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Are Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
blog.trailofbits.com
Ok this paper is bonkers and I love it https://t.co/uWQzQmRKKw https://t.co/OLTskgkEAn
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
The document explores the significance of pursuing knowledge for its own sake, emphasizing the value of intellectual freedom and the unexpected benefits that can arise from curiosity-driven research.
ias.eduBabesia microti, a malaria-like illness that could explain the fevers, chills, and day and night sweats and that account for some of their resistant symptoms. Once treated, some patients using wheelchairs could stand and walk. Next was the discovery of cat scratch disease symptoms, or Bartonella, which could explain their resistant neurological
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How Scientific Incentives Stalled the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance, and How We Can Fix It
Maxwell Tabarrokmacroscience.org
Remarkably, about half of all useful antibiotics target bacterial ribosomes.
Thomas R. Cech • The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets
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