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Greedy but Cautious: Conditions for Miner Convergence to Resource Allocation Equilibrium
George Bissias, Brian N. Levine, David Thibodeau
All public blockchains are secured by a proof of opportunity cost among block producers. For example, the security offered by proof-of-work (PoW) systems, like Bitcoin, is due to s…
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Bonded Mining: Difficulty Adjustment by Miner Commitment
George Bissias, David Thibodeau, Brian N. Levine
Proof-of-work blockchains must implement a difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) in order to maintain a consistent inter-arrival time between blocks. Conventional DAAs are essentia…