First Principles: Research for the Future

CEO of Input Output Global Charles Hoskinson sits down with Chief Scientist Aggelos Kiayias for an in-depth discussion on the diversity of IOG’s research. In this special retrospective, Charles and Aggelos touch on some of the key moments from the last six years of development. From Cardano and beyond, IOG’s research is focused on building rock solid digital infrastructures for a changing world, built off of first principles. Conversations like this are a glimpse inside the minds behind some of the industry’s revolutionary endeavors.

00:0:32 What has been accomplished in the last 6 years?
00:04:00 What was the first attempt at returning to first principles with Bitcoin?
00:06:17 Where did the GKL research paper go?
00:07:30 How do you differentiate consensus to the needs of a blockchain?
00:10:51 What are some of the unique challenges for proof-of-stake consensus?
00:12:49 How can tokens be used in evolving network stacks?
00:16:58 When did you realize that you would have to think about adversaries and incentives?
00:19:15 How do you manage a whole portfolio of interdisciplinary research?
00:28:43 What do you imagine a 4th generation cryptocurrency looks like?
00:31:00 What do you think about multi-resource systems?
00:34:40 What benefit does quantum computing provide for blockchains?
00:36:54 Is a quasi-quantum model possible?
00:39:05 What is the role of identity in evolving blockchains?

Relevant Links:
GLK Paper
https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/765

The Advent of Resource Based Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.09941
Minotaur: Multi-resource blockchain consensus
https://iohk.io/en/research/library/p...

Ofelimos Blog
https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2022/08...