Yonatan Sompolinsky – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Yonatan Sompolinsky's history.
Showing 11 milestones for Yonatan Sompolinsky
Real-time decentralization and Binance award
Presents a "real-time decentralization" vision for Kaspa and declines Binance Blockchain 100 recognition.
captainaltcoin.com/kaspa-founder-rejects-binance-top-100-blockchain-list-cites-kas-snub/Publishes DAG KNIGHT protocol
Co-authors the DAG KNIGHT protocol, a parameterless evolution of PHANTOM for blockDAGs.
eprint.iacr.org/2022/1494Community engagement and Collaboration
Co-authors the DAG KNIGHT protocol, a parameterless generalization of Nakamoto consensus.
eprint.iacr.org/2022/1494Creation and Launch of Kaspa
Founds Kaspa and launches the Kaspa mainnet as a fair-launched proof-of-work cryptocurrency.
hashdag.medium.com/kaspa-launch-plan-responding-to-reality-6b4bec449037Publishes PHANTOM/GHOSTDAG protocol research
Co-authors PHANTOM/GHOSTDAG, a scalable generalization of Nakamoto consensus used in Kaspa.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3479722.3480990Contribution to scalability and security
Publishes PHANTOM GHOSTDAG, a scalable generalization of Nakamoto consensus for blockDAGs.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3479722.3480990Founds DAGlabs
Founds DAGlabs to explore and commercialize blockDAG-based blockchain protocols.
hashdag.medium.com/kaspa-launch-plan-responding-to-reality-6b4bec449037Earns Ph.D. in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Completes Ph.D. in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on blockchain consensus.
scholar.google.co.il/citations?hl=en&user=hTWnlpYAAAAJPublishes the SPECTRE consensus algorithm
Publishes the SPECTRE consensus algorithm for scalable DAG-based proof-of-work consensus.
eprint.iacr.org/2016/1159.pdfCo-authors the GHOST protocol
Co-authors the GHOST protocol introducing a higher-throughput variant of Bitcoin consensus.
eprint.iacr.org/2013/881.pdfEarly Years and Research
Co-authors the GHOST protocol on accelerating Bitcoin transaction processing and security.
eprint.iacr.org/2013/881.pdf