CESC18: Hostile Blockchain Takeovers - Joseph Bonneau (NYU)
Channel: San Francisco Blockchain Week
Date: 2018-11-11

Most research modeling Bitcoin-style decentralized consensus protocols has assumed profit-motivated participants. This talk will revisit the notion of attackers with an extrinsic motivation to disrupt the consensus process (Goldfinger attacks). This talk will outline several strategies for obtaining a majority of decision-making power in the consensus protocol (a hostile takeover).

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San Francisco Blockchain Week: https://sfblockchainweek.io/