The Control - Issue #38
There has been no shortage of articles on cryptocurrencies over the last year, and we decided to update our list of the most important reads of the past 12 months. This list will continue to be updated over time.
In other news, the Augur prediction market platform continues to attract a passionate group of early users since its launch in early July. While the regulatory landscape around Augur continues to be murky, we are excited about products that make Augur more usable and expect to see a lot of innovation here in the coming months.
Required reading this week
Understanding Counterfactual and the Evolution of Payment Channels and State Channels — medium.com
Michael Bogan explains the research behind how payment channels evolved into state channels and generalized state channels.
Great collection of interviews with 100+ Ethereum developers on what the Ethereum ecosystem still needs.
Ethereum, FOMO3D, and Dangerous Game Theory — hackernoon.com
Matt Stephenson goes on a deep dive into "The War of Attrition" game theory behind the Ponzi game FOMO3D.
Danny Ryan explains what Verifiable Delay Functions (VDFs) are and how many people are confusing them for an alternative PoW consensus mechanism.
Slow Money Crypto — medium.com
Mike Maples argues that the biggest winners in crypto will be the ones that have the patience to build long-term value.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
bloXroute development roadmap — medium.com
bloXroute gives an update on their progress solving the scalability problem and their future roadmap.
Upgrading the Margin Trading Protocol — medium.com
dYdX explains how their margin trading protocol takes a novel approach to upgradability that allows anyone to easily extend the protocol in powerful ways.
MakerDAO Governance Risk Framework — medium.com
MakerDAO identifies the risks of the MakerDAO system and how they intend to handle them.
Nervos Network: Building a Trust Engine for the Crypto Economy — medium.com
Jan Xie of Nervos explains the history of research into layer 1 blockchains and how Nervos is the next generation design for a scalable blockchain.
How to get an instant marketplace for your dapp on OpenSea — medium.com
OpenSea describes their process for listing cryptogoods.