MarlowWhy Selfish miners do not exist and never willIn the last few weeks, I have started simultaneously teaching people how bitcoin works for the first time in the last decade and have been…17 min read·Apr 10, 2018--3--3
MarlowThe Markov mysteries…Many people have weighed in on the issue of selfish mining. Today, we look at a key aspect of the model proposed by [1]. Interestingly the…7 min read·Apr 9, 2018--1--1
MarlowThe cancer that is the Selfish mining fallacyThe heart of the selfish mining cancer is the false notion that rational miners are some sort of central socialist planner. In some ways…11 min read·Mar 31, 2018--5--5
MarlowPoisson ProcessesThis details a bet with Peter Rizun in regards to selfish mining.5 min read·Mar 30, 2018--2--2
MarlowThe trouble with Too much of anythingIt is interesting how the arguments against commercial mining come down to an outcry against “mining centralisation”. All things in life…5 min read·Nov 17, 2017--2--2
MarlowScaling Bitcoin and what some will do to stop thisWe at nChain have been doing research into many aspects of Bitcoin. One of these is scaling. A consequence of this includes the following…6 min read·Nov 13, 2017--2--2
MarlowSpending the simple way in Bitcoin cash.It seems to be that many people believe that we require a malleability fix in Bitcoin cash. When pushed for a real reason, one with…12 min read·Oct 29, 2017--6--6
