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…Apr 10, 20183Apr 10, 20183
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…Apr 9, 20181Apr 9, 20181
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…Mar 31, 20185Mar 31, 20185
MarlowPoisson ProcessesThis details a bet with Peter Rizun in regards to selfish mining.Mar 30, 20182Mar 30, 20182
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…Nov 17, 20172Nov 17, 20172
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…Nov 13, 20172Nov 13, 20172
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…Oct 29, 20176Oct 29, 20176