# Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the principles, research and pure innovation of others on the blockchain ecosystem. Opoch is but an attempt to take forward the good work others have done. We also acknowledge the support of our backers and advisors. We are grateful for the Merkle Labs team - talented, passionate people who don’t take offense at being called dreamers.\


1. **Cryptourrency Market Capitalization:**[ **https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/**](https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/)
2. **Swan, M. Blockchain: Blueprint for a new economy. " O’Reilly Media, Inc.", 2015.**
3. **Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System -**[ **https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf**](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)
4. **Cosmos: Internet of Blockchains -** [ **https://cosmos.network/whitepaper**](https://cosmos.network/whitepaper)
5. **Polkadot -**[ **https://polkadot.network/Polkadot-lightpaper.pdf**](https://polkadot.network/Polkadot-lightpaper.pdf)
6. [**https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html**](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html)
7. **The rise of APIs -**[ **https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/21/the-rise-of-apis/**](https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/21/the-rise-of-apis/)
8. **Weth -**[ **https://weth.io/**](https://weth.io/)
9. **Stable Coins -**[ **https://multicoin.capital/2018/01/17/an-overview-of-stablecoins/**](https://multicoin.capital/2018/01/17/an-overview-of-stablecoins/)
10. Bitcoin Whiepaper: [**https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf**](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf)
11. History of Internet: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History\_of\_the\_Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet)
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13. Ebay reference
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15. [https://medium.com/evergreen-business-weekly/the-power-of-network-effects-why-they-make-such-valuable-companies-and-how-to-harness-them-5d3fbc3659f8](https://medium.com/evergreen-business-weekly/the-power-of-network-effects-why-they-make-such-valuable-companies-and-how-to-harness-them-5d3fbc3659f8)
16. Giving away Bitcoins/Cryptocurrencies.
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18. AI/ML Take away our Jobs
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20. Death of Journalism: [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/losing-money-and-losing-trust-the-crisis-of-modern-journalism/7679066](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/losing-money-and-losing-trust-the-crisis-of-modern-journalism/7679066)
21. Touch ID: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch\_ID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_ID)
22. Face ID: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face\_ID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_ID)
23. Facebook Q1' 2018: [https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2018/Facebook-Reports-First-Quarter-2018-Results/default.aspx](https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2018/Facebook-Reports-First-Quarter-2018-Results/default.aspx)
24. Top Sites of the world: [https://www.alexa.com/topsites](https://www.alexa.com/topsites)
25. Google Q1' 2018: [https://abc.xyz/investor/pdf/2018Q1\_alphabet\_earnings\_release.pdf](https://abc.xyz/investor/pdf/2018Q1_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf)
26. Global Internet Population: [https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/)
27. Ari David Paul on Cryptocurrency adoption: [https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/990834672866381824](https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/990834672866381824)
28. Shamir's Secret Sharing: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir's\_Secret\_Sharing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir's_Secret_Sharing)

