Bitcoin: A Non-Continuous Time System

arXiv:2501.11091 · cs.CR · Submitted 2025-01-19 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR

Submitted: 2025-01-19

Updated: 2026-10-15

Code: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Entropy Collapse — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Aggregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Stochastic Dynamics — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Unified Framework — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Block arrivals in the Bitcoin blockchain
• Independence number of graphs with a prescribed number of cliques
• Analysis of Hashrate-Based Double Spending

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