CryptopiansLaura Shin
Cryptopians
by Laura Shin · first published 2022
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Vitalik was not part of the DAO, and the Ethereum Foundation took an extremely hands-off approach to the DAO hack. This is pretty well documented in the Cryptopians book; the DAO hard fork was driven almost exclusively by people outside the EF.
on “Are blockchains decentralized?” ↗…everything comes from Ethereum, and if you study and earn about ETH you will understand the whole space. So look at the interesting ideas and read the books from the good people who’ve done their research - Cryptopians came out recently and that’s a good one even though I haven’t read it I trust Laura Shin (her podcast is also excellent ). Out of the Ether is also good. But here are some thoughts: - DAOs are already…
on “Crypto exchange AAX suspends withdrawals” ↗I just finished reading The Cryptopians by Laura Shin. I am 100% convinced that this will be the rule of smart contracts (where a certain percentage will always be "hacked"). Structurally, smart contracts are very complex vehicles - and the…
on “$625M worth of ETH drained on Axie Infinity's Ronin Network” ↗The books reviewed are "The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze" by Laura Shin "DeFi and the Future of Finance" by Campbell Harvey et al. "The Infinite Machine : How an Army of Crypto-hackers…
on “Three Books to Map Crypto’s Confusing New Landscape” ↗