noam nisan
@noamnisan
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Professor of Computer Science at Hebrew University and Researcher in Starkware
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1/ Bitcoin doesn’t change. But what you can do with it just did. From the June 2024 announcement that Starknet would scale Bitcoin, to the product rollouts of March 2025, the path has been clear. BTCFi on Starknet is where that momentum now leads 🧵
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“Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-trained mathematician whose wickedly iconoclastic songs made him a favorite satirist in the 1950s and ’60s on … campuses and in all the Greenwich Villages of the country, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97”
nytimes.com
A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful.
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New paper with Ariel Ben-Eliezer: “Online Block Packing”. https://t.co/elLYv3ise8 Abstract: We consider the algorithmic challenge that is faced by blockchains that have multidimensional block constraints and serve quasi-patient bidders…
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We consider the algorithmic challenge that is faced by blockchains that have multidimensional block constraints and serve quasi-patient bidders. We provide online approximation algorithms for this...
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A new paper with my two brothers, Udi and Ittay, in memory of our father.
cambridge.org
A contractualist approach to threshold deontology:Â the case of ex-post regulatory changes
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🚨 Blockchains meter transactions (Ethereum’s “gas”, Solana’s “compute units”), but transactions consume multiple resources: CPU, memory, bandwidth, etc. Should we meter and price them separately? Our new paper with (Nir Lavee, @noamnisan, and @MaxResnick1 ) has answers.
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Does Your Blockchain Need Multidimensional Transaction Fees? New paper with @NiroMufleti @malleshpai @MaxResnick1
arxiv.org
Blockchains have block-size limits to ensure the entire cluster can keep up with the tip of the chain. These block-size limits are usually single-dimensional, but richer multidimensional...
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I love this quote from Hans Rosling about his mother and her feelings towards their washing machine. This is what effective, efficient markets bring humanity. It's a beautiful thing.
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1/ Bold new narrative: Scaling Bitcoin + Ethereum together Starknet will become the first L2 to settle on both Bitcoin & Ethereum, bringing the two largest blockchain ecosystems on a single layer, unlocking new DeFi opportunities and greater liquidity. Read our vision & plan 👇
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My daughter’s released single. EP forthcoming.
musican.info
Out Now! The Winter I Once Loved is now available on Spotify, and all of your favorite music stores. Listen Now
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📢 Israel AGT Day is happening on March 2 at IIAS, Hebrew University! Students & postdocs: don't miss the chance to share your work: submit your posters and apply for a short talk. https://t.co/frz9t1n6Kp
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Congrats to well-deserved 2024 ACM fellows @MichalFeldman9, @ashishgoel, and Stefano Leonardi for their contributions to EconCS!
Meet the 2024 #ACMFellows! ACM has named 55 outstanding members as ACM Fellows for their groundbreaking contributions to computing science and technology. Please join us in applauding their accomplishment and contributions! https://t.co/hgeK1ia801
#Computing #Innovation
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EC workshop on blockchains and decentralized finance https://t.co/RneqqA1Qq4
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EC tutorial on Transaction Fee Mechanism Design https://t.co/9FoqYYyND9
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Nand to Tetris: Building a Modern Computer System from First Principles
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Avi Wigderson was named the winner of the A.M. Turing Award for his foundational contributions to the theory of computation.
quantamagazine.org
The prolific researcher found deep connections between randomness and computation and spent a career influencing cryptographers, complexity researchers and more.
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📢 Applications are now open for the Summer School in Economic Theory and Computer Science (Jerusalem, June 23-27) General director: Eric Maskin Organizers: Elchanan Ben-Porath, @noamnisan, @MichalFeldman9 Find out more and apply: https://t.co/VULU2IJxx4
@AcmSIGecom @econD47
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Tokenomics, macro and micro, broken down for you by one of the world’s top experts. Go for a deep dive on the mechanisms of a large family of protocols, with @StarkWareLtd scientific advisor Prof @noamnisan. https://t.co/eqCwPS7J9n
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Wanna get Starkpilled? Join me at this star(k)studded event, with ZK OGs Shafi Goldwasser, @danboneh Tokenomics masters @noamnisan @ercwl @gakonst L2 wizards @EdFelten @dlubarov , and other cool cats https://t.co/JjWLaMVxYd
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