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Decentralized Common Knowledge Oracles
Austin K. Williams, Jack Peterson
We define and analyze three mechanisms for getting common knowledge, a posteriori truths about the world onto a blockchain in a decentralized setting. We show that, when a reasonab…
False shares in verifiable secret sharing with finite field commitments
Hua Lu, Jack Peterson
Verifiable secret sharing (VSS) is designed to allow parties to collaborate to keep secrets. We describe here a method of fabricating false secret shares that appear to other parti…
Sidecoin: a snapshot mechanism for bootstrapping a blockchain
Joseph Krug, Jack Peterson
Sidecoin is a mechanism that allows a snapshot to be taken of Bitcoin's blockchain. We compile a list of Bitcoin's unspent transaction outputs, then use these outputs and their cor…
Augur: a decentralized oracle and prediction market platform
Jack Peterson, Joseph Krug, Micah Zoltu +2
Augur is a trustless, decentralized oracle and platform for prediction markets. The outcomes of Augur's prediction markets are chosen by users that hold Augur's native Reputation t…