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 ## ⛓🧱 decentralized protocols
 
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-#### my notes in this repo:
 
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+* **[how blockchains work](blockchains)**
+* **[game theory](game_theory)**
+* **[scalability](scalability)**
+* **[rollups](rollups)**
+* **[consensus](consensus_protocols)**
+* **[data availability](data_availability)**
+* **[optimization methods](optimization)**
+* **[applied cryptography](cryptography)**
+* **[yul and formal verification](yul)**
+* **[economic models](economic_models)**
+* **[auction mechanisms](auction_mechanisms)**
 
-* **👉 [how blockchains work](blockchains)**
-  * (also, check out **[this GREAT blockchains onboarding, by ahboyash](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13f7RYobHL5PFVKVtOJw_QugpXyJqkVpjhxRNg6XGt0k/edit#gid=1141583017))**
-* **👾 [game theory](game_theory)**
-* **🐚 [scalability](scalability)**
-* **🔮 [rollups](rollups)**
-* **🫱🏻‍🫲🏽 [consensus](consensus_protocols)**
-* **📀 [data availability](data_availability)**
-* **👍🏽 [optimization methods](optimization)**
-* **🧠 [applied cryptography](cryptography)**
-* **🔭 [yul and formal verification](yul)**
-* **💰 [economic models](economic_models)**
-* **🪻 [auction mechanisms](auction_mechanisms)**
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