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A mix of essays, technical notes, and project updates. The main focus is Bitcoin, with additional series like Shenzhen Journey.

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Probabalistic Payments in Bitcoin using OP_SIZE

26 Nov 2015

Introduces a probabilistic micropayment scheme for Bitcoin that works without protocol changes, using a commit-and-reveal construction to settle payments with controlled probability.

Scaling Bitcoin

Part One
11 Sep 2015

Announcement and context for Scaling Bitcoin Montreal 2015, outlining the event focus and logistics for researchers and developers.

Returning Home

Shenzhen Adventure Day 51
27 Jul 2015

Well, my travels in Asia are over. What better way to wrap things up than to make tea ceremony with mom and take photos on a shenzhen-selfie stick.

Smell Clock

Shenzhen Adventure Day 30
06 Jul 2015

The smell clock is a device I built for the Shenzhen manufacturing bootcamp. While we were there, we had a challenge to build a prototype on a tight budget. The assignment was to build something that could denote the ...