Lesson 19 of 1,000 · Adjusting Mentalities, Crypto Isn't Money
#19 Learning About Crypto Without Reading Whitepapers
Whitepapers are dense and often misleading. Learn the faster, more honest ways to actually understand a project.
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Key ideas
- Whitepapers are dense and often misleading.
- Learn the faster, more honest ways to actually understand a project.
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- UnlockGive or get a work reference that lives onchainThe Ethereum Attestation Service lets anyone sign a public statement about a wallet, such as 'delivered this project', that anyone can verify later without asking the signer.
- UnlockProve something about your web account without sharing itPrimus uses zkTLS to attest data from a normal website, and can reveal only a yes or no result.
- UnlockProve a fact about you without showing your papersSelf reads your passport or ID chip on your phone and proves one fact, like age or nationality, with a zero knowledge proof.
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