PRODUCT SCHOOL
https://www.productschool.com/product-management-events/
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
TUTORING
TUTORING
CALIFORNIA’S #1 MATH TUTORS
CUSTOM-TAILORED TUTORING PROGRAMS
https://alexandertutoring.com/mathtutor/california
What's the Going Rate for a Tutor?
https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/whats-the-going-rate-for-a-tutor-parkslope
A high school student might charge as little as $10 per hour, while an experienced tutor in the country's most expensive market, Manhattan, is considered reasonable at $85 to $150 per hour, with Ivy League graduates earning $200 per hour or more.
Tutors don't have to live locally. Through services such as Tutorspreeand UniversityTutor, you can arrange one-on-one instruction through the Internet. Rates depend on the tutor selected, commonly ranging from $20 to $50 per session. Tutor.com connects kids to tutors online anytime of the day or night for roughly $40 per hour.
Another option is to take your child to a tutoring center like Sylvan Learning ($55 per hour) or Mathnasium ($75 per hour based on 10 sessions).
CALIFORNIA’S #1 MATH TUTORS
CUSTOM-TAILORED TUTORING PROGRAMS
https://alexandertutoring.com/mathtutor/california
What's the Going Rate for a Tutor?
https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/whats-the-going-rate-for-a-tutor-parkslope
A high school student might charge as little as $10 per hour, while an experienced tutor in the country's most expensive market, Manhattan, is considered reasonable at $85 to $150 per hour, with Ivy League graduates earning $200 per hour or more.
Tutors don't have to live locally. Through services such as Tutorspreeand UniversityTutor, you can arrange one-on-one instruction through the Internet. Rates depend on the tutor selected, commonly ranging from $20 to $50 per session. Tutor.com connects kids to tutors online anytime of the day or night for roughly $40 per hour.
Another option is to take your child to a tutoring center like Sylvan Learning ($55 per hour) or Mathnasium ($75 per hour based on 10 sessions).
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
The 3rd Winter School in Computer Science and Engineering: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies
The 3rd Winter School in Computer Science and Engineering: Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies
22 videos 1,029 views Last updated on Dec 20, 2018
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Lumini, Alex Lebed
Lumini - designed to combine Beam and Ethereum It can basically swap ERC20 assets into privacy wrapped version of it.
The launch of a private cryptocurrency Beam based on the MimbleWimble protocol
https://navva.org/russia/russia/the-launch-of-a-private-cryptocurrency-beam-based-on-the-mimblewimble-protocol/
https://navva.org/russia/russia/the-launch-of-a-private-cryptocurrency-beam-based-on-the-mimblewimble-protocol/
The Beam team is also working on two additional projects – Project Lumini and Beam Lightning. The first is designed to combine Beam and Ethereum, the second – integrates the Beam with the Lightning Network.
Remember that Grin developers also received financial support in December 2018 – this was made possible thanks to investments of $ 2.1 million from PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and Digital Currency Group Barry Silbert in the Layer1 platform. The latter is working on creating an infrastructure that will ensure the further growth of Grin. The launch of the project is expected on 15 January.
