Hi folks! I've been quiet on this list for a while now. I've been hard at work on creating a Bitcoin-like cryptocurrency with zero-knowledge-based crypto:
https://z.cash This is the most sophisticated crypto that I've ever seen someone attempt to deploy at scale to the Internet. (By all means feel free to reply and teach me about counter-examples to that generalization.) There's a lot going on there. To jump into the technical side, I'd suggest the Zcash protocol spec: https://github.com/zcash/zips/blob/master/protocol/protocol.pdf . For an introduction to the bigger picture, probably our blog (https://z.cash/blog/) and FAQ (https://z.cash/support/faq.html). Okay the reason I'm writing today is to let you know about the Zcash Open Source Miner Challenge: https://zcashminers.org/ The Zcash company has donated $30,000 for prize money to reward better open-source implementations of Equihash by Biryukov & Khovratovich: https://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/blogs-media/equihash-asymmetric-proof-of-work-based-generalized-birthday-problem.pdf Jump in! The worst that can happen is that you get the fun and education of implementing an interesting new proof-of-work algorithm. :-) Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography