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On 6 November 2013 06:33, kjj <bitcoin-devel@jerviss.org> wrote:
> One of the things that really gets me going is when someone devises a
> model, tests it against itself, and then pretends that they've learned
> something about the real world.
>
> Naturally, the Selfish Mining paper is exactly this sort of nonsense.
> Their model is one with no latency, and one where the attacker has total
> visibility across the network. An iterated FSM is not a suitable
> simulation of the bitcoin system. The bitcoin network does not have
> states, and to the extent that you can pretend that we do, you can't
> simulate transitions between them with static probabilities.
>
> The authors understand this deep down inside, even though they didn't
> work out the implications. They handwave the issue by assuming a total
> sybil attack, and in true academic spirit, they don't realize that the
> condition necessary for the attack is far, far worse than the attack
> itself.
>
> Greg said he'd like to run some simulations, and I'm thinking about it
> too. Unfortunately, he is busy all week, and I'm lazy (and also busy
> for most of tomorrow).
>
> If neither of us get to it first, I'm willing to pitch in 1 BTC as a
> bounty for building a general bitcoin network simulator framework. The
> simulator should be able to account for latency between nodes, and
> ideally within a node. It needs to be able to simulate an attacker that
> owns varying fractions of the network, and make decisions based only on
> what the attacker actually knows. It needs to be able to simulate this
> "attack" and should be generic enough to be easily modified for other
> crazy schemes.
>
> (Bounty offer is serious, but expires in one year [based on the earliest
> timestamp that my mail server puts on this email], and /may/ be subject
> to change if the price on any reputable exchange breaks 1000 USD per BTC
> in that period.)
>
> Basically, the lack of a decent network simulator is what allowed this
> paper to get press. If the author had been able to see the importance
> of the stuff he was ignoring, we wouldn't be wasting so much time
> correcting him (and sadly the reporters that have no way to check his
> claims).
>
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=324413.msg3495663#msg3495663
>
Thanks for posting this bounty. I'm interested in working on it, and will
give it a try. I also have some other commitments, so I suspect you guys
will finish it first tho... but if not, I'll post details of the simulator.
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On 6 November 2013 06:33, kjj <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mail=
to:bitcoin-devel@jerviss.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-devel@jerviss.org</=
a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One of the things that really gets me going =
is when someone devises a<br>
model, tests it against itself, and then pretends that they've learned<=
br>
something about the real world.<br>
<br>
Naturally, the Selfish Mining paper is exactly this sort of nonsense.<br>
Their model is one with no latency, and one where the attacker has total<br=
>
visibility across the network. =A0An iterated FSM is not a suitable<br>
simulation of the bitcoin system. =A0The bitcoin network does not have<br>
states, and to the extent that you can pretend that we do, you can't<br=
>
simulate transitions between them with static probabilities.<br>
<br>
The authors understand this deep down inside, even though they didn't<b=
r>
work out the implications. =A0They handwave the issue by assuming a total<b=
r>
sybil attack, and in true academic spirit, they don't realize that the<=
br>
condition necessary for the attack is far, far worse than the attack itself=
.<br>
<br>
Greg said he'd like to run some simulations, and I'm thinking about=
it<br>
too. =A0Unfortunately, he is busy all week, and I'm lazy (and also busy=
<br>
for most of tomorrow).<br>
<br>
If neither of us get to it first, I'm willing to pitch in 1 BTC as a<br=
>
bounty for building a general bitcoin network simulator framework. The<br>
simulator should be able to account for latency between nodes, and<br>
ideally within a node. =A0It needs to be able to simulate an attacker that<=
br>
owns varying fractions of the network, and make decisions based only on<br>
what the attacker actually knows. =A0It needs to be able to simulate this<b=
r>
"attack" and should be generic enough to be easily modified for o=
ther<br>
crazy schemes.<br>
<br>
(Bounty offer is serious, but expires in one year [based on the earliest<br=
>
timestamp that my mail server puts on this email], and /may/ be subject<br>
to change if the price on any reputable exchange breaks 1000 USD per BTC<br=
>
in that period.)<br>
<br>
Basically, the lack of a decent network simulator is what allowed this<br>
paper to get press. =A0If the author had been able to see the importance<br=
>
of the stuff he was ignoring, we wouldn't be wasting so much time<br>
correcting him (and sadly the reporters that have no way to check his<br>
claims).<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D324413.msg3495663#msg3=
495663" target=3D"_blank">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3D324413.=
msg3495663#msg3495663</a><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for po=
sting this bounty.=A0 I'm interested in working on it, and will give it=
a try.=A0 I also have some other commitments, so I suspect you guys will f=
inish it first tho... but if not, I'll post details of the simulator.<b=
r>
</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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