Articles and Media

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Welcome to the Decred rabbit hole. Below is a curated selection of the best readings, podcasts, video recordings, and other materials to help newcomers take a deep dive into the various aspects of Decred.

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1. History of Decred: Foundational Documents

• Decred: Where it all began

• Bitcoin’s biggest challenges by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• Iterating Bitcoin: proposed modifications by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• How Decred rethinks digital currency by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• The famed memcoin2 paper that inspired Decred by Adam Mackenzie

• Bitcointalk Forum: Decred introduces itself to the world

• The Decred Constitution

Must-Reads

• Decred investment thesis by Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC

• Decred governance: An iterative approach by Max Bronstein of Coinbase

Must-Listens

• Introduction to Decred and its privacy implementation on Laura Shin’s Unchained podcast

• Overview of Decred with Jonathan Zeppettini on the Decred in Depth podcast

• Cryptoeconomics and Decred as a store of value with economist Murad Mahmudov on the Decred in Depth podcast

• Decred’s hybrid approach to blockchain governance with Dave Collins and Jake Yocom-Piatt on the Epicenter podcast

• The mysterious Decred origin story and how it relates to Satoshi Nakamoto with Jake Yocom-Piatt on Brave New Coin’s The Crypto Conversation podcast

Must-Watches

• How Decred is different from Bitcoin

• How Decred governance works

• Decred’s history, mission, and vision with Jake Yocom-Piatt on BlockTV

• Blockchain sovereignty and blockchain integration for businesses with Jake Yocom-Piatt at MIT

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2. Go Deeper: Decred & Its Features

The Airdrop

• The Decred premine

• The who, what, where, when, and how of Decred’s airdrop

Decred as a Store of Value

• Decred: What Gold and Bitcoin wanted to be in Seeking Alpha

• A price analysis of DCR as a digital store of value in Brave New Coin

• Monetary premiums: Can altcoins like Decred compete with Bitcoin? by Checkmate

Decred as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

• Introduction to Politeia: What it is and how it works by Richard Red

• Politeia endows Direct Sovereignty of Coinholders by Dustin LeFebvre

• On Decred’s path to becoming a DAO by Hugo Chang

• How Decred is turning its treasury over to the community in BREAKERMAG

• Why Decred is close to absolute decentralization in CryptoNewsZ

Decred vs. Other Cryptocurrencies

• Decred as “Bitcoin with governance” in Crypto Briefing

• Comparison of on-chain voting protocols for Decred and other coins in Cointelegraph

Privacy

• Overview of the privacy landscape by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• A layman’s explanation of Decred privacy by Dustin LeFebvre of Decred

• An in-depth and technical explanation of Decred privacy by Jake Yocom-Piatt

DEX

• Introduction to the Decred DEX by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• No more trading or listing fees? Decred releases new DEX proposal by Leslie Ankney in Forbes

• Decred DEX specifications by chappjc and buck54321

Scaling Solution (Lightning Network)

• Brief overview of Decred’s Lightning Network implementation

• How Decred’s Lightning Network implementation will work by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• Lightning Network discussion with Lightning Labs CTO Laolu Osuntokun on Decred Assembly

• On-chain atomic swaps and Lightning Network discussion with Charlie Lee and Dave Collins on Decred Assembly

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3. Why Own Decred?

Decred Ownership Thesis

• Decred investment thesis by Joel Monegro and Chris Burniske of Placeholder VC

• Decred investment thesis by Blockhead Capital

• Decred investment thesis by BlueYard Capital

• Long-read Decred investment thesis by Wally Hansen of SVB Capital

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4. Governance: Hybrid PoW/PoS

Introduction to Decred Governance

• Introduction to Decred governance

• How Decred approaches off-chain governance by Haon

• Decred vs. Bitcoin governance by Zubair Zia

How Hybrid PoW/PoS Works

• Hybrid PoW/PoS Consensus explained by Richard Red

• How PoS voting works

Why Hybrid PoW/PoS?

• Why Decred users should have a say in hard fork changes by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• The advantages of stake-based governance by Richard Red

Security

• Why Decred is 20x more expensive to attack than Bitcoin by Zubair Zia

• Decred’s hybrid protocol as a superior detergent to majority attacks by Zubair Zia

• The role of Decred voters in defending against majority attacks by Richard Red

• How Decred fork resistance works by Haon

• Parametrized cost of attack as a measure of Decred network security by Brian Stafford

Adaptability

• How consensus rule voting works

Self-Funding

• How Decred revolutionizes funding in crypto with Marco Peereboom on the Evolvement podcast

• A comparison of funding models for various blockchain projects by Richard Red

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5. Politeia

Overview

• Politeia in production: The why and how behind off-chain governance by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• Introduction to Politeia: What it is and how it works by Richard Red

• High-level overview of Politeia

• The motivation behind Politeia by Jake Yocom-Piatt

• How the Decred treasury is governed via Politeia by Richard Red

How to Use Politeia

• Proposal Guidelines

• How to write a proposal in Politeia by Decred Dragon

Noteworthy Politeia Proposals

• Proposal to create the Decred DEX

• Proposal to create a bug bounty program for finding security vulnerabilities in Decred

• Proposal for a Decred contractor clearance process

• Proposal for open source research

• Proposal to decentralize treasury spending

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6. Staking

Overview

• Everything you need to know about staking DCR

• The top 5 reasons to become a DCR stakeholder

• Staking isn’t just a way to earn crypto — and it shouldn’t be by Jake Yocom-Piatt in CoinDesk

How to Stake

• 10-minute video on how to stake DCR with Denys Zayets at the Texas Bitcoin Conference

• How to stake DCR

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7. Funding, Contractor Model, and the Decred DAO

Decred Treasury

• How Decred is turning its entire treasury over to stakeholders in CoinDesk

• Decred Treasury real-time dashboard

How Decred’s Contractor Model Works

• What it’s like to work for Decred by Richard Red

• Contributing to Decred

• How Decred contributors are paid

How to Become a Contractor

• How to get hired as a Decred contractor by Haon

• Working for the Decred DAO: A case study and tips & tricks with Jamie Holdstock on the Decred in Depth podcast

What the Decred DAO Means

• The Decred Constitution

• The road to the Decred DAO: A self-funding cryptocurrency

• On Decred’s path to becoming a DAO by Hugo Chang

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8. Decred Tutorials & How-Tos

How to Mine

• Step-by-step guide on how to mine Decred

• Video tutorial on how to mine Decred

How to Set Up a Wallet

• How to set up a Decred wallet (aka Decrediton)

• How to delete a Decred wallet

How to Use the Block Explorer

• Video tutorial on how to use the Decred Block Explorer

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9. Other Resources

Network Statistics and Block Explorers

• Decred Block Explorer

• DCR coin metrics

• DCR ticket price chart

Mining

• How proof-of-work mining works