DFINITY offers Scholarships to individual researchers or groups that work on topics that are related to DFINITY’s technology. I’ve talked to all three winners of the current scholarship program in the fall of 2018. …

This is Part 3 of my conversation with Robert, who gives an overview of the steps to actually prove that the desired Chain Properties hold in the given model. Starting from protocol events and their relative timing, one can draw interim conclusions that finally allow to make the proofs. Video Transcript: …

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Robert about the System Model and the Threat Model that are used for the proofs in the DFINITY Consensus Whitepaper. In particular, Robert explains the assumptions about network synchrony and Byzantine faults. Video Transcript: Robert: So let’s jump to the next important thing…

This is Part 1 of my conversation with Robert, who explains on the whiteboard what provable properties a blockchain must have to provide a finalized total order on transactions. The 3 fundamental Chain Properties are called Chain Growth, Chain Consistency, and Chain Quality. Video Transcript: Welcome back to yet another episode…

My video from Day 12 of 14-day water-only fast. Two weeks ago I decided to do another one of my much-loved experiments :) I was in Northern Italy with my EO Forum. I had recently heard that a friend of mine had been on a seven-day juice fast. …

Arthur and I sat down to have a pretty wide-ranging conversation about his upcoming trip to Asia, what makes good events and much more. Video Transcript: Arthur: The idea behind why I assembled this gear was because I’m about to go on quite an extensive trip. Cédric: Where are you headed…

This is Part 3 of my conversation with Robert about well-known attacks against blockchains and the types of defense taken by DFINITY. In a Long-Range Attack, the attacker buys old (unused) secret keys to overwrite history. …

This is Part 2 of my conversation with Robert about well-known attacks against blockchains and the types of defense taken by DFINITY. Nothing-at-Stake means that in Proof of Stake it is basically cost-free to mine blocks on multiple forks. …

This is Part 1 of my conversation with Robert about well-known attacks against blockchains and the types of defense taken by DFINITY. Selfish Mining involves creating a chain in secret and releasing it, which depends on the progress of the official chain. …