This upcoming Spring Quarter, we're excited to be hosting two blockchain classes at Stanford:
1. "MS&E 447: Blockchain Entrepreneurship" speaker series
2. "CS 352B/LAW 1078: Blockchain Governance" discussing DAOs from a technical/legal/social science perspective
See you there!
Super cool event with
@stablekwon
and
@natluu
from
@terra_money
hosted by
@elkun_peng
. Topics covered:
Centralized vs Decentralized stablecoins
Interesting new user scenarios
Lending
Emerging economies
Payments
Video link:
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 9
#39
- "EigenLayer Explained: How You Could’ve Invented EigenLayer" by
@0xkydo
from
@eigenlayer
explains the revolutionary protocol's evolution and implementation from the first principles of restaking
1/ We're now just over a week away from BASS Denver, which kicks off at 9:30am on March 1st
@EthereumDenver
! Register here:
Here's a thread of all the event info: 🧵
🌲 Happy to announce that we're publicly releasing the recordings of the Blockchain Application Stanford Summit (BASS) during
#StanfordBlockchainWeek
2023!
Playlist:
Today,
@zcashco
Co-Founder and CEO
@zooko
was a guest lecturer at
@Stanford
in the business school's MGTECON 515 Cryptocurrency class, one of many blockchain-related classes taught at Stanford.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 9
🖊️ "Arbitrum Stylus: A New Standard for Smart Contract Composability" by
@CryptoIsCute
and
@0xfishylosopher
discuss
@arbitrum
Stylus, whose EVM+ engine marks a breakthrough in smart contract composability
Thank you
@alive_eth
from
@a16z
and
@danboneh
for kicking off the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator! What a great talk on everything crypto! Thank you
@elkun_peng
for organizing and hosting this! Here is the video recording:
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 8
#38
- "OnChainMonkey: Reimagining Bitcoin NFTs" by
@huuep
of Metagood, discusses how
@OnChainMonkey
seeks to push the boundaries of Ordinals programmability and Bitcoin NFTs.
🦄Verifying myself as a
@UniswapProtocol
#UNIDelegate
on Sybil🏛️
addr:0xEFF506a32B55D5c19847c1a4F8510c00280c27E5
sig:0x28a199454657eb2b90d096e25d7c20797f93363dec360309ce7fe82954f7a5920772acc3f1b37bd9f234eafa2ace3daaa0e61ff58e739da72deba037a30b37bd1c
📢 We're excited to announce that we are hosting the Blockchain Application Stanford Summit (BASS) on Aug 26-27th as an affiliated pre-conference to Stanford's annual Sciences of Blockchain Conference!
Attendance is free, and feel free to register here:
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 4
💭 "Intents: Principles and Practice" by
@bridge__harris
from
@foundersfund
discuss explores the concept of intents and how it addresses the UX problem across a variety of applications
Meet Stani Kulechov, Founder of
@AaveAave
and
@LensProtocol
, this Thursday, 3/9 from 6-8 pm!
Join us for dinner and meet one of Web3s most well-known founders.
RSVP here:
Grass-root efforts are hard and we need all the help out there. We believe this will not just be useful for Uniswap but for all DAOs in the future.
If you want to learn more, drop
@0xkydo
a DM!
There are many ways to contribute, but a simple RT would be greatly appreciated🫡
🫡 We need your help 🫡
We believe the future for Uniswap 🦄 cross-chain governance should not be provided by ONE bridge but by multiple.
Therefore, we proposed the Multi-Message Aggregation (MMA) design. It is open-source and we would love your help to make it better!
🧵
We're excited to share that we will be hosting on 4/12 the inaugural Stanford Blockchain Governance Summit, a whole-day in-person event dedicated to exploring the future of decentralized governance.
When: 4/12, 9AM to 6PM
Where: Stanford Law School
RSVP:
Happy Spring 🍃! We've officially wrapped up Volume 1 of the Stanford Blockchain Review.
We've published a total of 10 articles, covering everything from Account Abstraction to DAO governance.
Here are all Vol. 1 articles, ordered by recency 🧵
A great conversation with
@tarunchitra
at
@gauntletnetwork
hosted by
@elkun_peng
on tokenomics design:
* metrics to optimize
* governance model design
* short term vs long term
* common mistakes
Video link:
🫡 We need your help 🫡
We believe the future for Uniswap 🦄 cross-chain governance should not be provided by ONE bridge but by multiple.
Therefore, we proposed the Multi-Message Aggregation (MMA) design. It is open-source and we would love your help to make it better!
🧵
/1 We’re nearing the end of season 1!
@juliannebrands
and
@vikilu
interviewed the one and only
@nickgrossman
@usv
. Nick gives us the 101 on web3 business models, building community, and the value of tokens.
Stanford has decided that because our colors match christmas and our mascot is a tree, we're minting Stanford tokens that appreciate with Christmas cheer.
