Web3
2 essays.
- The Bytes Moved, the Compute Didn't: Ten Years of Path Dependence in Decentralized Databases The field's unsolved problem is not weak consensus, it is that compute never followed the bytes. Six routes, four layers, and the one paper that prices it out loud: 2.85x, 15.8% parallel efficiency — and why shipping another decentralized database was never the answer. Web3
- SecLog, read closely: letting a delivery leave its own receipt A four-page paper asks one question: after a query result is handed over, how do you make sure a record of it lands on chain? The answer is to move an HTLC's trigger from the payment to the second half of the key — and every step of it runs into the same thing, trust. Web3