Blockchains

• Satoshi Roundtable IV Recap
  • see also
• a16z collection of crypto articles updated
• Cryptoeconomic Theory: Basics of Social Order
• Front-running, Griefing and the Perils of Virtual Settlement (Part 2)
• Interesting ICO: Crypto Dark Pool
• Bitfinex to build decentralized exchange on EOS
• Who can recover stuck funds on Ethereum?

Finance

• Why is machine learning in finance so hard?
• Killing canaries
• Is Bridgewater Betting On Stock Market Disaster
  • 14B euro stock shorts

InfoSec

• Italian Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) Adopts Onion Services
• Don't use VPN services.
  • much hand waving

Formal Methods

• Proofs (and Refutations) using Z3

Machine Learning

• Deep Reinforcement Learning Doesn't Work Yet

Papers

• Paper review. IPFS: Content addressed, versioned, P2P file system
• SoK: Consensus in the age of blockchains
• SoK: Research perspective and challenges for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency – Part I
• SoK: Research perspectives and challenges for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency – Part II
• A survey on security and privacy issues of Bitcoin
• Simple Proofs of Sequential Work
  • by Bram Cohen and Krzysztof Pietrzak
• At What Frequency Should the Kelly Bettor Bet?