PHANTOM, GHOSTDAG
PHANTOM, GHOSTDAG:
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/104.pdf
Two Scalable BlockDAG protocols
Yonatan Sompolinsky and Aviv Zohar School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel {yoni sompo,avivz}@cs.huji.ac.il ✦
Abstract
In 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto invented the basis for blockchain based distributed ledgers. The core concept of this system is an open and anonymous network of nodes, or miners, which together maintain a public ledger of transactions. The ledger takes the form of a chain of blocks, the blockchain, where each block is a batch of new transactions collected from users. One primary problem with Satoshi’s blockchain is its highly limited scalability. The security of Satoshi’s longest chain rule, more generally known as the Bitcoin protocol, requires that all honest nodes be aware of each other’s blocks very soon after the block’s creation. To this end, the throughput of the system is artificially suppressed so that each block fully propagates before the next one is created, and that very few “orphan blocks” that fork the chain be created spontaneously. In this paper we present PHANTOM, a PoW based protocol for a permissionless ledger that generalizes Nakamoto’s blockchain to a direct acyclic graph of blocks (blockDAG). PHANTOM includes a parameter k that controls the level of tolerance of the protocol to blocks that were created concurrently, which can be set to accommodate higher throughput. It thus avoids the security-scalability tradeoff which Satoshi’s protocol suffers from. PHANTOM uses a greedy algorithm on the blockDAG to distinguish between blocks mined properly by honest nodes and those that created by non-cooperating nodes who chose to deviate from the mining protocol. Using this distinction, PHANTOM provides a robust total order on the blockDAG in a way that is eventually agreed upon by all honest nodes.
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/104.pdf
Two Scalable BlockDAG protocols
Yonatan Sompolinsky and Aviv Zohar School of Engineering and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel {yoni sompo,avivz}@cs.huji.ac.il ✦
Abstract
In 2008 Satoshi Nakamoto invented the basis for blockchain based distributed ledgers. The core concept of this system is an open and anonymous network of nodes, or miners, which together maintain a public ledger of transactions. The ledger takes the form of a chain of blocks, the blockchain, where each block is a batch of new transactions collected from users. One primary problem with Satoshi’s blockchain is its highly limited scalability. The security of Satoshi’s longest chain rule, more generally known as the Bitcoin protocol, requires that all honest nodes be aware of each other’s blocks very soon after the block’s creation. To this end, the throughput of the system is artificially suppressed so that each block fully propagates before the next one is created, and that very few “orphan blocks” that fork the chain be created spontaneously. In this paper we present PHANTOM, a PoW based protocol for a permissionless ledger that generalizes Nakamoto’s blockchain to a direct acyclic graph of blocks (blockDAG). PHANTOM includes a parameter k that controls the level of tolerance of the protocol to blocks that were created concurrently, which can be set to accommodate higher throughput. It thus avoids the security-scalability tradeoff which Satoshi’s protocol suffers from. PHANTOM uses a greedy algorithm on the blockDAG to distinguish between blocks mined properly by honest nodes and those that created by non-cooperating nodes who chose to deviate from the mining protocol. Using this distinction, PHANTOM provides a robust total order on the blockDAG in a way that is eventually agreed upon by all honest nodes.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
StableUnit, Alex Lebed
StableUnit
Decentralized privacy stable currency
https://stableunit.org/
https://stableunit.org/proof-of-concept/
StableUnit White Paper
https://stableunit.org/StableUnit-whitepaper.pdf
Platform for open discussion about reliable electronic cash of the future
https://reliable.cash/
Alex Lebed
founder www.StableUnit.org
Decentralized privacy stable currency
https://stableunit.org/
https://stableunit.org/proof-of-concept/
StableUnit White Paper
https://stableunit.org/StableUnit-whitepaper.pdf
https://reliable.cash/
Alex Lebed
founder www.StableUnit.org
blockchain researcher
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Argentine Tango
Argentine Tango
Tango Element presents Chicho Frumboli & Juana Sepulveda Performing in NYC (Dance Manhattan) Jan 10, 2014. 3rd performance - Milonga Para Una Harmonica.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjRh64FrmOQ