Vol. 2, Article 5 "Beyond Zero Knowledge Proofs" by
@silkismoney
@Melch__
@GuyZys
from
@scrt_labs
and
@SecretNetwork
provide a comprehensive overview of the privacy limitations of ZKPs, and how they compare to other privacy-preserving technologies
Thank you
@hasufl
for sharing your research on DAO treasury management and your research methodology with the Stanford blockchain community. Watch the video recording here:
We are excited to announce that the Stanford Blockchain Club will be hosting a virtual event with Fredrik Haga, the co-founder and CEO of Dune Analytics, on Monday January 16th from 11am-12pm.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 2
#32
- "DePIN: Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks" by
@veradittakit
of
@PanteraCapital
discuss how DePIN uses decentralized hardware to create a new data economy
Happy 2024! 🎉
To kick off the new year, we're happy to announce that we're partnering with
@AlchemyPlatform
to bring a suite of Alchemy tools, mentorship, and support to Stanford Blockchain Accelerator companies building at the cutting edge of crypto.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 1
🌱 "Lens Protocol: Building Open On-Chain Social Graphs" by
@StaniKulechov
and
@0xfishylosopher
discuss how
@LensProtocol
pioneers a paradigm shift in social applications with decentralized social graphs
Happy to announce that our Stanford Blockchain Accelerator Winter 2023 Cohort 3 Demo Day recording is now out!
Check out what these Stanford startups are cooking at SBA 👀🥘
Cr. SBA President
@gilswrld
We cast our vote FOR
@Uniswap
proposal 1.2. We appreciate
@flipsidecrypto
's approach to funding the program in a way that is friendly to UNI holders and think that driving community growth via analytics is a great use of funds.
Articles 5-7 of the Stanford Blockchain Review are out, on our shiny new domain 👀
Many thanks to our authors
@silkismoney
@Melch__
@GuyZys
, J.J. Tang Esq., and
@roycclu
As always, TLDR in 🧵👇
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 2
📈 "Moore’s Law for Zero Knowledge Proofs" by
@0xroylu
from
@LongHashVC
discusses levers for performance gains, patterns for value accrual, and a hypothesis of exponential growth in ZK proof technology.
We’re thrilled to launch our very first podcast episode! Presented by stanford students
@juliannebrands
and
@vilkhur
Our first podcast is a graduate level course with the one and only Dan Boneh from
@CBRStanford
. Crypto curious? Listen here!
Join us for an on-chain governance research experiment with
@PanteraCapital
with paid participation in ARB!
What: On-Chain Voting Game on ARB
When: Fri Dec 15, 11am to 12pm Pacific Time
Where: Zoom, register for link
RSVP (with ETH wallet):
Join us tomorrow Dec 6th at 7:00pm-8:00pm PT with Ryan Zarick, co-founder and CTO of LayerZero
Come for a line by line analysis of various bridge hacks, and post-FTX industry landscape
Sign up HERE!
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 5
#35
- "Read Write Own" by
@cdixon
of
@a16zcrypto
. We at Stanford Blockchain Club are honored to invite Chris Dixon for an article and an interview on his new book Read Write Own
Article:
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 7
🏢 "Integrating Bureaucratic Principles into Decentralized Governance" by
@InsomPoramin
provides a theoretical framework integrating certain bureaucratic principles into DAO governance.
🏮 🎉 Happy LNY! To kick off the year of the 🐰, we're proud to announce that the SBC’s new industry journal, the Stanford Blockchain Review, is now accepting community submissions!
If you have any technical / non-technical crypto job openings, please DM us. As we go into post graduation and internship recruitment season, we’d like our students to have access to as many opportunities as possible to push this industry forward.
We voted AGAINST
@compoundfinance
proposal 84 which sought to add TUSD as an accepted collateral asset. We view the decision to add an asset to the protocol as one that should not be taken lightly. 👇
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 3
👩🎨 "Modulus Labs: Building an On-Chain AI Artist" by
@realDanielShorr
from
@ModulusLabs
discuss how they created cryptographically authenticated AI-generated NFTs for
@polychainmon
using zk-SNARKs
A
@Cointelegraph
article discusses how Stanford Blockchain Accelerator startups
@0xpass_io
and
@ModulusLabs
are tackling cutting-edge problems in account abstraction and ZK-ML
Thanks for joining us
@jackshaftoes
! It was great to hear your thoughts on all things NFTs and learn more about the
@ftx_us
NFT marketplace as part the Education Series for the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator.
Applications are now open for Stanford Blockchain Accelerator Cohort 4!
🌟 Eligibility: At least one Stanford student/alum cofounder
📅 Program Date: July to November, 2023
🏃♀️ Due: June 15th, 11.59pm PST
Apply Now:
🎉 Hope you enjoy reading!
✅ Subscribe to stay tuned for Volume 2 (Q2 2023) 👀
🌟 If you have any questions, feel free to ping SBR Chief Ed.
@0xfishylosopher
!
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 6
💭 "Demystifying the Riddle of the NFT" by
@stephensonhmatt
from
@PanteraCapital
argues for why NFTs are under-researched and proposes some new directions to understand this new digital phenomenon
We've added 200+ crypto roles to our job board. Find your next adventure and be a part of building the future of the internet. Roles are available across Bizops, Data, Design, Engineering, Finance, HR, Investing, Legal, Marketing, Product, and Research.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 10
#40
- "Decrypting the 'Oracle'" features an interview with
@AriJuels
on his new crypto-themed thriller "The Oracle"
@oraclenovel
, discussing the novel's inspiration, themes, and wider significance.
