diff --git a/content/notes/blockchain-project.md b/content/notes/blockchain-project.md
index fe8f5eb01..6ff0e964f 100644
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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Blockchain technology falls into two distinct classes: open (permissionless) blo
 - https://smithandcrown.com/glossary/transaction-finality-probabilisticdeterministic/
 - https://www.r3.com/blog/how-public-permissioned-blockchains-are-not-an-oxymoron-2/
 - https://blog.dshr.org/2022/02/ee380-talk.html
-
+- https://ethereum.org/669c9e2e2027310b6b3cdce6e1c52962/Ethereum_Whitepaper_-_Buterin_2014.pdf
 
 - https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/14/externalities/#dshr
 - https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/network-infrastructures-commons-model-local-participation-governance-and-sustainability
diff --git a/content/notes/think-writing.md b/content/notes/think-writing.md
index 5cc328d9f..c2f246875 100644
--- a/content/notes/think-writing.md
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@@ -101,4 +101,25 @@ On friday I tried to get haydens hypderledge iroha code from last year to work [
 	- Maybe from a fifth container?
 - If I am unable to connect to the nodes I might have to start them from scratch
 	- This would help me to learn the tools also.
-- Try to figure out how the public permissioned blockchain might work in some more detail.
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+- Try to figure out how the public permissioned blockchain might work in some more detail.
+
+ethereum whitepaper
+- a new version of blockchain which has better internal scripting
+- the state of ethereum is made up account objects. each acc has:
+	- nonce
+	- balance
+	- contract code
+	- storage
+- There are two types of accounts
+	- external: 
+		- controlled by private keys
+		- no code
+		- can send "messages" as a transaction
+	- contract: controled by contract code
+		- executes code when it recieves a message
+			- read/write from storage
+			- send messages
+			- create contracts
+			- etc
+- messages
+	- 
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