Mariano "Chicho" Frumboli e Juana Sepulveda, esibizione a Bologna, novembre 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XmK9kABnbY
Tango "Poema". Sergey Kurkatov and Yulia Tango "Poema". Sergey Kurkatov and Yulia Burenicheva with "Solo Tango Orquesta Tipica". 2016
Sergey Kurkatov & Ylia Burenicheva, 2-4, Russia, Moscow, milonga "Ideal"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ2DUpPrt44
Tango “Nido gaucho”. Sergey Kurkatov & Yulia Tango “Nido gaucho”. Sergey Kurkatov & Tango “Nido gaucho”. Sergey Kurkatov &Yulia Burenicheva. Ariel Ardit & "Solo Tango Orquesta". 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOSZqOoeAY
Beltango & Pablo Villarraza y Dana Frigoli - Milonga para un armonica 5th Belgrade Tango Festival, September 2008. Kolarac Hall, Belgrade SERBIA
Quinteto Beltango
Published on Jan 29, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar41KwcnuI0
WOMEN TECHNIQUE
Vanessa Gauch
www.vanessagauch.com
Beltango & Pablo Villarraza y Dana Frigoli - Milonga para un armonica 5th Belgrade Tango Festival, September 2008. Kolarac Hall, Belgrade SERBIA
Quinteto Beltango
Published on Jan 29, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar41KwcnuI0
WOMEN TECHNIQUE
Vanessa Gauch
www.vanessagauch.com
Tango Practice by Vanessa Gauch
https://www.youtube.com/user/TangoPractice
Paradas-Pasadas & Embellishments - Do's & Don'ts - Mini Practice ( #59)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egsEoAyeneM
Paula Franciotti
Technique Women Tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZakFPY3iso
http://www.tangozone.org/tango-women-technique-paula-franciotti/
Paula Franciotti y Orlando Scarpelli - TANGO
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLQqCJbPNHxleoI3OIUovw
THE ART OF TANGO
http://www.theartoftango.club/
http://www.theartoftango.club/videos
http://www.theartoftango.club/
http://www.theartoftango.club/videos
Masterpiece by #EleonoraKalganova & #MichaelNadtochi.
You can tell this is ballerina dancing #ArgentineTango and see excellent communication between the partners
https://t.co/rYtSLC5EZD
Artistic video made by videographer Alexander Prischepov http://www.prischepov.ru/ Dancers: Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova
https://t.co/rYtSLC5EZD
Artistic video made by videographer Alexander Prischepov http://www.prischepov.ru/ Dancers: Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova
http://www.tandospanteras.com/
Tango Space - Argentine Tango School
http://www.tango-space.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTJ5xuVnWfX0nVhwcITNbUw
CALGARY’S OLDEST & LARGEST TANGO SCHOOL
http://www.tangocalgary.com/
Tango Space - Argentine Tango School
http://www.tango-space.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTJ5xuVnWfX0nVhwcITNbUw
CALGARY’S OLDEST & LARGEST TANGO SCHOOL
http://www.tangocalgary.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/TangoCalgary/videos
dancing with Dave argentine tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5hlGAHcPA
argentine tango best ever https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=apgentine+tango+best+ever
Piazzolla. Libertango
dancing with Dave argentine tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr5hlGAHcPA
argentine tango best ever https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=apgentine+tango+best+ever
Piazzolla. Libertango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdhTodxH7Gw
Dancing Argentine Tango The Tango Milonguero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUw3u8fEfa8
Instructor Marie Claude Martin leads this tango tutorial, focusing on the Argentine and milonga variations of the passionate dance. Drawing heavily on African rhythms, milonga is the primary musical influence on the tango, which originated in Argentina toward the end of the 19th century. Breaking down the basic steps in an easy-to-follow manner, complete with slow motion and clear demonstrations, Marie turns novice students into tango masters.
Argentine Tango Flash mob Budapest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hltufBnlBY
Tango Mango
https://www.tangomango.org/index.php
Tango class - Gustavo & Jesica Hornos
Dancing Argentine Tango The Tango Milonguero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUw3u8fEfa8
Instructor Marie Claude Martin leads this tango tutorial, focusing on the Argentine and milonga variations of the passionate dance. Drawing heavily on African rhythms, milonga is the primary musical influence on the tango, which originated in Argentina toward the end of the 19th century. Breaking down the basic steps in an easy-to-follow manner, complete with slow motion and clear demonstrations, Marie turns novice students into tango masters.
