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ELI5 What is an adversarial Cardano staking pool?
If you’ve been following recent Cardano staking discussions then you’ve probably seen or heard the term adversarial staking pool. What does it mean, exactly, to be an adversarial staking pool? FROG lost our block tonight due to an adversarial quad fork (LION) 2 min before go time I’ve been up 22 hrs making sure we […]
ELI5 Semi-formal Cryptocurrency Development
We’ve previously discussed formal software verification as related to crypto programming. Today we’d like to discuss an intermediary concept called semi-formal cryptocurrency development. Brief Review of Formal Verification In formal verification, every single possible logical state of a computer program must be mathematically proven. This kind of proof can consume tens, even hundreds, of pages […]
What is “formal verification” of cryptocurrency software?
You may have heard that Cardano ADA is aiming for formal verification of its core software. What does it mean for software programs to be formally verified? Why is it important for cryptocurrencies? In this article we take a quick and superficial look at formal verification and why it may be desirable in the future […]
Cardano Network Tools – CNT
Welcome to the crypto.bi Cardano* Network Tools – CNT home page. crypto.bi CNT is a Python implementation of the Cardano P2P protocol. Think of it as a programmable Cardano node but without the staking and block verification components – just the P2P networking code. You can pick different network message types and develop your own […]