ClaraS
@ClaraShik
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Head of Research @ChaincodeLabs. Math, crypto, literature, and other joys.
Joined June 2009
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brd.chaincode.com
A day dedicated to academic research that benefits Bitcoin. Join researchers, developers, and students in Midtown NYC on November 6, 2025.
Don’t miss Bitcoin Research Day! Hear the Prize winner’s talk, join thought-provoking discussions, and connect with leading minds in Bitcoin research https://t.co/BbHVAih4xc
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Don’t miss Bitcoin Research Day! Hear the Prize winner’s talk, join thought-provoking discussions, and connect with leading minds in Bitcoin research https://t.co/BbHVAih4xc
brd.chaincode.com
A day dedicated to academic research that benefits Bitcoin. Join researchers, developers, and students in Midtown NYC on November 6, 2025.
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Bitcoin Research Prize. Congratulations to the authors of "BitVM2: Bridging Bitcoin to Second Layers" for their outstanding contribution! https://t.co/wA7M5DYqKL
eprint.iacr.org
A holy grail in blockchain infrastructure is a trustless bridge between Bitcoin and its second layers or other chains. We make progress toward this vision by introducing the first light-client based...
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Don’t miss Bitcoin Research Day! Hear the Prize winner’s talk, join thought-provoking discussions, and connect with leading minds in Bitcoin research https://t.co/BbHVAih4xc
brd.chaincode.com
A day dedicated to academic research that benefits Bitcoin. Join researchers, developers, and students in Midtown NYC on November 6, 2025.
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I crossed an interesting threshold yesterday, which I think many other mathematicians have been crossing recently as well. In the middle of trying to prove a result, I identified a statement that looked true and that would, if true, be useful to me. 1/3
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This was a fun discussion!
The Quantum Rotating Debate Panel from TABConf 7 was a blast. Catch the session here. @cryptoquick @reardencode @theblackmarble @ClaraShik @brian_trollz @tdryja
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Carla Kirk-Cohen (@actuallyCarlaKC), in collaboration with Clara Shikhelman (@ClaraShik) and elnosh, posted to Delving Bitcoin about their simulation results and updates with the reputation algorithm for their channel jamming mitigation proposal... https://t.co/yRWzsljVMQ
bitcoinops.org
This week’s newsletter summarizes an idea to use cluster mempool to detect block template feerate increases and shares an update on channel jamming mitigation simulation results. Also included are...
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Bitcoin Research Day • Nov 7 • @ChaincodeLabs, NYC From security and scaling to emerging Layer 2 protocols. Be part of the conversation! Speakers include @avivz78, @neha , @0xb10c, @VeronikaKuett + 2025 Research Prize winners 🏆 Register now: https://t.co/BbHVAihCmK
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See you there! ⚛️🚀
@evento_so 🎤 Talk: Quantum-Proofing Roadmap 📅 Day 4 – 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM 📍 Main Stage 👤 Clara Shikehlman (@ClaraShik) + Anthony Milton (@ozdeadman) 🗓 RSVP:
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Chaincode is (again) awarding a scholarship to attract the brightest minds to work on bitcoin. The scholarship covers 100% tuition for an undergraduate anywhere in the world. Last year's winner started at @MIT last month. Apply! https://t.co/PeVzvEetyV
bitcoinscholarship.xyz
100% of college tuition covered to encourage the brightest minds to contribute to bitcoin open source development
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How should Bitcoiners react if quantum computers become a reality quicker than expected? The best time to plan is when you have the time to plan! Together with @ozdeadman we put together this playbook. What do you think we got right? What did we miss? https://t.co/HYhb0uQJXK
github.com
Contribute to deadmanoz/bitcoin-crqc-response-playbook development by creating an account on GitHub.
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My next stop is Amsterdam. I'm joining @2140dev to continue working on what I love. To help them make Bitcoin a suitable career option for new developers and to keep pushing for a more decentralized Bitcoin development space.
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2024 winners (shared prize): Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, and Yannick Seurin. "MuSig2: Simple two-round Schnorr multi-signatures." & Chelsea Komlo and Ian Goldberg. "FROST: Flexible round-optimized Schnorr threshold signatures." https://t.co/PfxC6IBwnx
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2023 winners: Dongning Guo and Ling Ren. "Bitcoin's latency–security analysis made simple." https://t.co/gi4gn3wFQU
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We're just a few days away from the Bitcoin Research Prize nomination deadline on September 14th! (form ⬇️) Don't hesitate to nominate several papers, and yes, please do nominate your own work! Multiple self-nominations are also welcome https://t.co/q0ND4ZKz5S
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Perfect entry point for anyone curious about Bitcoin cryptography but unsure where to begin!
Excited to share "Provable Cryptography for Bitcoin: An Introduction" - a comprehensive workbook that teaches formal security definitions and proofs through hands-on exercises. Solutions included!
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There's also FREE BEER and pizza at BitDevs at Chaincode Labs next Thursday! 6-9pm! 😝 https://t.co/BbDnTcawUm
bitdevs.org
Announcements Please join us for our next Socratic Seminar. A special thank you to our sponsors Chaincode Labs and Cake Wallet for food, refreshments and event space.
‼️PubKey Programming ‼️ Thursday July 31st, Quoth the Raven @QTRResearch joins us for a ~Live QTR Podcast~ mainlining a macrodose of DEI, MMT, and BTC for the world you're forced to live in....like it or not. 🗓️ Thursday, July 31st ⏰ 6:00PM - 8:00PM 📍PubKey 🎟️ RSVP on Luma
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The presentations given by @ClaraShik and myself at the @PresidioBitcoin Quantum Bitcoin Summit held last week are now available at
pq-bitcoin.org
Exploring the intersection of Bitcoin and Quantum Computing
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