Argentine Tango Flash mob Budapest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hltufBnlBY
Tango Mango
https://www.tangomango.org/index.php
Tango class - Gustavo & Jesica Hornos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YQu3biMeZQ
ocho.de
murat.dance
sigrid.dance
Jesica Hornos Tango Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIs15DxCvI&feature=youtu.be
ww.gajewski.tv
Hugo Díaz
https://tango.info/HugoaDiaza
ocho.de
murat.dance
sigrid.dance
Jesica Hornos Tango Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIs15DxCvI&feature=youtu.be
ww.gajewski.tv
Tango Music
https://tango.info/Hugo Díaz
https://tango.info/HugoaDiaza
Monday, December 17, 2018
Grin Mimblewimble
MimbleWimble with Andrew Poelstra
Nov, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTRlbCaUyM
Andrew Poelstra from Blockstream discussed MimbleWimble. "MimbleWimble is a blockchain design with no script support and blinded amounts. Like proverbial black holes, transaction outputs have no hair. This simplicity allows aggressive compaction and aggregation, resulting in a blockchain with much better scalability than any other design to date."
Mimblewimble and Scriptless Scripts | Andrew Poelstra (Blockstream) | RWC 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCBT1gyk9c&t=219s
Mimblewimble Explained
https://www.mycryptopedia.com/mimblewimble-explained/
GitHub
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin
Meetup #8 Blockchain Montréal: Mimblewimble/Grin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqs2Sp_66PU
GrinCon
https://grincon.org/
https://grincon.us/
YouTube Grin channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdk-nUGoWG43sWOUFsXbnA
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/104.pdf
https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/mimblewimble.txt
Company Pitches - Blockstream by Andrew Poelstra
ZKProof StandardsNov, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHTRlbCaUyM
Andrew Poelstra from Blockstream discussed MimbleWimble. "MimbleWimble is a blockchain design with no script support and blinded amounts. Like proverbial black holes, transaction outputs have no hair. This simplicity allows aggressive compaction and aggregation, resulting in a blockchain with much better scalability than any other design to date."
Mimblewimble and Scriptless Scripts | Andrew Poelstra (Blockstream) | RWC 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCBT1gyk9c&t=219s
Mimblewimble Explained
https://www.mycryptopedia.com/mimblewimble-explained/
GitHub
https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin
Meetup #8 Blockchain Montréal: Mimblewimble/Grin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqs2Sp_66PU
GrinCon
https://grincon.org/
https://grincon.us/
YouTube Grin channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdk-nUGoWG43sWOUFsXbnA
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/104.pdf
https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/mimblewimble.txt
Company Pitches - Blockstream by Andrew Poelstra
Published on Dec 10, 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Beam Mimblewimble
Mimblewimble White Paper
https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/mimblewimble.txt
https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/wizardry/mimblewimble.txt
[1] https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt [2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=279249.0 [3] https://cryptonote.org/whitepaper.pdf [4] https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1098.pdf [5] https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/wizardry/horasyuanmouton-owas.pdf [6] http://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf [7] http://fr.harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Sortilège_de_Langue_de_Plomb [8] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=281848.0
Beam Mimblewimble
Mimblewimble Implementation
Scalable confidential cryptocurrency
Scalable confidential cryptocurrency
https://www.beam.mw/
Position Paper
https://docs.beam.mw/BEAM_Position_Paper_v0.2.2.pdf
BEAM is a next generation confidential cryptocurrency based on an elegant and innovative Mimblewimble protocol. Things that make BEAM special include: • Users have complete control over privacy - a user decides which information will be available and to which parties, having complete control over his personal data in accordance to his will and applicable laws. • Confidentiality without penalty - in BEAM confidential transactions do not cause bloating of the blockchain, avoiding excessive computational overhead or penalty on performance or scalability while completely concealing the transaction value. • No trusted setup required. • Blocks are mined using Equihash Proof-of-Work algorithm. • Limited emission using periodic halving with total amount of coins ~250 million. • No addresses are stored in the blockchain - no information whatsoever about either the sender or the receiver of a transaction is stored in the blockchain. • Superior scalability through compact blockchain size - using the “cut-through” feature of Mimblewimble makes the BEAM blockchain orders of magnitude smaller than any other blockchain implementation. • BEAM supports many transaction types such as escrow transactions, time locked transactions, atomic swaps and more. • No premine. No ICO. Backed by a treasury, emitted from every block during the first five years • Implemented from scratch in C++ by a team of professional developers.
