Published inInfinitismERC 4337: account abstraction without Ethereum protocol changesAccount abstraction has for a long time been a dream of the Ethereum developer community. Instead of EVM code just being used to implement…Sep 29, 2021A response icon31Sep 29, 2021A response icon31
Cantor was Wrong: debunking the infinite set hierarchyBy Vitalik Buterin, PhD at University of BaselApr 1, 2019A response icon28Apr 1, 2019A response icon28
Liberation Through Radical DecentralizationBy Vitalik Buterin and Glen WeylMay 21, 2018A response icon52May 21, 2018A response icon52
Safety Under Dynamic Validator SetsTraditional consensus algorithms, whether they operate in a synchronous, partially asynchronous or fully asynchronous network model, and…Mar 4, 2017A response icon3Mar 4, 2017A response icon3
Minimal Slashing ConditionsLast week Yoichi released a blog post detailing the process of formally proving safety and liveness properties of my “minimal slashing…Mar 2, 2017A response icon17Mar 2, 2017A response icon17
The Meaning of Decentralization“Decentralization” is one of the words that is used in the cryptoeconomics space the most frequently, and is often even viewed as a…Feb 6, 2017A response icon92Feb 6, 2017A response icon92
Zk-SNARKs: Under the HoodThis is the third part of a series of articles explaining how the technology behind zk-SNARKs works; the previous articles on quadratic…Feb 3, 2017A response icon16Feb 3, 2017A response icon16
Exploring Elliptic Curve PairingsTrigger warning: math.Jan 16, 2017A response icon23Jan 16, 2017A response icon23
Parametrizing Casper: the decentralization/finality time/overhead tradeoffAs Casper continues to reach an increasingly stabilized form, there has been increased interest in the various parameters that are going to…Jan 15, 2017A response icon5Jan 15, 2017A response icon5
A Proof of Stake Design PhilosophySystems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized…Dec 30, 2016A response icon58Dec 30, 2016A response icon58
