Brief description: We aim at stimulating the creation of novel constructions for Proof-of-Spacetime, described in the Filecoin whitepaper, by offering grants to solve any of the open problems listed in the problem statement below.
Problem Statement: protocol/research#5. (read also: protocol/research#4)
Application Deadline: 30 May 2018
Recommended team
- From 1 to few cryptography researchers
- Experience with applied cryptography, including verifiable computation
Objective: Address any of Concrete Open Problems (1-5) in the Problem Statement linked
- Provide a solution (or an impossibility result) in the form of a formal technical paper or an implemented library.
- Present the work in a formal recorded video presentation.
Award: Up to $200,000 (USD) per grant with up to 20% payable in Filecoin
Payout schedule: Award winners receive the full disbursement shortly after selection
Results are to be released as open source under MIT license