Position Paper
https://docs.beam.mw/BEAM_Position_Paper_v0.2.2.pdf
BEAM is a next generation confidential cryptocurrency based on an elegant and innovative Mimblewimble protocol. Things that make BEAM special include: • Users have complete control over privacy - a user decides which information will be available and to which parties, having complete control over his personal data in accordance to his will and applicable laws. • Confidentiality without penalty - in BEAM confidential transactions do not cause bloating of the blockchain, avoiding excessive computational overhead or penalty on performance or scalability while completely concealing the transaction value. • No trusted setup required. • Blocks are mined using Equihash Proof-of-Work algorithm. • Limited emission using periodic halving with total amount of coins ~250 million. • No addresses are stored in the blockchain - no information whatsoever about either the sender or the receiver of a transaction is stored in the blockchain. • Superior scalability through compact blockchain size - using the “cut-through” feature of Mimblewimble makes the BEAM blockchain orders of magnitude smaller than any other blockchain implementation. • BEAM supports many transaction types such as escrow transactions, time locked transactions, atomic swaps and more. • No premine. No ICO. Backed by a treasury, emitted from every block during the first five years • Implemented from scratch in C++ by a team of professional developers.
https://github.com/BeamMW/beam
BEAM, Interview with Alex Romanov, The CTO of The New Mimblewimble Coin, Oct 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YgCozBtkqk
BEAM, Interview with Alex Romanov, The CTO of The New Mimblewimble Coin, Oct 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YgCozBtkqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5SezGGnjdE
Tel Aviv Meetup - Beam - 8.8.18 - Alex Romanov (CTO) Presentation, Sep 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03HJk9RuY7M
ZK0x02 - MimbleWimble implementation in BEAM - Vladislav Gelfer (Beam), Sep 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX9jQg9tuQc
BlockchainUA. Anatol Sevostyan, Sep 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRrEOI4nXh0
Zk0x02 - An intro to Zcash and zkSNARKs - Ariel Gabizon (Zcash), Sep 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4cIkCY2EA
aantonop
Sep 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjDJGTpK_lE
What is the story behind MimbleWimble? What is Grin? What is a Dandelion transaction relay, as described in BIP156, and how does it improve the anonymity of the Bitcoin network?
CLARIFICATION/ CORRECTION: At 1:14, I talk the origins of MimbleWimble. The PDF was submitted to the Bitcoin research IRC channel on August 2nd, 2016. The pseudonymous author used the name "Tom Elvis Jedusor," which is the French version of Voldemort's real name. I also say that the name "MimbleWimble" was referencing the name of a spell from Harry Potter, which is the Tongue-Tying Curse and prevents someone from speaking about (not "seeing") something: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ton...
At 6:08, I was unable to list the names of the team members behind the Dandelion proposal. They are Giulia Fanti, Shaileshh Bojja Venkatakrishnan, Surya Bakshi, Bradley Denby, Shruti Bhargava, Andrew Miller and Pramod Viswanath (researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and the University of Illinois).
Read the MimbleWimble paper here: https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/mim...
Andrew Poelstra's MimbleWimble presentation: https://youtu.be/aHTRlbCaUyM
More information on BIP-156: https://github.com/gfanti/bips/blob/m...
The BIP-156 pull request: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pu...
