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A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus

Special thanks to Emin Gun Sirer for review We’ve heard for a long time that it’s possible to achieve consensus with 50% fault tolerance in a synchronous network where messages broadcasted by any honest node are guaranteed to be received by all other honest nodes within some known time period (if an attacker has more than 50%, they can perform a “51% attack”, and there’s an analogue of this for any algorithm of this type). дальше »

2018-8-9 04:03


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Coinbase Launches New Features for Coinbase Commerce

On the Coinbase blog, the Coinbase Commerce team has announced the successful completion and introduction of a WooCommerce plug-in, as well as some other newly developed features. Coinbase Commerce Coinbase Commerce prides itself as one of the first cryptocurrency payment solutions that are noncustodial in nature, and it makes it possible for traders all around […] Coinbase Launches New Features for Coinbase Commerce was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-4 15:59


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


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Promoted: The Future of Online Shopping Is Powered by Spl.yt — A Decentralized E-Commerce Protocol

As a rapidly growing business sector, e-commerce continues to open up new avenues for exploring, comparing and purchasing products worldwide. Spl. yt, a smart contract protocol, aims improve the e-commerce system for buyers and sellers by automating functions currently performed by “middlemen” marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Alibaba. дальше »

2018-7-16 19:45


Bloxia ICO (BLOX Token): Blockchain AI Expert Community Accelerator?

Bloxia ICO is an example of a venture looking to introduce a new form of blockchain accelerator that will address challenges and make mass blockchain adoption finally possible. What is Bloxia? Bloxia is for all individuals who envision a blockchain future and would like to invest in an authentic blockchain accelerator which is advanced to […] дальше »

2018-7-15 18:43


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You’ve Heard Of India’s Crypto Ban, But Why Did They Do It In The First Place?

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have relished in headline news for the past couple of weeks. This of course stems from a ban on cryptocurrencies, stipulated by the RBI a few months earlier. The ban came in to force at the start of July and now, as it stands, means that traders in India can no longer trade FIAT-Crypto or vice versa. дальше »

2018-7-12 12:30