Alexander SkidanovWhat Avalanche paper is notThis blog post presents results of our analysis of snowball and avalanche from last year.May 21, 20192May 21, 20192
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolOn usability of blockchain applicationsImagine you want to play a blockchain game. For example, say you want to get a cryptokitty. Or play some collectible card game. It is…Apr 18, 20191Apr 18, 20191
Alexander SkidanovWhiteboard Sessions with Blockchain ProtocolsMyself and Illia are frequently hosting founders and core developers of other projects at our office (or anywhere we can find a whiteboard…Feb 24, 2019Feb 24, 2019
Alexander SkidanovOne small trick that will make you 10 times richer as a DPoS validator. EOS hates it.We came up with the idea of this (intentionally clickbaity) post after talking to a company that builds on Tron in a local coffee shop…Jan 17, 20191Jan 17, 20191
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolUnsolved Problems in Blockchain ShardingIn the first part of the series we provided motivation for blockchain sharding and discussed some core concepts. In this post we will…Dec 12, 201813Dec 12, 201813
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolThe authoritative guide to Blockchain Sharding, part 1This blog post is the first in the series of two on Blockchain Sharding. After reading this blog post you will know why Sharding is the…Dec 5, 201812Dec 5, 201812
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolWhy doesn’t Near just replicate Ethereum Serenity design?Near Protocol builds a sharded public blockchain that executes smart contracts on a WASM virtual machine. If this sounds like Ethereum 2.0…Nov 7, 20183Nov 7, 20183
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolHow Unrealistic is Bribing Frequently Rotated Validators?Many proposed blockchain protocols today use some sorts of committees to propose and validate blocks. The committees are at the core of…Oct 24, 20181Oct 24, 20181
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolDetailed overview of Ethereum 2.0 shard chains: Committees, Proposers and AttestersNear Protocol and Ethereum 2.0 are both general purpose sharded blockchain protocols for smart contracts. Since many details on Ethereum…Oct 22, 20183Oct 22, 20183
Alexander SkidanovinNEAR ProtocolSo what exactly is Vlad’s Sharding PoC doing?I had a chance to work with Vlad Zamfir and Aditya Asgaonkar on the continuation of Vlad’s Berlin hack this weekend.Oct 8, 20183Oct 8, 20183