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Seminar Details

How Likely to Succeed is a Bitcoin Attack, and How Long Should it Take?

  • Start Date: September 6, 2018
  • Event Start Time: 5:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 6:00 PM
  • Seminar Series: Experimental Math Seminar
  • Presenter(s): Doron Zeilberger - Rutgers University
  • Event Location: Conference Room 705 | Rutgers University | Hill Center | 110 Frelinghuysen Rd
  • Presentation Type: Stand Alone Presentation
  • Abstract:

      We use experimental mathematics, and Wilf-Zeilberger algorithmic proof theory, to compute probabilities and duration of bitcoin "double-spend" attacks. [Joint work with Evangelos Georgiadis].