Tim Roughgarden (tr)

Tim Roughgarden

Head of research at a16z crypto. Professor, Columbia University.

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Over the past three summers @a16zcrypto we've had 19 tremendous research interns. Want to be part of the summer '25 cohort? The application is open now, for full consideration please apply by Nov 8. https://a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh_jid=6242445003

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gotta stop getting my hopes up for a sunn o))) concert every time someone advertises a drone show

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Finally got around to uploading the corresponding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uRkvrnc_c

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Proposer-builder separation (PBS) plays a major role in Ethereum's current block-building process. But is PBS a good design? Is it really necessary? A new paper with Maryam Bahrani and @pgarimidi develops the theory necessary for reasoning rigorously about these questions

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Over the past three summers @a16zcrypto we've had 19 tremendous research interns. Want to be part of the summer '25 cohort? The application is open now, for full consideration please apply by Nov 8. https://a16z.com/about/jobs/?gh_jid=6242445003

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Day 3 videos from December's Columbia CryptoEconomics Workshop (working sessions led by @mikeneuder.eth @justindrake @soispoke @barnabe @davidecrapis @ansgar.eth Casper Schwarz-Schilling on inclusion lists/execution tickets/timing games/etc.) at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpktWkixc1gVBL86kRMKAjulTD9SlnNIj

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Finally got around to uploading the corresponding video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uRkvrnc_c

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