NOTE: As usual, this video is intended as an educational resource on topics such as blockchain protocols (i.e. MimbleWimble) and not as an endorsement of specific implementations (e.g. Grin).
These questions were part of the July and (late) August monthly live Patreon Q&A sessions, which took place on July 28th and September 1st 2018 respectively. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
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ZK0x02 - MimbleWimble implementation in BEAM - Vladislav Gelfer (Beam)
https://youtu.be/EX9jQg9tuQc
ZK0x02 - MimbleWimble implementation in BEAM - Vladislav Gelfer (Beam)
https://youtu.be/EX9jQg9tuQc
MimbleWimble is a very capable protocol, which, after being published by an anonymous cryptographer 2 years ago, drew a lot of attention. In this talk Vladislav discusses MimbleWimble in-depth, argue why it's a sane payment system and how capable it is, and what can be built on top of it. With all that said, to build a truly anonymous payment system there are many important design decisions, and challenges are yet to be solved.
The Zero Knowledge Summit - ZK0x02 - happened in Berlin on Sept 5 2018 as part of Blockchain Week Berlin.
This event was produced by the Zero Knowledge Podcast (zeroknowledge.fm) and focused on zero knowledge topics, latest zkSNARK applications and privacy.
The full program could be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
To keep in touch about the event and the podcast, please connect with us on twitter: https://twitter.com/zeroknowledgefm
episode of Inchained with Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam.
episode of Inchained with Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam.
Beam https://www.beam.mw/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJIGHMlVnQ
@ResearchCircle (@circlepay )
Project Lumini by BEAM and @elpinguinofrio is also fascinating. It connects BEAM to ETH and ETH-based tokens can be represented as confidential assets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJIGHMlVnQ
@ResearchCircle (@circlepay )
Project Lumini by BEAM and @elpinguinofrio is also fascinating. It connects BEAM to ETH and ETH-based tokens can be represented as confidential assets.
This feature would be very interesting and beneficial because the current stablecoins don't have privacy.
Friday, November 23, 2018
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Coda Consensus Protocol
Coda Consensus Protocol
Coda: Decentralized cryptocurrency at scale
Izaak Meckler1 and Evan Shapiro
O(1) Labs May 10, 2018
Abstract
We present Coda, the first cryptocurrency protocol that remains decentralized at scale. “Scalability” refers to Coda’s ability to handle throughput of thousands of transactions per second. “Decentralization” refers to the accessibility of verifying the chain state and synchronizing as a new user. Synchronizing the chain state with Coda requires receiving less than a megabyte of data, allowing devices like smartphones to securely perform transactions independent of how long the protocol has been running or how many transactions have been performed. Transactions on Coda can also be verified independent of their complexity, allowing complex computations on its blockchain without burdening the network. Coda achieves these features without sacrificing either scaling or decentralization through the use of recursive composition of zk-SNARKs in a novel architecture that implements a decentralized ledger. The resulting consensus protocol is consistent and responsive as long as at most 1/2 of the mining power is malicious.
https://codaprotocol.com/static/coda-whitepaper-05-10-2018-0.pdf
https://github.com/CodaProtocol/coda
Coda is a new cryptocurrency protocol with a lightweight, constant sized blockchain.
Please see our developer README if you are interested in building coda from source code.
We have a Discord server! Please come by if you need help or have questions. You might also be interested in the OCaml Discord, for general OCaml help.
https://codaprotocol.com/code.html
San Francisco Blockchain Week
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Evan Shapiro @evanashapiro & Izaak Meckler @izmeckler from @o1_labs
San Francisco Blockchain Week
Published on Nov 10, 2018
Coda is the first cryptocurrency protocol with a succinct blockchain. Coda compresses the entire blockchain into a tiny snapshot the size of a few tweets. So no matter how many transactions are performed, full-node security is accessible to everyone.