We're excited to vote in favor of
@PennBlockchain
+ team's proposal to upgrade
@Uniswap
governance contract to
@compoundfinance
's Governor Bravo. It's a great step to improve the protocol's usability, scalability & security.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 5
🌋 "Caldera: The Case for Dedicated Rollups" by
@0xkatz
from
@Calderaxyz
explores how rollups solve the "Noisy Neighbor Problem" for blockchain, and the horizon for balancing liquidity with customization.
1/ We're now just over a week away from BASS Denver, which kicks off at 9:30am on March 1st
@EthereumDenver
! Register here:
Here's a thread of all the event info: 🧵
On
@compoundfinance
proposal 039
We really appreciate Gauntlet's simulations however we are unconvinced that there is a liquidity issue for WBTC, particularly given liquidity in and the possibility to mint/burn WBTC.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 4 No. 3
#33
- "Bitcoin's Panda Renaissance" by
@dotcuriouscat
of
@PortalVentures
provides a comprehensive account of Bitcoin's recent innovations and path towards becoming more "programmable" and "capital efficient"
Check out the presentation by the team at
@teamspacemesh
hosted by
@the_ricardor
. It was great to hear the team's thoughts on how we got where we are in blockchains and their approach to solving important open issues around consensus.
video here 👉
2/ Vol 1. Article 2: "Nouns DAO and the Philosophy" by
@0xbobateas
from
@harvard_crypto
uses political philosophy to tells us how Nouns DAO and other NFT communities actually reimagine democratic institutions and "civil society"
INTRO TO
@NEARProtocol
WHEN: Wednesday, May 29th, 6:30-7:30pm
WHERE: GSB Classroom C102, Stanford Graduate School of Business* , 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Free pizza and drinks will be provided!
RSVP HERE:
Great event with
@arbitrum
Chief Scientist
@EdFelten
hosted by
@elkun_peng
. Topics covered:
Optimistic rollup vs zk rollup
Staking
ETH 2.0
Alt L1
Future of blockchains
Onboarding new users
Paths to decentralization
Check it out:
Happy Summer! ☀️
We've officially wrapped up Volume 2 of the Stanford Blockchain Review, with 10 articles covering everything from privacy limitations of ZKPs to DeFi laws to Flashbots SUAVE to Pepecoin
Here are all Vol 2 articles, ordered by recency 🧵
Join us for a chat on Zero Knowledge Proofs on March 10th, at 10am PT. ZKPs are ever increasingly playing a critical role in privacy and scaling on Blockchain networks. Learn how ZKPs are being utilized in Blockchain applications. RSVP here:
Vol 2. Article 8: "Deciphering the Trust Puzzle of Interoperability" by
@theshikhai
and
@0xRaghav
from
@LongHashVC
explore the different ways cross-chain projects tackle perennial “problem of trust“ in web3 – through code, game theory, and reputation.
📖 Stanford Blockchain Review, Vol. 3 No. 8
📈 "Premium Appraisal Models for NFT Markets" by
@yusenzhan
,
@black71113
,
@Tony_lza
from
@nftgoio
explores a novel first-principles based appraisal model for NFTs to provide increased pricing interpretability.
We are excited to host Prof. Elaine Shi and
@ThunderToken
this Thursday from 7-8:30pm at Building 420, Room 040. As always, admission is free, link: Prof. Shi will describe the core consensus protocols behind Thunder Token, should be a great talk.
@Uniswap
@flipsidecrypto
We love seeing the engagement on this proposal! We stand by our decision to support, based on the merits and intent. We welcome the idea of bringing a new proposal that encompasses other vendors. Proposals like this will make Uniswap better.
☀️ gm! Happy to announce that Volume 2 of the Stanford Blockchain Review has just started publishing Articles 1-4
Much more to come, subscribe to keep posted 👀 ✅
TLDR in 🧵👇
Happy Lunar New Year! 🎉 🐲🏮
We're excited to announce that Stanford Blockchain will be hosting another BASS conference at ETHDenver on Friday March 1st at Edge City, a spinoff of the Zuzalu team at Denver.
RSVP Here:
3/ Vol 1. Article 3: "Crypto Developers By the Numbers" by
@avichal
and
@MariaShen
from
@ElectricCapital
analyzes the growth and trends of crypto developers over the past few years to give the industry an objective "pulse check" without any FUD
6/ 🐣 Also, we've gone on-chain! Proud to partner with
@EthStorage
to store Stanford Blockchain Review's Vol. 1 articles on their storage rollup testnet.
🔗
Excited to announce that we will be hosting the Demo Day for Stanford Blockchain Accelerator Cohort 4 this Thursday Dec 7th!
🧑🤝🧑 Who: SBA Teams from Cohort 4 and alumni
🕔 When: Dec 7 @ 5pm PST
☎️ Where: Zoom to be shared
RSVP Form for Zoom link: