11-13-2021, 10:30 AM
Why are white papers so unprofessional?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I work in the academia so I spend a significant part of my days reading peer reviewed research papers. One of the first things I learned about crypto is that each project (usually) has a so called "white paper" where the team behind the project publishes their vision for the future, main ideas, some mathematical analysis, and how they are going to achieve their promises.</p> <p>While I wasn't expecting the standard to be high, I was expecting these papers to be at least decent considering that in most cases the team has multiple people working there and the projects are asking for millions of dollars.</p> <p>To my surprise, I was absolutely shocked when I started reading these papers. The vast majority of them look like utter trash, and if they were submitted as an assignment in any university they would have been a fail without question. Even projects that interest me seem to have basic formatting problems which immediately makes me less interested in putting money there.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wakeupitsadream"> /u/wakeupitsadream </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/qssljv/why_are_white_papers_so_unprofessional/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/qssljv/why_are_white_papers_so_unprofessional/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I work in the academia so I spend a significant part of my days reading peer reviewed research papers. One of the first things I learned about crypto is that each project (usually) has a so called "white paper" where the team behind the project publishes their vision for the future, main ideas, some mathematical analysis, and how they are going to achieve their promises.</p> <p>While I wasn't expecting the standard to be high, I was expecting these papers to be at least decent considering that in most cases the team has multiple people working there and the projects are asking for millions of dollars.</p> <p>To my surprise, I was absolutely shocked when I started reading these papers. The vast majority of them look like utter trash, and if they were submitted as an assignment in any university they would have been a fail without question. Even projects that interest me seem to have basic formatting problems which immediately makes me less interested in putting money there.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wakeupitsadream"> /u/wakeupitsadream </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/qssljv/why_are_white_papers_so_unprofessional/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/qssljv/why_are_white_papers_so_unprofessional/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R