### ❇️ Welcome to Chaincepts ❇️ Here, you will find some chain explainers for the fundamentals and theory surrounding blockchain technology. The current focus is on Bitcoin and Ethereum. As the space continues to evolve, so will the information contained here. The objective is to create a comprehensive and cohesive guide that connects and classifies key concepts at a high level, while also drilling down to a more atomic level. This is designed for people who are interested in the protocols and the philosophies behind blockchain. > [!info] In connection to the concepts here, articles are published on the [Chaincepts Blog](https://substack.com/@chainconcepts) with a focus on adoption vectors for individuals, institutions, and industries. ___ ### Social Channels Feel free to connect with ideas, comments, or opportunities! Homepage: https://austin-sanderson.com Discord: https://discordapp.com/users/chaincepts Twitter: [@Chaincepts](https://twitter.com/chaincepts/) Substack: https://substack.com/@chaincepts LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/austinsanderson ___ ### Topic Highlights - **Cryptography** - [[Elliptic Curve Cryptography]] - [[Fraud Proof]] - [[Hashing Algorithms and Functions]] - [[Mnemonic Seed]] - [[Multi-party Computation]] - [[Public Key Cryptography]] - [[Quantum Resistance]] - [[Secret Sharing]] - [[Seeds, Keys, Transaction Signing]] - [[Signature Algorithms]] - [[Signature Schemes]] - [[Verifiable Delay Function]] - **Consensus** - **Algorithms** - [[Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance]] - [[Proof of Authority]] - [[Proof of Burn]] - [[Proof of Stake]] - [[Proof of Work]] - **Protocol Proposals** - [[Bitcoin Proposals]] - [[Ethereum Proposals]] - [[Anti-fragility]] - [[Censorship resistance]] - [[Consensus Mechanism]] - [[Decentralization]] - [[Difficulty]] - [[Double-proposing]] - [[Double-spending]] - [[Finality]] - [[Forks]] - [[Hashpower]] - [[Immutability]] - [[Inactivity Leak]] - [[Mining]] - [[Reorgs]] - [[Slashing]] - [[Social Consensus]] - [[Staking]] - [[Surround Voting]] - [[Sybil Resistance]] - [[Transparency]] - [[Trustless]] - [[Validators]] - **[Self Custody](./Self%20Custody/Self%20Custody.md)** - [[Attack Vectors]] - [[Counterparty Risk]] - [[Hardware Wallet Features]] - [[Secure Elements]] - [[Self Hosting]] - [[Social Recovery]] - [[Software and Web Wallets]] - [[Wallet Types]] ___ ### Coming Soon This wiki will soon be extended with some new information and concepts. First, [[1. What is Tokenomics|tokenomics]] will be connected to [[decentralization]], which serves as an impetus to dive deeper into the following areas: - Architecture and Design - Layer 1 and Layer 2 protocols - Rollups - Zero-knowledge Proofs - UTXOs and Account-based models - EVM | BitVM - Bitcoin culture and community - Cypherpunks, Anarcho Capitalism, Libertarianism, Utilitarianism - Perspective: An anthropological review of early email exchanges with Satoshi Nakamoto - Overview of historical and current developers working on Bitcoin Core - Consensus Mechanisms. With respect to decentralization: - Review of the properties of decentralization - Explanations/comparisons of some new consensus mechanisms - Evaluations of consensus mechanism decentralization - Theory, Science, and Law - Austrian Economics; monetary policy; market dynamics - Historical: Carl Menger, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig Von Mises. Overviews may include: - Hayek's *Denationalization of Money* or *Individualism and Economic Order* - Menger's *Principles of Economics* - Von Mises’ *The Theory of Money and Credit* - Current: Saifedean Ammous, Lyn Alden. Overviews may include: - Saifedean Ammous' *The Bitcoin Standard*, *Principles of Economics* - Lyn Alden's *Broken Money* - Computer Science - Computability Theory - Turing-completeness - Physics - Second Law of Thermodynamics | [[Chain Concepts/Theory and Law/Entropy|Entropy]] - [[Chain Concepts/Tokenomics/Thermodynamic Cost|Thermodynamic Cost]] - Proof of Work explained as energy inputs and monetary outputs - People: Extending the `People` category of the wiki to include developers in the space, past and present. As always, do your own research. I'm open to comments, corrections, or collaborations, so please feel free to reach out, follow, or subscribe! ___ ### The Work Must Continue <center> 🤑 If inclined, feel free to support this wiki by sending some Sats or Ether ✌️ </center> ![[xVerse BTC QR.png|210]] BTC addresses: chaincepts.btc | 32XZWpAe6XF59ktBbzCXgXmg4idPDRbqr6 ![[Strike Lighting QR.png|210]] Lightning: [email protected] ![[Ethereum2.jpg|200]] ETH: chaincepts.eth | 0xD6B7291620A1a815CfACd2ECD761DA472bE42e55 ___ >[!caution] While research and data is provided here in good faith, information in this wiki is purely for educational purposes with no guarantees of completeness or accuracy. For this reason, it is subject to revision at any time.