Michael Davidson

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Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes

October 29, 2020

Author(s)

David Cooper, Daniel Apon, Quynh H. Dang, Michael S. Davidson, Morris Dworkin, Carl Miller

This recommendation specifies two algorithms that can be used to generate a digital signature, both of which are stateful hash-based signature schemes: the

NIST Roadmap Toward Criteria for Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives

July 7, 2020

Author(s)

Luis Brandao, Michael S. Davidson, Apostol T. Vassilev

This document constitutes a preparation toward devising criteria for the standardization of threshold schemes for cryptographic primitives by the National

On the Profitability of Selfish Mining Against Multiple Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms

January 29, 2020

Author(s)

Michael S. Davidson, Tyler J. Diamond

The selfish mining attack allows cryptocurrency miners to mine more than their "fair share" of blocks, stealing revenue from other miners while reducing the

A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems

January 14, 2020

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Loic D. Lesavre, Priam C. Varin, Peter M. Mell, Michael S. Davidson, James Shook

Identity management systems (IDMSs) are widely used to provision user identities while managing authentication, authorization, and data sharing within

Time to Standardize Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives

April 10, 2019

Author(s)

Luis Brandao, Michael S. Davidson, Nicky W. Mouha, Apostol T. Vassilev

This bulletin summarizes the information found in NISTIR 8214: Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives. NIST is interested in promoting the security of

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