Format Web Page "In Ethereum proof of stake, validators lock ETH as capital and can lose staked ETH for provably dishonest behavior." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY True Neutral Source title Proof-of-stake (PoS) Source authors ethereum.org Source year 2026 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "Ethereum’s original whitepaper anticipated a future switch from proof of work to proof of stake." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY True Neutral Source title Ethereum Whitepaper Source authors Vitalik Buterin Source year 2014 Confidence high Importance high
Format Web Page "GPU mining remained viable on Ethereum’s Ethash proof-of-work network until proof of work was switched off." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY True Neutral Source title Ethash Source authors ethereum.org Source year 2026 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Ethereum launched using proof of work as its consensus mechanism." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY True Neutral Source title Proof-of-work (PoW) Source authors ethereum.org Source year 2026 Confidence high Importance high
Format Online paper / PDF "Bitcoin’s proof-of-work drew directly on Adam Back’s Hashcash." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY True Neutral Source title Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System Source authors Satoshi Nakamoto Source year 2008 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Nvidia GeForce GPUs could be used for proof-of-work Ethereum mining through Ethminer connected to Geth." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY Building-Block Reality - Root Source title Proof-of-work mining with Ethash Source authors go-ethereum Source year 2024 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "Proof-of-work Ethereum miners verified transaction validity before producing proof-of-work, while peer nodes independently verified completed blocks." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 10: BUILDING-BLOCK REALITY Building-Block Reality - Root Source title Mining Source authors ethereum.org Source year 2026 Confidence high Importance mid
Format Web Page "The Web Standards Project campaigned against incompatible browser implementations and promoted shared W3C technologies, open standards, and separation of structure from presentation." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? YES, BUT . . . (Again) Source title History of the Web Standards Project Source authors The Web Standards Project Source year 1998 Confidence high Importance high
Format Podcast / Spotify embed "Guillermo Rauch describes Vercel as beginning with the open-source Next.js project and argues that open source can be a growth engine for companies and careers." Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? YES, BUT . . . (Again) Source title Inside Vercel: The $3B giant that’s changed coding forever Source authors Eric Ries; Guillermo Rauch Source year 2025 Confidence high Importance high
Format Book / Offline paper "Chris Dixon argues that the internet needs room for both private corporate networks and public commons because concentrated corporate control can crowd out alternatives and opportunities." View Source Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 9: ARE UNICORNS REALLY WHITE? YES, BUT . . . (Again) Source title Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet Source authors Chris Dixon Source year 2024 Confidence high Importance high
