Wiki - Protocol Overview

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A study group learning about Ethereum and building protocol wiki

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Wiki - Protocol Overview #152

Closed taxmeifyoucan closed 3 months ago

taxmeifyoucan commented 6 months ago

The Protocol overview page should give an introduction to Ethereum from technical perspective and help reader navigate through the wiki.

https://epf.wiki/#/wiki/protocol/overview

I am not settled on what the content should exactly look like, I would be glad for inputs and collaborators on this. Kind of an updated, simplified whitepaper describing the protocol comes to mind. Generally it can be guided by the structure of the protocol with a short overview of various domains.

raxhvl commented 6 months ago

I'm thinking

a general overview of how Ethereum as a world computer is fundamentally different. This talk by gavin covers it really well:
- Global singleton
- Atomic, traceable state changes
- Multi user by default
- Provenance
simplified white paper like you said
maybe few interesting real word applications?

the theme being non technical what is it and how is it being used.

taxmeifyoucan commented 6 months ago

Sounds good, the points from Gavin's talk would be great for the intro. Some things I would emphasize less or more and it can also refer to #154

The second part with whitepaper/technical overview should cover each part and provide links to corresponding parts of the wiki, e.g. it can mimic the protocol overview scheme I used in my first presentation.

maybe few interesting real word applications?

I would avoid specific examples in favor of more vague and technical language like coordination, universal computation... It's a completely new can of worms and I'd rather keep it narrow focused on the protocol itself.