Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

(RTs & quotes = interest, not agreement) Joined March 2016

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The Wolf Of All Streets @scottmelker

3 years ago

We cheered Gensler when he became SEC Chairman because he taught about Bitcoin and blockchain at MIT. Turns out, he’s never even owned it. This guy is a sham.

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

3 years ago

@Justin_Bons And 5% can effectively censor transactions in PoW mining via feather forking (which makes it a gamble for any miner to include txs that these 5% wish to censor).

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Hayden Adams 🦄 @haydenzadams

5 years ago

Ideally, Tesla batteries last 10x longer, recharge 10x faster & drops costs 100x. Then it wins hands down.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

5 years ago

@itsALLrisky Ideally, Doge speeds up block time 10X, increases block size 10X & drops fee 100X. Then it wins hands down.

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Amber ☘️ @AmberBaldet

5 years ago

“There is no simple solution to the problem of privacy, because privacy itself is a solution to societal challenges that are in constant flux.” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-fantasy-of…

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Today the security halvening will take place over BTC The amount of value protecting the network will be cut in half, drasticly reducing the security of the network Another step down the path of a doomed security model The halvening is a fundemental crisis, not a bullish event

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

7 years ago

@el33th4xor Double spend probability is also function of the *time waited for those confirmations* 6 confirmations in 20 minutes is stronger than 6 confirmations in 4 hours Accepting after a fixed number of confirmations discards timing info. There are other types of acceptance policies

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Emin Gün Sirer🔺⚔️ @el33th4xor

7 years ago

I like Bitcoin Cash for its purity of vision. Hardware trends tell us that, if you were happy with Bitcoin at 1MB in 2015, you should be just as happy with much larger blocks today. BCH is exploring how far one can ride these trends. Godspeed!

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Emin Gün Sirer🔺⚔️ @el33th4xor

7 years ago

7. Satoshi did foresee, but was wrong on, what happens when transaction fees exceed block rewards. He indicated that the system would operate as normal. This is incorrect, as miners have an incentive to snipe each other's transactions instead of collaboratively building a chain.

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Roger Ver @rogerkver

8 years ago

If you are still building your product on top of BTC, you are guaranteeing that your customers will have a horrible user experience the next time the BTC blocks become full.

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@el33th4xor There are policies for accepting transactions beyond "wait for N confirmations." Specifically, the transactions are accepted as a function of time since transaction broadcast as well as confirmations. First presented by @hashdag and further analyzed here: eprint.iacr.org/2018/040

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@el33th4xor Double spend probability also depends on the timing of block arrivals. 6 confirmations in 3 hours is not as strong as 6 confirmations in 20 minutes. eprint.iacr.org/2018/040

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@PeterRizun I also Bitcoin-related double spending probability questions. I am specifically interested in how the timing of block arrival affects the probability of double spend. I would appreciate any feedback you have on this e-Print paper on the topic: eprint.iacr.org/2018/040

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@el33th4xor @PeterRizun Always seemed strange to require a fixed number of confirmations to accept a transaction given the stochastic nature of block arrivals. Doesn't the probability of double spend at acceptance depend both on number of confirms as well as the amount of time since trans broadcast?

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@killerstorm @pakoconka1 @PeterRizun From Satoshi's paper: "assuming the honest blocks took the average expected time per block." Satoshi discarded the stochastic behavior of block arrivals, and so his equations are approximations. The answer to the quiz is 20.83%. Block timing information affects the 2x spend prob.

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@killerstorm @pakoconka1 @PeterRizun Unfortunately it is not that simple. Using n=2 implies accepting a transaction after exactly two confirmations, only after which may the attacker double spend. The attacker waiting for two confirmations instead of just one to release his chain affects the double spend calculation

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@PeterRizun Double spend probability depends on how long the one confirmation took to arrive. This timing information is public and available that the receiving party should not discard. Blocks can take a long time to arrive. blockchain.info/block-height/1… (90+ min --> 70%+ 2x spend probability)

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@PeterRizun Block timing information is required to answer this question. If the single confirmation took 90 minutes to arrive, the 2x spend probability is quite high. If the single confirmation arrived in only 2 minutes, probability is drastically lower. See: eprint.iacr.org/2018/040

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Seb Neumayer @SebbySebbyBinx

8 years ago

@AdditiveLab These blocks can be made as big as you want, right? If so, I think you just solved the Bitcoin scaling issue! Also, how much work/time goes into each block?