HackMD
The Future
Suggested Prework
- https://hackmd.io/@eenagy/r16O7JVKn
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4cwHXAawZxpzxfiXGTOfAz263sQB1D2F
- https://github.com/djrtwo/writing/blob/main/docs/2023-02-23_2023-Reflections.md
EPF-Cohort 4 Interests
- https://ethereum.github.io/rig/
- https://efdn.notion.site/RIG-Open-Problems-ROPs-c11382c213f949a4b89927ef4e962adf
- https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1
Ethereum Learning Road Map
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-three/blob/master/program-guide/reading.md
- https://github.com/cbrzn/cohort-one/blob/master/notes/cesarbrazon/0_notes.md
- https://hackmd.io/@vbuterin/evm_feature_removing
- https://corepaper.org/ethereum/
- https://ethresear.ch/t/an-updated-roadmap-for-stateless-ethereum/9046
- https://github.com/ethereum/stateless-ethereum-specs/blob/master/portal-network.md
- https://ethresear.ch/t/block-access-list-v0-1/9505
- https://hackmd.io/@vbuterin/state_expiry_paths
- https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/increasing-address-size-from-20-to-32-bytes/5485
- https://github.com/tvanepps/EthereumDiscordGuidebook
- https://ethereum-magicians.org/
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-one/tree/master/notes/cesarbrazon
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-one/blob/master/notes/j-cook/update-1.md
- https://ethresear.ch/c/cryptography/28
- https://ethresear.ch/c/data-structure/30
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-one/blob/master/notes/seroze/eth2_key_terminologies.md
- https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/patricia-merkle-trie/
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-zero/blob/main/notes/Nhlanhla.md
- https://preethikasireddy.medium.com/how-does-ethereum-work-anyway-22d1df506369
- https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/latest/abi-spec.html
- ETHEREUM VIRTUAL MACHINE
- Explaining core system Ethereum Virtual Machine
- This is a guide to understanding the EVM, its relationship with solidity, and how to use some debugging tools.
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-zero/blob/main/notes/albus.md
- https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/nimbus/
- https://research.polytope.technology/state-(machine)-proofs
- https://github.com/tvanepps/EthereumDiscordGuidebook/tree/main/state-expiry
VKT
- https://github.com/weiihann/awesome-verkle
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Ne19Vew6w&themeRefresh=1
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGJOQHzg3UQ
- https://vitalik.ca/files/misc_files/verkle.pdf
- https://notes.ethereum.org/_N1mutVERDKtqGIEYc-Flw
- https://notes.ethereum.org/nrQqhVpQRi6acQckwm1Ryg
- https://github.com/jsign/verkle-vs-patricia
- https://hackmd.io/@jsign/verkle-tries-exploration-about-keccak-vs-pedersen-commitments
- https://github.com/coniks-sys/coniks-go/blob/master/merkletree/merkletree.go
- https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand/tree/master/crypto/merkletrie
- https://verkle.dev/docs/intro
MPT
- Merkle trees: a visual introduction
- Sparse Merkle trees: a visual introduction
- Vitalik's explanation of the Markle trees
- Vitalik's Merkling in Ethereum
- Merkle-Patricia-Tree
- https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand/blob/master/crypto/merkletrie/trie_test.go
RLP
DEVP2P
Resources
- Ethereum SNAPSHOT Protocol
- The RLPx Transport Protocol
- Ethereum Wire Protocol (ETH)
- Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES)
Stateless Ethereum
Enable validators to be able to validate blocks without requiring state. Instead
use block witnesses to validate the resulting state root.
Resources
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Starting point:
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Cryptography attack:
- Elliptic curve pairings: https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/01/14/exploring_ecp.html
- Kate polynomial commitments: https://dankradfeist.de/ethereum/2020/06/16/kate-polynomial-commitments.html
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Block access lists: https://ethresear.ch/t/block-access-list-v0-1/9505
Zk Rollups/EVM
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-zero/blob/main/notes/yingtong/update_1.md
- https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/a-normies-guide-to-rollups
- https://ethresear.ch/t/defining-zkoracle-for-ethereum/15131
- Zero Knowledge Proofs for Engineers Introduction
- ZKPs for Engineers: A look at the Dark forest ZKPs
- Istanbul, zkRollup, and Ethereum throughput limits: an analysis
- From zkRollup to accessible identities for all
- Create your first zero-knowledge snark circuit using circom and snarkjs
- https://zkp.science/
- https://zcash.github.io/halo2/concepts.html
- https://barnabe.substack.com/p/understanding-rollup-economics-from
Node Networking
Smart Contract
- https://programtheblockchain.com/posts/2018/03/09/understanding-ethereum-smart-contract-storage/
- https://medium.com/@hayeah/diving-into-the-ethereum-vm-6e8d5d2f3c30
- https://hackmd.io/@vbuterin/selfdestruct
- https://github.com/x676f64/secureum-mind_map
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18LzGharGM
The Merge
- https://www.preethikasireddy.com/post/how-does-the-new-ethereum-work
- Eth2 Upgrades
- https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-ethereum#clients-after-the-merge
Random
- https://dankradfeist.de/ethereum/2021/02/14/why-stateless.html
- https://snakecharmers.ethereum.org/the-winding-road-to-functional-light-clients
- https://eth2book.info/capella/contents/
MEV
Account Abstraction
- https://github.com/eth-protocol-fellows/cohort-three/blob/master/notes/garvit.
- https://medium.com/infinitism/erc-4337-account-abstraction-without-ethereum-protocol-changes-d75c9d94dc4a
Go Repository
NB use release to explore version to look into https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases, from support of Merkle to Verkle trie.
- https://www.javatpoint.com/rsa-encryption-algorithm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zahvcJ9glg
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/tree/v1.0.0
- https://github.com/cbergoon/merkletree/tree/master
- https://github.com/zhangchiqing/merkle-patricia-trie
- https://github.com/polytope-labs/solidity-merkle-trees
- https://github.com/ethersphere/bee
- https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc-relayer
- https://github.com/corvus-ch/shamir
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vault
- https://github.com/barkyq/gnost-relay
- https://github.com/zhangchiqing/concurrency
- https://github.com/lbryio/lbcd
- https://github.com/ameensol/privacy-pools
Additional Learning (Golang + Cryptography + Foundational Engineering)
- https://www.youtube.com/@introductiontocryptography4223/videos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOcTVTpUsPQ
- https://asecuritysite.com/golang
- https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-relatively-easy-to-understand-primer-on-elliptic-curve-cryptography/
- https://igor.io/2013/08/28/stack-machines-fundamentals.html
- https://compilerbook.com/
- https://medium.com/@chiqing
- https://research.polytope.technology/
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrw6a1wE39_tb2fErI4-WkMbsvGQk9_UB
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DTtlVThmfg2elEheCPvqZP4uvNmnRzq9OkhGuHMMV_Y/edit?usp=sharing
MPC
- Fast Secure Two-Party ECDSA Signing
- Fast Secure Multiparty ECDSA with Practical Distributed Key Generation and Applications to Cryptocurrency Custody
- Two-Party ECDSA from Hash Proof Systems and Efficient Instantiations
- Fast Multiparty Threshold ECDSA with Fast Trustless Setup
- Secure Two-party Threshold ECDSA from ECDSA Assumptions
