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Books/podcast/blogs to read

These materials here are CORE to the work we are doing in Web 3, they heavily revolve around historical context and will shape your mental model for the coming years. If you go study these materials well, you'll have a deeper appreciation of the technological and social implications of Web 3 and more importantly, you'll immediately

Recommended: Read and explore these resources in order of listing

Contextual background the origins of the internet

• How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone
  • A book that gives you an insight into everything that happened early on with the internet from the first blog, first ad monetization strategies and the first e-commerce marketplaces. Marc Andressen thought the internet dream was over during the early 90s, it turns out he was wildly off.
• Internet History Podcast
  • A podcast that interviews the creators of the internet. It helps you appreciate how everyone back with Web 1.0, didn't 100% know what they were doing either - what matters is doing and taking the next step after the next.

History and contextual background around Cryptography and Decentralized systems

• Before Bitcoin
  • An article series exploring the history of cryptography and decentralized systems that lead up to the creation of Bitcoin. Web 3 didn't come out of thin air, the philosophy of crypto started with the very creation and invention of modern-day cryptography, and has since been closely coupled with the rise of the internet.
• Cryptoanarchist Manifesto (1992)
• Cypherpunk Manifesto (1993)
• Cyphernomicon (1994)
• Cypherpunk 90s Mailing list Archives

Introduction into the strengths of DAOs and Decentralized Coordination

• Starfish Spider Unstoppable Leaderless Organizations
  • A short read that clearly explains the strengths of decentralized coordination and organization. You will only need to read this once to gain a strong grasp of why DAOs and decentralized coordination is important.