In Memoriam: Ross Anderson, 1956-2024 dlvr.it/T5KHRh

Joseph Bonneau Valeria Nikolaenko Full paper can be found here: a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/…

A new paper from Noemi Glaeser, Seres István András, Joseph Bonneau introduces the notion of “naysayer proofs,” where a verifier optimistically accepts a submitted proof without verifying its correctness.

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If you are thinking about doing a Ph.D in cryptography or any other blockchain related topic you should apply to NYU courant. We have an amazing crypto and security group with Sunoo Park, Yevgeniy Dodis, Marshall Ball, Nir Bitansky, Joseph Bonneau, and Mike Walfish. Also New York City!

Writing this paper with Joseph Bonneau during my a16z crypto internship has been one of the highlights of my PhD! Here it is in a more digestible blog post format. Read on to learn about the limits of stateless blockchains:

Miranda Christ Joseph Bonneau In this post, we give an overview of stateless blockchains, Miranda Christ and Joseph Bonneau’s impossibility result, and possible solutions.

Learn more ↓

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1/ “Distributed Randomness Beacons” from a16z crypto research partner Joseph Bonneau
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Announcing the 1st Workshop on Cryptography Applied to Transparency Systems (CATS)! Nov 30, 2023, co-located with ACM CCS in Copenhagen. Submissions due Sept 1. We're bringing academia and industry together to discuss transparency logs. Learn more at catsworkshop.dev

AFT submission in just under a week! 🕰️

Introducing Cicada: a new building block for private on-chain voting. 🔐

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Congrats to Kevin (Kevin Lewi), Sean and the entire WhatsApp team. We published our CONIKS paper 8 years ago so it's been a long road but I'm very excited to see key transparency is finally launching!

Just found a scam account @josebonneau which is imitating the account of a professor from NYU - Joseph Bonneau Joseph Bonneau . The fake account sent cheating message to me pretending introducing crypto investment account. They are hard to distinguish so be careful!

Joseph Bonneau, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has received the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER Awards are presented to junior faculty who 'exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education.'

Field Notes from Asiacrypt '22, an academic conferenced focused on theoretical cryptography by Joseph Bonneau. 📝

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I am very excited to announce that I’ll be joining the Courant Institute at NYU as an assistant professor of computer science, starting next fall!
If you are considering a PhD in crypto (graphy/currency) please do apply (deadline 12/12). We have an amazing crypto/security group!

With Joseph Bonneau I’ve explored the topic of randomness beacon protocols. In the post, we highlight the most recent developments, constructions in deployment, and dive deeper into the common design patterns: commit-reveal, VRF-based and VDF-based ones: a16zcrypto.com/public-randomn…

At a16z crypto research, we're looking for interns for summer '23! Our lab is an amazing environment both for fundamental research and for close collaborations with the best web3 startups. Learn more and apply here (ideally by Nov 15): a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh…

Research engineer moodle zoup just open sourced a Solidity implementation of an overcollateralized sealed-bid auction.

To start, a few things about bringing sealed bid auctions on-chain. 🧵

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My friend and colleague Peter Eckersley Peter Eckersley died suddenly last week. I did this artwork to celebrate his life. It's on a CC-By license, please feel free to use with attribution for any purpose! More pixels available on request.

Proof-of-stake (PoS) is a captivating area of research. It’s been great to get a chance to show you a snapshot of it with a16z crypto research team:
Talk #1 youtu.be/mZ-Ya7NRDxM
Talk #2 youtu.be/-uxHoEfxXC4