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zillionaire
@zillionaire Jun 12, 2017, 7:31 AM UTC

EOS.IO ICO and Trade Value FUD

There is a lot of posts about EOS ICO here and some have covered what I think about Block.one ICO model. I am not going to criticize or question it as doesn't matter what, it is decided. I'd cover wh…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire Jun 6, 2017, 9:41 AM UTC

EOS Installation Part 1 (failed!!!!)

First let's following github instruction and see if we can install eos on first try without errors. (Too bad! errors incoming!!!) root@heisenberg:/home/xs# cd eos root@heisenberg:/home/xs/eos# ls roo…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 19, 2017, 10:42 PM UTC

Selfish Mining debate - how to test it - funded research opportunity!

Here is a thing to start you thinking. The Selfish Mining paper is not science. It is a theory, a quantifiable testable theory. One that can be validated.Now, here is the secure with experimental tes…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 18, 2017, 2:42 AM UTC

Selfish Mining Fallacy - Debate IV

csw > @elliotolds "csw apparently doesn't realize that the fraction of miners on the selfish block is meant to represent how important the "head start" is of the honest miners. Think about it: if…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 6:32 PM UTC

Selfish Mining Fallacy - Debate III

"In this section, we argue that the current Bitcoin protocol has no measures to guarantee a low γ." Well, actually, it does. The system already maintains a low gamma and they err in what impact a Syb…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 4:24 PM UTC

Selfish Mining Fallacy - Debate II

"Bitcoin system, we characterize how the threshold varies as a function of message propagation speed in the network.” · There has been no analysis of the message propagation speed or format within th…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 4:50 AM UTC

Selfish Mining Fallacy - Part 5 - Bayesian Mathematics

A very first introduction to Bayesian Probability Definition Bayesian probability is an interpretation of the concept of probability, in which, instead of frequency or propensity of some phenomenon,…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 4:16 AM UTC

Sefish Mining Fallacy Part 4 - Stochastic Modelling

Definition: "Stochastic" means being or having a random variable. A stochastic model is a tool for estimating probability distributions of potential outcomes by allowing for random variation in one o…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 3:59 AM UTC

Sefish Mining Fallacy - Part 3 (Debate)

Arguments Bitcoin Node Most of what people think about Bitcoin, nodes etc. https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Complex_Social_Networks.html?id=CEVSnW-cPnsC&source=kp_cover&redir_esc=y The…

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zillionaire
@zillionaire May 16, 2017, 3:38 AM UTC

Sefish Mining Fallacy - Part 2 (Q&A)

Question 1: What would a miner gain exactly by aligning transaction positions with other miners? (by elliotolds) @newliberty: It isn't Monty Haul exactly, but perhaps similarly counter-intuitive for…

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