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William Sanders 14 posts

I love exploration and discovery of mathematics research, and I am excited to work on the fascinating problems facing the IOTA Foundation. Besides the intellectual challenges ahead, I look forward to studying questions with great societal benefits. I believe that my journey from pure to applied math should be an exciting one.

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IOTA Research Status UpdateMarch 2021

William Sanders Mar 4, 2021

This month, we've seen new releases of our Pollen Testnet, as well as continued progress on verification of our core protocol as we ramp up for the release of Nectar. With the “Nectar” stage of our Coordicide implementation ahead of us,…

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Explaining Mana in IOTA

William Sanders Sep 28, 2020

One of the topics in IOTA 2.0 that we frequently receive questions about is mana. This is an important topic, so we’re happy to explain more about the theoretical side of mana, as well as offer some insight into its implementation. Our…

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A Guide to Upcoming IOTA 2.0 (Coordicide) Terminology

William Sanders May 29, 2020

With the Coordicide specifications nearing completion, the research department has been communicating the specifics of the new protocol to the engineering department, external researchers, and the community. This communication requires…

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Posets and Consensus

William Sanders Jan 31, 2019

In any cryptocurrency, transactions are linked to one another using hashes. This unalterable relationship endows the set of transactions with a natural mathematical structure called a partial order. In this post, we discuss partial orders…

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