San Francisco Blockchain Week: https://sfblockchainweek.io/
Coda is the first cryptocurrency protocol with a succinct blockchain. Coda compresses the entire blockchain into a tiny snapshot the size of a few tweets. So no matter how many transactions are performed, full-node security is accessible to everyone.
San Francisco Blockchain Week: https://sfblockchainweek.io/
Epicenter – Blockchain Podcast @epicenterbtc Jul 16
Evan Shapiro @evanashapiro & Izaak Meckler @izmeckler from @o1_labs
company using #zkSNARK technology to construct a cryptocurrency blockchain Coda, aiming to solve the blockchain size scalability issue. https://epicenter.tv/episode/243/
Algorand, Silvio Micali
Algorand, Silvio Micali
https://www.algorand.com/
Algorand youtube channel
Founded by cryptography pioneer, Silvio Micali, Algorand is a first-of-its-kind transaction platform that solves the “blockchain trilemma” by offering the true decentralization, scalability and security for both developers and business applications.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhvXemgoP3WF2ic5XL1VOg
Algorand community
https://www.algorand.com/community/
https://www.algorand.com/docs/slides-videos/
https://www.algorand.com/why-algorand/
Algorand, The Public Ledger - Silvio Micali
https://www.algorand.com/
Algorand youtube channel
Founded by cryptography pioneer, Silvio Micali, Algorand is a first-of-its-kind transaction platform that solves the “blockchain trilemma” by offering the true decentralization, scalability and security for both developers and business applications.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhvXemgoP3WF2ic5XL1VOg
Algorand community
https://www.algorand.com/community/
https://www.algorand.com/docs/slides-videos/
https://www.algorand.com/why-algorand/
Algorand, The Public Ledger - Silvio Micali
Institute for Advanced Study
A Celebration of Mathematics and Computer Science
Celebrating Avi Wigderson's 60th Birthday October 5 - 8, 2016
A Celebration of Mathematics and Computer Science
Celebrating Avi Wigderson's 60th Birthday October 5 - 8, 2016
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance - Enterprise Smart Contracts
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
https://entethalliance.org/
PegaSys
https://pegasys.techhttps://github.com/PegaSysEng
YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIkClTpYjgE
EEA Enterprise Ethereum Architecture Stack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIkClTpYjgE
Scaling Consensus for Enterprise: Explaining the IBFT Algorithm
https://media.consensys.net/scaling-consensus-for-enterprise-explaining-the-ibft-algorithm-ba86182ea668
Extending Ethereum with Enterprise Smart Contracts
Azure Blockchain – Create and deploy multi-party applications with Workbench : Build 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRL4DenZL9I
Monday, October 22, 2018
Avalanche Consensus Protocol, Emin Gün Sirer
Avalanche Consensus Protocol, Emin Gün Sirer
Avalanche Consensus Protocol
Emin Gün Sirer – Building Crypto 3.0
https://51pct.io/podcast/
From Snowflake to Avalanche - Emin Gün Sirer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXrrqtFlGow
Jackson Palmer
Published on Jul 22, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhbC2VK1yHQ
In this video, we explore Avalanche - a new family of metastable consensus protocols that can be used for building cryptocurrencies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhbC2VK1yHQ
In this video, we explore Avalanche - a new family of metastable consensus protocols that can be used for building cryptocurrencies.
Avalanche - a new family of metastable consensus protocols that can be used for building cryptocurrencies.
