On July 2nd of 2017 I sent some friends in the blockchain industry an email with my concerns about Ethereum …
Month: September 2020
Final Comments on the Implementation of MESS on Ethereum Classic
Below I transcribe my final comments on the implementation of MESS (Modified Exponential Subjective Scoring) on Ethereum Classic (ETC).
The …
Ethereum Classic Protocol Compact 2020
The following is the text of a pull request I introduced into the Ethereum Classic (ETC) Github repo as a …
Why Ethereum Classic Should Not Adopt Modified Exponential Subjective Scoring (MESS)
This article is a response to a comment about using the Modified Exponential Subjective Scoring (MESS) system on Ethereum Classic …
Proof of Work in Nature
Proof of work technology [1] is the key component in the Bitcoin [2] Nakamoto consensus mechanism [3]. It is a …
Why Isn’t 0 a Natural Number?
Why isn’t 0 a natural number?
Because natural numbers can be mapped to objects. For example, the number 3 can …
Information Theory and Prairie Dogs
1. I read that, due to base noise in the universe, computer chip parts emit signals when an energy threshold …
Inequality Is Acceptable Provided There is Justification
People don’t care if A, B, or C billionaires are such as long as they worked their butts off making …
Ethereum Classic Principles: To Not Have Principles
As an interesting case study about blockchain principles, Ethereum Classic (ETC) has suffered incredible instability, not because it hasn’t worked …
Bitcoin Will Likely Migrate to Bit Gold When the Time Comes
If there has been a bad omen this dramatic year 2020 has been the unanimous consensus; in the United States, …
Ethereum’s Significant and Undeniable Achievement: Proof of Work
What follows is an email I just wrote to Vitalik Buterin, Founder of Ethereum. I did not edit grammar nor …