120 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 2 Aug 2022 \ on: Hello! Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot. AMA. bitcoin
i’m curious to learn more about your new role at kraken, what kind of research will you be doing?
is there a specific mining industry topic you’re particularly excited about studying?
Lots of bitcoin and mining topics I'm excited to dig into:
Proof of work versus proof of stake
Transaction fee predictions
Block subsidy purpose
Long term security
Hashprice history
Supply audit follow-up
Data-usage audit
SegWit and Taproot adoption
Reorgs
Output value, spending amount
Velocity of outputs
Mempool competition
RBF and CPFP usage
Softforks
Tracking "blocks needed to close all open Lightning channels"
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