📙 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

• What is Cryptoeconomics

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