1434634163353620482?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1432454650884616195?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/Darrenlautf/status/1434877372700901384?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1436375474859438084?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/magdalenakala/status/1439268884520054798?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/kassenq/status/1440003871833673729?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/blakeaburge/status/1445354083435515905?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/dabit3/status/1446598975193288706?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/sariazout/status/1326253159447097344?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/0x_Lucas/status/1450944375526072322?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa/status/1450920925843447812?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/RyanWatkins\_/status/1447397287974604805?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1457278102405623811?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1448399827054833668?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/yb_effect/status/1458569764637454347?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs/status/1448419168986882050?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/TaschaLabs/status/1454523509917376513?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1460339750535979008?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/chriscantino/status/1460339751995666436?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • https://twitter.com/CroissantEth/status/1465485926088515590?s=20&t=nX2noTX08rbnkSySSk74yw

  • Validators vs Nodes: https://esseum.com/blockchain-101-what-are-validators-and-nodes/

Tools and Resources

• L2 TVL tracker: https://l2beat.com/

• Dune Analytics: https://dune.xyz/home

• askmirror.xyz

• Cosmos ecosystem stats: https://monitor.bronbro.io/d/osmo-stats/osmosis-stats?orgId=2&refresh=10s

• Cosmos Airdrop Tracker: https://heystacks.com/doc/1091/cosmos-droplist

• DeFi Llama: https://defillama.com/