Scaling Bitcoin 2018

scalebit 2018


Computing Systems Databases & Information Systems Information Theory



This year we would like to place a stronger focus on the following topics:
Simulation, modeling and testing
Methods and tools for simulation and testing of blockchain behavior
Game theory and Mechanism Design
Fungibility
Enhancement of Scripting
New Validation Methods
We also welcome compilation/review of material on above topics made available to public since the last Scaling Bitcoin event.
Other topics of interest include:
Improving Bitcoin throughput
Layer 2 ideas (i.e. payment channels, etc.)
Security and privacy
Incentives and fee structures
Network resilience
Anti-spam measures
Block size proposals
Empirical mining data