Published Papers
The Illusion of Scale in Segregated Witness
Money gains value through use. As a limited quantity of money chases a set value of wealth, we see the price increase linearly with the velocity of the system. The more use, the higher the price....
Published on: 2017-06-27
Topic: Bitcoin
Download PaperThe Irrationality Defense of Paternalism
In this paper, we investigate the challenges associated with the competing approaches of utility theory and behavioural economics. It has been become commonplace to argue that humans act...
Published on: 2017-06-27
Topic: Economics
Download PaperBitcoin: SEIR-C Propagation Models of Block and Transaction Dissemination
Bitcoin can be modelled using the mathematics of biological systems. SEIR and SEIR-C models capture the propagation of transactions and blocks within the bitcoin network. With systems reacting as...
Published on: 2017-03-28
Topic: Bitcoin
Download PaperThe Fallacy of Selfish Mining in Bitcoin: A Mathematical Critique
Money gains value through use. As a limited quantity of money chases a set value of wealth, we see the price increase linearly with the velocity of the system. The more use, the higher the price....
Published on: 2017-03-28
Topic: Bitcoin
Download PaperThe quantification of information systems risk: A look at quantitative responses to information security issues
This thesis demonstrates information security can be modelled through a systematic integration of the human, system and software aspects of risk. The creation of risk models based on the...
Published on: 2017-02-08
Topic: Information Security
A Distribution Protocol for Dealerless Secret Distribution
As the value of bitcoin increases, more incidents such as those involving Mt Gox and Bitfinex will occur in standard centralized systems. The addition of group based threshold cryptography with...
Published on: 2016-07-12
Topic: Bitcoin
Download PaperTuring Complete Bitcoin Script White Paper
Bitcoin scripts currently do not enable loops. Therefore, they are commonly considered to be not Turing Complete. This limits the types of algorithms the Bitcoin scripts can execute to linear or...
Published on: 2016-04-10
Topic: Bitcoin
Download PaperDecentralized Autonomous Corporation
This document is intended to provide an overview on Decentralized Autonomous Corporations (DAC) based on the blockchain technology. We provide definitions of (i) DAC, (ii) Secure Multiparty...
Published on: 2016-02-02
Topic: Bitcoin
Territorial behavior and the economics of Botnets
This paper looks at the economics associated with botnets. This research can be used to calculate territorial sizes for online criminal networks. Looking at the types of systems we can compare the...
Published on: 2012-12-05
Topic: Economics
Group Selection and Cyber Terror
The recruitment of "hackers" for cyber terror and other criminal activities can be respectively seen as either political crimes or economic crimes. Both of these can be explained through group...
Published on: 2012-08-24
Topic: Psychology
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