Nick Szabo, who is possibly Satoshi Nakamoto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo) has many worthwhile papers here

Nick Szabo, who is possibly Satoshi Nakamoto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Szabo) has many worthwhile papers here: http://szabo.best.vwh.net/ http://szabo.best.vwh.net/ Including "Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks" and "A Formal Language for Analyzing Contracts". All of his essays are extremely well written and interesting.