3 papers
cs.CR2018
Self-Reproducing Coins as Universal Turing Machine
Alexander Chepurnoy, Vasily Kharin, Dmitry Meshkov
Turing-completeness of smart contract languages in blockchain systems is often associated with a variety of language features (such as loops). In opposite, we show that Turing-comp…
cs.CR2016
Rollerchain, a Blockchain With Safely Pruneable Full Blocks
Alexander Chepurnoy, Mario Larangeira, Alexander Ojiganov
Bitcoin is the first successful decentralized global digital cash system. Its mining process requires intense computational resources, therefore its usefulness remains a disputable…
cs.CR2016
Interactive Proof-of-stake
Alexander Chepurnoy
The paper examines decentralized cryptocurrency protocols that are based on the use of internal tokens as identity tools. An analysis of security problems with popular Proof-of-sta…