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L.M. Goodman
L.M. Goodman
Jul 21, 2014 · 3 min read

“Decentralized”, you keep using that word but I don’t think it means what you think it means…

Bitcoin is decentralized, but it probably doesn‘t mean what you think it means.

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L.M. Goodman
L.M. Goodman
Jun 20, 2014 · 1 min read

Disincentive to pool mining with Fawke signatures

just saying

(inspired by improvements from @RKHilbertSpace to my original Lamport scheme)

It’s not clear that preventing mining pool from forming at all is a good idea to begin with —…

L.M. Goodman
L.M. Goodman
Jun 19, 2014 · 2 min read

Why mining variance matters?

Why not tolerate the risk?

In bitcoin, miners join pools for two reasons. One is to avoid the hassle of running a full node — this could be mitigated by requiring miners to include proofs of blockchain retrievability. The other is to…

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L.M. Goodman
L.M. Goodman
Jun 19, 2014 · 2 min read

Preventing mining pool concentration with Lamport signatures

a simple hack

edit: here’s a far more efficient way to do this https://medium.com/@lmgoodman/7c7ba2d6a1b (inspired by a post from @RKHilbertSpace)

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L.M. Goodman
L.M. Goodman
Jun 16, 2014 · 7 min read

Dispelling some myths about Bitcoin, from a Bitcoin fan

Many people who don’t know much about Bitcoin, or who have a poor grasp on economics, have severe misconceptions about Bitcoin. I do not attempt to dispel those myths here because many others have already done so. Rather, I’d like to…

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