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Phil Daian is a about to become first year Ph.D. student at Cornell University. He did his undergraduate studies at UIUC. His research interests span cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. The Greening of Blockchains. Analysis of the DAO exploit. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama. BitFury's Smallest-First Mining Is Bad For Bitcoin. The Greening of Blockchains. State of the Bitcoin Network. What Would Hamilton Do?
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A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama. April 05, 2017 at 08:48 PM. My quick reaction to the latest salvo of shots fired in the war between Core developers and miners. BitFury's Smallest-First Mining Is Bad For Bitcoin. February 27, 2017 at 10:33 AM. BitFury has been mining smallest-transactions-first. We argue why this is bad for Bitcoin. The Greening of Blockchains. February 23, 2017 at 12:23 PM. State of the Bitcoin Network. February 15, 2017 at 10:18 AM. And Emin Gün Sirer. And Emin Gü...
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The Greening of Blockchains. February 23, 2017 at 12:23 PM. Blockchains are beginning to turn green. This post describes some of the IC3 research in this direction. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama. BitFury's Smallest-First Mining Is Bad For Bitcoin.
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The Greening of Blockchains. February 23, 2017 at 12:23 PM. The glorious view from our windows at Cornell Tech takes in 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the world. This tower is a monument to many things. Above all, for a student of Financial systems, it epitomizes ways to store wealth with breathtaking waste. (Fittingly, it was inspired by a wastepaper basket. 432 Park and its ilk are essentially hollow vaults. Estimated the cost-per-confirmed transaction at as much as $6.20 in c...
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Miniature World: Measuring and Evaluating Blockchains. February 10, 2017 at 10:10 AM. And Emin Gün Sirer. Miniature world is an evaluation platform which provides a principled way of evaluating different blockchain proposals. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama.
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State of the Bitcoin Network. February 15, 2017 at 10:18 AM. And Emin Gün Sirer. We characterize the state of the Bitcoin network as of this year, and discover that it has improved by 70% in terms of bandwidth compared to last year alone. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. The Greening of Blockchains.
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BitFury's Smallest-First Mining Is Bad For Bitcoin. February 27, 2017 at 10:33 AM. BitFury has been mining smallest-transactions-first. We argue why this is bad for Bitcoin. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama. BitFury's Smallest-First Mining Is Bad For Bitcoin.
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Will Cryptocurrencies Be Centrally Controlled? What Would Hamilton Do? January 09, 2017 at 08:42 AM. As regulators take a closer interest in cryptocurrencies, IC3 faculty weigh in on if and how they should be regulated. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama.
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Miniature World: Measuring and Evaluating Blockchains. February 10, 2017 at 10:10 AM. And Emin Gün Sirer. Miniature world is an evaluation platform which provides a principled way of evaluating different blockchain proposals. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama.
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Miniature World: Measuring and Evaluating Blockchains. February 10, 2017 at 10:10 AM. And Emin Gün Sirer. Miniature world is an evaluation platform which provides a principled way of evaluating different blockchain proposals. Hacker and professor at Cornell, with interests that span distributed systems, OSes and networking. Current projects include HyperDex, OpenReplica and the Nexus OS. more. Revealing the hidden links in the Monero blockchain. A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama.