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"Canons" are curated reading lists on a variety of topics in crypto such as DeFi, NFTs, Web3, Tokenomics, etc...

Some of the most popular canons are included below:

  • Crypto: a16z’s

  • Crypto: Richard Chen’s

  • DeFi: Bankless’s

  • DeFi: CoinGecko’s How to DeFi Basic and Advanced Books have a great bibliography with a ton of good DeFi reads

  • NFTs: a16z’s

  • DAOs: a16z’s

  • Web3: Gabby Goldberg’s

  • Metaverse: Jon Radoff’s

  • Tokenomics: Packy McCormick’s

  • Governance: Rabbit Hole’s

  • General:

  • General:

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