Knowledge graph
The same relationships, as links.
Nothing important is drawn only on a canvas. These are editorial links between records this library holds. They are not a claim that one paper cites another unless the line says so.
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
- ProposesProof of work
- ProposesSettlement without a bank in the middle
- Later design in this libraryLightning channels
- Later design in this libraryEthereum white paper
- Different consensus, not an implementationOuroboros
- Different architectureInterledger
- Different architectureCorda: An Introduction
Ethereum: A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform
- Distinct documentYellow paper, EIP-150 revision
- Starts fromBitcoin
- ProposesSmart contract
- ProposesVirtual machine
- Later scaling readingsPlasma
Ouroboros: A Provably Secure Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol
- Canonical readingOuroboros study
- ProposesProof of stake
- Protocol profileOuroboros profile
- What changedWhat changed after the paper
- CompareStake and work
- Different ruleBitcoin
The Bitcoin Lightning Network: Scalable Off-Chain Instant Payments
- Canonical readingLightning study
- Sits onBitcoin
- ProposesOff-chain updates, on-chain dispute
- Protocol profileLightning profile
- CompareChannel and chain
A Protocol for Interledger Payments
- ProposesSettlement across ledgers
- Different architecture fromA single global chain
- Different payment designLightning, which still sits on Bitcoin
- ConceptBridge
The Dai Stablecoin System
- Canonical readingMaker study
- ProposesStablecoin
- Depends onOracle
- Different designTerra, a failure case
- CompareCollateral and algorithmic designs
Terra Money: Stability and Adoption
- Canonical readingTerra study
- Failure recordTerra / UST failure
- What changedWhat changed
- Different designMaker, collateralised
- ConceptStablecoin
Chainlink: A Decentralized Oracle Network
- Canonical readingChainlink study
- ProposesOracle
- Used by designs such asMaker, which needs a price
Filecoin: A Decentralized Storage Network
- Canonical readingFilecoin 2017 study
- Distinct earlier file2014 sketch
- ConceptDePIN
- Protocol profileFilecoin profile
Corda: An Introduction
- Superseded, on R3's account, byThe Corda Platform: An Introduction (2018)
- ConceptDistributed ledger
- Different architecture fromBitcoin's open broadcast chain
- Different from a later paper in this libraryKadena Chainweb, which is not the 2016 private-chain note
The other studies keep their related-paper links on the study page. The protocol atlas and failure atlas are the wider maps.