Alexander SkidanovWhat Avalanche paper is notThis blog post presents results of our analysis of snowball and avalanche from last year.5 min read·May 21, 2019--2--2
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…9 min read·Apr 18, 2019--1--1
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…1 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Jan 17, 2019--1--1
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…12 min read·Dec 12, 2018--13--13
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…15 min read·Dec 5, 2018--12--12
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…9 min read·Nov 7, 2018--3--3
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…5 min read·Oct 24, 2018--1--1
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…14 min read·Oct 22, 2018--3--3
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.14 min read·Oct 8, 2018--3--3
