Prime gaps and Gapcoin
Explores prime gaps, their mathematical merit, and their use as proof-of-work in the Gapcoin cryptocurrency.
Explores prime gaps, their mathematical merit, and their use as proof-of-work in the Gapcoin cryptocurrency.
Explores a method for testing Cunningham prime chains efficiently, with applications in cryptocurrency proof-of-work systems.
Explains the probabilistic primality tests (Fermat and Euler-Lagrange-Lifchitz) used in Primecoin's blockchain verification and mining process.
Explains Bitcoin's security as a spectrum, not binary, using analogies and discussing confirmations, threat models, and double-spend protection.