Ethereum

Besides the Bitcoin and Ethereum white papers, which other papers, essays, books, etc. would you recommend regarding designing a decentralized network? 


The more variety in designs for different use cases, especially non-financial (e.g. IPFS), the better.

Check out how Tor Hidden Services work.
They've proven to be extremely resilient for a reason.

The open web is dead, long live the open web. ⌐◨-◨

Building /warpcast and /farcaster

— gabrielayuso.com

Check out how Tor Hidden Services work.
They've proven to be extremely resilient for a reason.
https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/overview/

And yes, the directory server could totally be replaced by a blockchain.