# Interesting Resources **URL:** https://forum.interledger.org/c/resources/10.md [Latest](https://forum.interledger.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.interledger.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.interledger.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Interesting Resources category](https://forum.interledger.org/t/about-the-interesting-resources-category/62)
**Author:** [@emschwartz](https://forum.interledger.org/u/emschwartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/about-the-interesting-resources-category/62 "2019-02-06T14:32:33Z")
A space to share interesting links, articles, videos that might be of interest to the Interledger community. Examples of what to post in here: Article on good software architecture practices Recording of a talk from a… --- ## [Political context of interledger](https://forum.interledger.org/t/political-context-of-interledger/1195)
**Author:** [@oDemo](https://forum.interledger.org/u/oDemo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/political-context-of-interledger/1195 "2021-03-09T14:25:33Z")
Dear Interledgerians, We at openDemocracy are experimenting with new incentives for constructive participation on media articles: the best comments get highlighted and share payments. It’s just another application of In… --- ## [Deutsche Bank review of Cash, Payments and Currency](https://forum.interledger.org/t/deutsche-bank-review-of-cash-payments-and-currency/979)
**Author:** [@drllau](https://forum.interledger.org/u/drllau)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/deutsche-bank-review-of-cash-payments-and-currency/979 "2020-04-15T04:41:37Z")
Deutsche Bank apply their typical German thoroughness when they issued a series of papers earlier this year cash - will survive but cards will morph; collections - payments will be P2P direct into your (non?)custodian … --- ## [The Inside Story of BitTorrent's Bizarre Collapse](https://forum.interledger.org/t/the-inside-story-of-bittorrents-bizarre-collapse/137)
**Author:** [@akash](https://forum.interledger.org/u/akash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/the-inside-story-of-bittorrents-bizarre-collapse/137 "2020-03-20T10:45:28Z")
What a fascinating read about BitTorrent, a protocol famous for moving big files at high speed across the internet in a peer-to-peer way. Everyone agreed that the protocol was genius, but the company failed to capitali… --- ## [WebTransport API](https://forum.interledger.org/t/webtransport-api/620)
**Author:** [@adrianhopebailie](https://forum.interledger.org/u/adrianhopebailie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/webtransport-api/620 "2019-06-01T12:25:23Z")
An interesting piece of work is being done at W3C and IETF which could be useful for development of ILP-based apps in the browser in future. --- ## [Stronghold USD is the first asset-backed U.S. dollar enabled-connector on ILP](https://forum.interledger.org/t/stronghold-usd-is-the-first-asset-backed-u-s-dollar-enabled-connector-on-ilp/593)
**Author:** [@tammy](https://forum.interledger.org/u/tammy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/stronghold-usd-is-the-first-asset-backed-u-s-dollar-enabled-connector-on-ilp/593 "2019-05-16T15:39:34Z")
Hi everyone, We’d are thrilled to share with the ILP community that Stronghold USD is the first asset-backed U.S. dollar enabled-connector on ILP. As a blockchain-enabled fintech company, Stronghold is committed to imp… --- ## [Adventures in Consensus blog post from the Rust community](https://forum.interledger.org/t/adventures-in-consensus-blog-post-from-the-rust-community/526)
**Author:** [@emschwartz](https://forum.interledger.org/u/emschwartz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/adventures-in-consensus-blog-post-from-the-rust-community/526 "2019-04-19T18:46:13Z")
This blog has an interesting take on the purpose of the RFC process and the difference between submitting and defending full feature proposals and mapping the design space to find the tradeoffs: AiC: Adventures in consen… --- ## [Interledger Explained by Dan Robinson](https://forum.interledger.org/t/interledger-explained-by-dan-robinson/338)
**Author:** [@akash](https://forum.interledger.org/u/akash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/interledger-explained-by-dan-robinson/338 "2019-03-07T16:49:53Z")
Highly recommend for those who want to better understand the protocol! Learned from Dan myself. --- ## [HTLCs Considered Harmful](https://forum.interledger.org/t/htlcs-considered-harmful/81)
**Author:** [@akash](https://forum.interledger.org/u/akash)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/htlcs-considered-harmful/81 "2019-02-27T14:04:13Z")
This is a great talk from The Stanford Blockchain Conference last week on why HTLCs, which were used in past version of Interledger and are currently used in the Lightning Network aren’t always ideal. --- ## [How to decentralize social media—Data Interoperability and Standards](https://forum.interledger.org/t/how-to-decentralize-social-media-data-interoperability-and-standards/259)
**Author:** [@akash](https://forum.interledger.org/u/akash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/how-to-decentralize-social-media-data-interoperability-and-standards/259 "2019-02-25T12:18:11Z")
Some really interesting ideas in here: (1) Open data standards (2) Reliable publishing/storage platforms, controlling your own content (3) The feed readers. Just as the RSS standard spawned lots of “reader” and “a… --- ## [Simplifying Interledger: The Graveyard of Possible Protocol Features](https://forum.interledger.org/t/simplifying-interledger-the-graveyard-of-possible-protocol-features/84)
**Author:** [@akash](https://forum.interledger.org/u/akash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.interledger.org/t/simplifying-interledger-the-graveyard-of-possible-protocol-features/84 "2019-02-06T19:12:32Z")
This a read that’s more than 1 year old, but I’ve personally found it to be a good resource for understanding the trajectory of the Interledger protocol in the last two years.