# References

### Blockchain and Stateless Clients

* Trustless Manifesto: <https://trustlessness.eth.limo/general/2025/11/11/the-trustless-manifesto.html>
* Ethereum Whitepaper: <https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/>
* Ethereum Yellow Paper: <https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf>
* Ethereum Consensus Specifications (Beacon Chain / Proof of Stake): <https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs>

### Cryptographic Proofs and Verification

* Merkle Trees and Merkle Proofs: <https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/patricia-merkle-trie/>
* Zero-Knowledge Proof Systems (zk-SNARKs, zk-STARKs): <https://z.cash/technology/zksnarks/> , <https://starkware.co/stark/>
* Proof Aggregation and Recursive Proof Composition: [https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html](https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html)

### Decentralized Identity, Access, and Payments

* Smart Contract-Based Access Control Models: <https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-712>
* Stablecoins and On-Chain Settlement Models: <https://ethereum.org/en/stablecoins/>

### Colibri and Related Resources

* Colibri Whitepaper: [http://whitepaper.colibri-stateless.tech](https://whitepaper.colibri-stateless.tech/)
* Colibri Specification: [http://specification.colibri-stateless.tech](https://specification.colibri-stateless.tech/)
* Colibri GitHub Repositories: <https://github.com/corpus-core/colibri-stateless>
* Corpus Core Research and Publications: [https://corpuscore.tech](https://corpuscore.tech/)


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