Further reading

To complement this chapter, the following links may help:

• The data ingredients:
  • Style guide for Python code: https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
  • Data Science with Python: https://www.packtpub.com/product/data-science-with-python/9781789346251
  • Python Data Science Handbook: https://jakevdp.github.io/PythonDataScienceHandbook/
  • Web3.py documentation: https://web3py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#
• The blockchain ingredients:
  • The EVM documentation: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/evm/
  • Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
  • EVM explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPoze5RmDVU
  • The gas documentation: https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/gas/
  • Wackerow, P. et. al, 2022. Web2 vs Web3 | ethereum.org. [online] ethereum.org. Available at https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/web2-vs-web3/
  • Szabo, N., 2022. Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets. [online] Fon.hum.uva.nl. Available at https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/rob/Courses/InformationInSpeech/CDROM/Literature/LOTwinterschool2006/szabo.best.vwh.net/smart_contracts_2.html
  • Stanley, A., 2022. THE ASCENT OF CBDCS. [online]. Available at <https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2022/09/Picture-this-The-ascent-of-CBDCs>
  • Covalent. 2022. Covalent Blockchain Data API Reference – Covalent [online]. Available at https://www.covalenthq.com/docs/api/#/0/0/USD/1.
  • Ethereum-etl.readthedocs.io. 2022. Google BigQuery – Ethereum ETL [online]. Available at https://ethereum-etl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/google-bigquery/
• Relevant industry metrics:
  • More on gas calculation: https://growingdata.com.au/how-to-calculate-gas-fees-on-ethereum/
  • Ethereum yellow paper: https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf
  • Smart Corpus: An Organized Repository of Ethereum Smart Contracts Source Code and Metrics: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.01723.pdf
  • Evolution of NFT floor price: https://chain.link/education-hub/what-is-an-nft-floor-price
  • Team, Chainalysis., 2022. 60% of Bitcoin is Held Long Term as Digital Gold. What About the Rest? Available at <https://blog.chainalysis.com/reports/bitcoin-market-data-exchanges-trading/> [accessed 12 October 2022]
  • Liiv, Innar (2021) Data Science Techniques for Cryptocurrency Blockchains. Springer’s Collection on Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior