No comment on the software itself, but man, that is one buzz-word filled title.
Oasis Labs: privacy-first high-performance cloud computing on blockchain
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#22No comment on the software itself, but man, that is one buzz-word filled title.
Seeing anything that just says 'blockchain' instead of 'a blockchain' or 'the blockchain' instantly sets off red flags to me.
I'm not sure how it got started, but it some sort of nonsensical pattern that developed.
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#23I think this is exciting. I'm curious whether Oasis is still using SGX in their design (the Ekiden paper seems to be super SGX focused but I'm unclear as to whether they have moved away from this). Dawn is super smart so it's hard to bet against her. Edit: Oh maybe they're using some ZK stuff now: "Our platform achieves scalability and integrity with its novel architecture and protocol design, without relying on any…
Didn't even notice Dawn was running this. Well okay then.
You mean it didn't Dawn on you?
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Didn't even notice Dawn was running this. Well okay then.
Dawn is serious. I am super intrigued as to what she might be running to achieve her stated goals (I'd be super curious if she's got a new ZK algo up her sleeve :D).
Even crazier would be some effective employment of homomorphic crypto, but that's when you start believing in unicorns, right?
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#26The research is from Dawn Song's lab, and she's a established research that has founded entire subfields of computer security. The blockchain space is often full of scams, but you can usually trust stuff backed by academic papers from established folks.
> has founded entire subfields of computer security. Mind to provide a pointer? Generally new to Dawn's work, and I think many readers here have a similar background.
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/
That took maybe 3 seconds to search. The amount of skepticism here is absurd.
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#27No comment on the software itself, but man, that is one buzz-word filled title.
I couldn’t really bring myself to read their post because of this title. I would argue that the buzz words are actually a detriment to their marketing.
If you’re from Oasis and you are reading this: please think of a better way to sell your product - unless your target market is ignorant business types who live for this stuff.
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#28Any blockchain scaling problem can be solved by creating a blockchain centralization problem.
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#29I think this is exciting. I'm curious whether Oasis is still using SGX in their design (the Ekiden paper seems to be super SGX focused but I'm unclear as to whether they have moved away from this). Dawn is super smart so it's hard to bet against her. Edit: Oh maybe they're using some ZK stuff now: "Our platform achieves scalability and integrity with its novel architecture and protocol design, without relying on any…
I've also read their Ekiden paper, and agree that they put a lot of emphasis on using SGX. What makes you think they've moved away from SGX? (genuine question)
The quote from the press release in my edit section.
Edit: Specifically the part where they say they aren't using any trusted hardware. If Dawn et al have some sick zero knowledge proof breakthrough, that would be a big deal, but it's hard to know what they're up to :). I wish them all the best, designing trust networks of any kind is super hard.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
> has founded entire subfields of computer security. Mind to provide a pointer? Generally new to Dawn's work, and I think many readers here have a similar background.
https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/ That took maybe 3 seconds to search. The amount of skepticism here is absurd.
Sorry, I might not be specific enough, I am looking for pointers that show that the person created a new research area, as suggested in the previous comment.
If you list pub list, then I have no idea how to find proof of the fact.
Edit: Below are a bit ranty comments on research style. Please ignore it and provide pointers that show the person created a new research area.
And frankly, the changing of the research areas (security -> deep learning -> blockchain) are a typical symbol of smart people who are good at catching trendy research topics, but never achieved the true top-tier research results. To be specific, such people are absolutely smart and intelligent, but they have a pattern to always latch on so-called cutting-edge topics, and quickly gain high reputation. In the end, their fame and what they do usually does not well match each other.