Posts from November 2013

Claiming Bitcoin's Bug Bounty

leveldb bitcoin November 27, 2013 at 04:53 PM Robert Escriva

Bitcoin was having problems with LevelDB. We identified and fixed the bug. In this article, we'll talk a little about LevelDB, Bitcoin, and our fix.

Bitcoin Block Propagation Speeds

bitcoin security selfish-mining November 25, 2013 at 03:15 PM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

New measurements show that successful selfish mining attacks are quite feasible.

Cash-Boycotts: How to Use Bitcoins for Social Change

bitcoin cash-boycott November 21, 2013 at 07:53 AM Giray Pultar, Selcuk Pultar, and Emin Gün Sirer

Bitcoin's unique features allow it to be used to for social causes. A cash boycott is one such way to affect social change.

HyperDex 1.0RC5

hyperdex leveldb release November 20, 2013 at 10:17 AM Robert Escriva

HyperDex 1.0RC5 packs a ton of new features.

Why Da Man Loves Bitcoin

bitcoin security anonymity November 19, 2013 at 08:41 AM Emin Gün Sirer

The Feds testified exuberantly in favor of Bitcoins yesterday, driving the BTC price through the roof to $900 USD. This is my quick reaction to what happened and what we should do about it.

Selfish Mining Simulator

bitcoin security selfish-mining November 17, 2013 at 02:40 PM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

There is now a visual simulator for our selfish mining attack.

Response to Feedback on Selfish Mining

bitcoin security selfish-mining November 14, 2013 at 09:45 AM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

There have been some early, and often misplaced, responses to the vulnerabilities we discovered in the Bitcoin system. This post addresses them.

Clearest Description of Bitcoin To Date

bitcoin silly November 10, 2013 at 10:36 AM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

Came across a video describing how Bitcoin works for a non-techie audience.

No, You Di'n't!

bitcoin security selfish-mining November 09, 2013 at 11:55 AM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

The claim that our results were previously known to the Bitcoin community is specious.

Response to Fairweather Mining

bitcoin security broken selfish-mining November 08, 2013 at 11:21 AM Ittay Eyal and Emin Gün Sirer

Fairweather mining has been suggested to argue that selfish mining would be a short-lived strategy, but fairweather mining analysis is flawed because it does not take proofs of work into account.