The internal list is in chronological order. For cryptocurrency or platform specific white papers, please see the Open Projects page here or the “external lists” below:
External Lists:
- Scaling Bitcoin: Academic Papers
- Blockchain Lab: Whitepaper Archive
- Whitepaper Database: CryptoICOs (via WBM)
- Top Blockchain White Papers: Openledger List
- Blockchain Library: Research, Analytics, Patients Archive
Internal Links:
- Practical Security Analysis of Smart Contracts (Securify): Tsankov, Dan, Drachsler-Cohen, et al. (Jun 2018)
- Confidential Assets: Poelstra, Back, Friedenbach, Maxwell, & Wuille: Blockstream (May 2018)
- Hijacking Bitcoin: Routing Attacks on Cryptocurrencies: Apostolaki, Zohar, Vanbever (May 2017)
- Optimal Selfish Mining: Sapirshtein, Sompolinsky, Zohar (2016)
- SPECTRE Protocol: Sompolinsky, Lewenberg, Zohar (Nov 2016)
- The Bitcoin Lighting Network: Scalable Off-Chain Instant Payments: Poon, Dryja (Jan 2016)
- Eclipse Attacks: Heilman, Kendler, Goldberg, Zohar (2015)
- The Miner’s Dilemma: Eyal: Cornell University (Nov 2014)
- Enabling Blockchain Innovations with Pegged Sidechains: Back, Corallo, Dashir, Friedenbach, Maxwell, Miller, Poelstra, Timon, Wuille: Blockstream (Oct 2014)
- Self-Amending Crypto-Ledger: Goodman: Tezos (Sept 2014)
- Ethereum: The Ultimate Smart Contract & Decentralized Application Platform: Buterin (Dec 2013), updated version (Aug 2018)
- GHOST Protocol: Sompolinsky, Zohar (2013)
- Bitcoin, A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System: Bitcoin: Nakamoto (Oct 2008)
- The Byzantine Generals Problem: Lamport, Shostak, Pease (July 1982)