Avalanche White Paper
Snowflake to Avalanche: A Novel Metastable Consensus Protocol Family for Cryptocurrencies Team Rocket† t-rocket@protonmail.com Revision: 05/16/2018
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUy4jh5mGNZvLkjies1RWM4YuvJh5o2FYopNPVYwrRVGV
All of the talks at #3rdWinterSchool in #ComputerScience & Engineering: #Blockchains & #Cryptocurrencies, #IAAS
at @YouTube
presenters:
Emin Gün Sirer @el33th4xor
All of the talks at #3rdWinterSchool in #ComputerScience & Engineering: #Blockchains & #Cryptocurrencies, #IAAS
White paper
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUy4jh5mGNZvLkjies1RWM4YuvJh5o2FYopNPVYwrRVGV
On this episode we have the brilliant Dr. Gün Sirer to whet our appetites for Avalanche, a new category of consensus protocol. He distinguishes Avalanche from Paxos/RAFT systems, blockchain, and traditional gossip networks to show how this new algorithm prevents double spends while allowing for high throughput (early tests supporting over 1200 tx/s). We learn about his new coin, Ava, which will test the limits of Avalanche’s public consensus on a global scale! The future is exciting!
https://twitter.com/el33th4xor?lang=en
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUy4jh5mGNZvLkjies1RWM4YuvJh5o2FYopNPVYwrRVGV
Sunday, October 7, 2018
PRODUCT DESIGN
Remote design sprinting at Stack Overflow
https://medium.com/@courtnycotten/remote-design-sprinting-at-stack-overflow-5c0dc79dea31
Courtny Cotten
Senior Product Designer @StackOverflow
Sep 19 2018
I approach much of my design thinking in a similar manner as my coaching; prescribe appropriate frameworks to elicit a response, always look for opportunities of improvement, and be ready to adapt the toolkit to novel problems.
At Stack Overflow, I was tapped to lead our product team using design sprints to explore broad new concepts. We are specifically interested in helping developers grow by providing new ways for them to participate and connect on our platform.
Saturday, October 6, 2018
STARTUP BLOCKCHAIN POSITIONS, SALARIES, OUTSOURCING
POSITIONS AND SALARIES
Blockchain jobs and salaries — 2018 report
Kirill Shilov
https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-jobs-and-salaries-2018-report-45d3e7741c19
http://www.hexdivision.com/
http://blockchain.hexdivision.com/
With the help of Blockchain technology and smart contracts we provide our clients with reliable, transparent peer-to-peer software that is disintermediated, automated and self-executed. We help to lower fraud, reduce arbitrations and enforcement costs.
We are a team of experts who help businesses to get deep and comprehensive knowledge of blockchain technology and its real-world use cases.
Kirill Shilov
https://hackernoon.com/blockchain-jobs-and-salaries-2018-report-45d3e7741c19
OUTSORSING
HexDivision
Armenia -Yerevan, Los Angeleshttp://www.hexdivision.com/
http://blockchain.hexdivision.com/
With the help of Blockchain technology and smart contracts we provide our clients with reliable, transparent peer-to-peer software that is disintermediated, automated and self-executed. We help to lower fraud, reduce arbitrations and enforcement costs.
We are a team of experts who help businesses to get deep and comprehensive knowledge of blockchain technology and its real-world use cases.
2015 - Ripple
2017 - API.market (Aikon)
ZCASH
zcash2.0 protocol
https://z.cash/upgrade/sapling/
Sapling is a network upgrade that introduces significant efficiency improvements for shielded transactions that will pave the way for broad mobile, exchange and vendor adoption of Zcash shielded addresses.
Improvements
Performance for shielded addresses
Payments involving the new Sapling z-addresses can be constructed in as little as a few seconds and with only 40 megabytes of memory.
Decoupled spend authority
Allows the hardware that constructs the zero-knowledge proof to be independent from the hardware that signs for the transaction.
Improved keys
Full viewing keys allow owners of shielded addresses the ability to view incoming and outgoing transaction details without exposing their private spending key.
Sapling Transaction Anatomy
Paige Peterson |
October 16, 2018
https://z.cash/blog/sapling-transaction-anatomy/
ZCash docs
Here is the rest documentation.
Sapling Transaction Anatomy
Paige Peterson |
October 16, 2018
https://z.cash/blog/sapling-transaction-anatomy/
ZCash docs
Here is the rest documentation.
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