132 sats \ 3 replies \ @puhbuhruh_old 2 Aug 2022 \ on: Hello! Pierre Rochard, VP of Research at Riot. AMA. bitcoin
Congrats on the new role! What research topics are you most excited to dig into?
Proof of work versus proof of stake
Transaction fee predictions
Block subsidy purpose
Long term security
Hashprice history
Supply audit follow-up
Data-usage audit
SegWit and Taproot adoption
Reorgs
Output value, spending amount
Velocity of outputs
Mempool competition
RBF and CPFP usage
Softforks
Tracking "blocks needed to close all open Lightning channels"
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What's the reasoning behind a Bitcoin Miner building up a non-hardware Research department?
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Riot already has excellent hardware research! Just covering all the bases
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