Reading list: Incentivized Networking

Below is a list of resources on incentivized networking that were initially provided to us by Guy Wuollet of a16z.

• Nym
  • "Nym is an incentivized mixnet and one of the best network level crypto projects in my opinion."
  • Papers
    • Whitepaper
    • Verifiable location
  • Docs
• DDoS Coin
  • "Very creative example of using network traffic for consensus in a distributed system. My all time favorite paper in terms of novelty."
• cjdns
  • "Excellent example of an alternative routing protocol"
• Designing an Internet
  • "My favorite book on the Internet and an excellent example of an in depth introduction to the history of network design. The economics chapter is especially useful for this context and the most relevant if you’re limited on time."
  • Shameless plug for a blog I wrote that is based largely on this book.
• Orchid
  • "Incentivized VPN. Outlines concepts like aggregated traffic measurement and tickets used in networking based consensus. Worth reading."
  • Whitepaper
  • High level explainer
• Geolocation time stamping
  • "This is a good example of how to identify the physical location of a node in a decentralized network."
• HOPR
  • Yellowpaper
  • Nym’s opinion on HOPR
• Meson
• Sylo
  • Papers
  • Docs