Ursprünge & Geschichte · 1982–2008
Before Bitcoin: privacy, digital cash and the missing agreement
The history begins with several different problems: private payments, costly computation, ownership and agreement about what was already spent.
MASTR · CRYPTO & WEB3
Verstehe, wie Krypto entstanden ist, wie die Systeme zusammenhängen und wo Vertrauen nötig bleibt.
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Ursprünge & Geschichte · 1982–2008
The history begins with several different problems: private payments, costly computation, ownership and agreement about what was already spent.
Ursprünge & Geschichte · 2009 onward
Keys authorise a spend, nodes decide whether it is valid, and proof of work orders the valid history. None of those jobs should be confused.
Ursprünge & Geschichte · 2015–2021
SegWit and payment channels show why scaling is a choice about resources and trust, not just a larger transactions-per-second number.
Ursprünge & Geschichte · 2015–2018
Common interfaces made wallets and markets reusable. They did not make every asset economically equivalent or safe.
Ursprünge & Geschichte · 2018–2021
Automated markets and token incentives changed how users could provide capital, and made headline growth harder to interpret.
Ursprünge & Geschichte · 1993 onward
A valid proof, a hidden amount and an anonymous user are three different claims. Privacy has to be assessed across the whole interaction.
Märkte & Anreize · 2014 onward
A price target is not a complete description of the claim. Follow the route from token holder to the assets that are meant to support redemption.
Märkte & Anreize · 2014–2024
Exchange collapses and lending failures are easier to understand when assets, liabilities, control and withdrawal rights are kept separate.
Märkte & Anreize · Core market mechanics
A marginal quote values the whole supply on paper. Selling a position changes the pool that produced that quote.
Märkte & Anreize · DeFi risk mechanics
A number becomes dangerous when a contract uses it to decide borrowing capacity, settlement or liquidation.
Märkte & Anreize · 2024–2026
The research literature and MASTR’s archive help separate activity, execution advantage, revenue and evidence of coordinated ownership.
Märkte & Anreize · 2020 onward
A tradable receipt improves flexibility, but it does not remove validator, withdrawal, smart-contract or collateral risk.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · Cross-chain systems
Moving an asset across chains usually creates dependencies between two state machines. Follow the verifier and the redemption route.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · 2020 onward
Separate transaction ordering, state verification, data availability and the user’s ability to exit.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · Modular blockchain design
A commitment can authenticate data without supplying it. Publishing data now and preserving it for years are related but different jobs.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · Web3 storage
A content identifier helps identify bytes. Someone still has to preserve and serve those bytes.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · 2017 onward
An ownership record, an image file and a licence are different objects. A durable reference follows all three.
Infrastruktur & Eigentum · Web3 identity
A name can resolve an address and a signature can prove key control. Neither alone establishes a trustworthy person or business.
Kontrolle & Belege · Wallet security
The chain can execute a maliciously requested action perfectly. Read the authority being granted, not just the button label.
Kontrolle & Belege · ERC-4337 and EIP-7702
Programmable accounts can improve recovery and permissions, but the account’s validation rules become part of what the user must understand.
Kontrolle & Belege · 2016 onward
A public vote can be transparent while power remains concentrated in delegation, proposal rights, upgrade keys or execution.
Kontrolle & Belege · Research method
Preserve observations, test alternative explanations and distinguish a transaction path from a claim about identity or intent.
Kontrolle & Belege · Research method
A chain can be busy without every transaction representing a new person, a successful trade or an economic gain.
Kontrolle & Belege · Web2 and Web3 dependencies
Domains, browsers, hosting, RPC providers and indexers sit between a user and the chain. Their failures are not all consensus failures.