📙 Book
This is the book section which will have a full copy of the book Cryptoeconomics: An Introduction. Book development is led by Jinglan Wang. The book will have examples, explanations of how different mechanisms work (or didn't work and failed), a bit of history, and a complete overview of the fundamentals of Cryptoeconomics.
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Table of Contents
Note: the book diverges from the lectures and coding project, so the chapters do not correspond exactly
Chapter 0 - Introduction
Chapter 1 - Cryptography
- Cryptography 101
- Digital Signatures
- Attacks
Chapter 2 - Intro to Game Theory
- Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Games
- Nash Equilibrium
- The Prisoner’s Dilemma
- Chickens, Hawks and Doves
Chapter 3: Proof of Work
- What is PoW
- What is a fork
- Reversions/re-orgs
Chapter 4: Proof of Stake
- What is Proof of Stake
- Nothing at stake
- Slashing
- RanDAO
Chapter 5: Other Core Mechanisms
- Layer 2 Scaling
- Plasma
- State Channels
- Zero-knowledge proofs
- Properties of Distributed Systems
To-do: add in ch. 6-8 outlines
Chapter 9: More Economics
- Auction Theory
- Valuations
- Transaction Fee Economics
- Quadratic Voting