diff --git a/docs/general/research.md b/docs/general/research.md deleted file mode 100644 index b2d54e155325..000000000000 --- a/docs/general/research.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: research -title: Research Pages -sidebar_label: Research Pages -description: Latest Research Developments on Polkadot. -keywords: [research, development] -slug: ../research ---- - -The Web3 Foundation [research page](https://research.web3.foundation/) is edited directly by the -researchers at W3F and contain papers, articles and documents that are sources for the information -on the wiki. - -The following papers and articles may be of special interest for those interested in exploring -Polkadot from a research or academic perspective. - -## Research Papers - -- [Efficient Aggregatable BLS Signatures with Chaum-Pedersen Proofs](https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1611) - - describes our improvements regarding efficient verification for BLS signatures for both individual - as well as aggregated signatures. -- [Accountable Light Client Systems for PoS Blockchains](https://github.com/w3f/apk-proofs/blob/9f3ed95d4dba4a4ea4b0dca3a57f4b7495271346/Light%20Client.pdf) - - [`Implemented`](https://github.com/w3f/apk-proofs) as an efficient method to aggregate BLS - signatures and BLS public keys which in turn is used to build light client systems that are the - core cryptographic primitive for secure proof-of-stake blockchain bridges. In turn, the efficient - BLS aggregation can be securely proven to a light client verifier using a custom designed SNARK. - Authors: Oana Ciobotaru, Fatemeh Shirazi, Alistair Stewart, Sergey Vasilyev -- [Overview of Polkadot and its Design Considerations](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.13456.pdf) - A - broad overview of the design of Polkadot. Authors: Jeff Burdges, Alfonso Cevallos, Peter Czaban, - Rob Habermeier, Syed Hosseini, Fabio Lama, Handan Kılınç Alper, Ximin Luo, Fatemeh Shirazi, - Alistair Stewart, Gavin Wood -- [Intro to Nominated Proof of Stake](https://research.web3.foundation/Polkadot/protocols/NPoS) - A - description of the NPoS scheme which selects which validators are allowed to participate in the - consensus protocol of Polkadot. Author: Alfonso Cevallos -- [GRANDPA: A Byzantine Finality Gadget](https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01560) - GHOST-based Recursive - Ancestor Deriving Prefix Agreement, Polkadot's finality gadget. Authors: Alistair Stewart and - Lefteris Kokoris Kogias -- [A Verifiably Secure and Proportional Committee Election Rule](https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12990) - - Validator Election in Nominated Proof of Stake. Authors: Alfonso Cevallos and Alistair Stewart -- [Network Time with a Consensus on Clock](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1348.pdf) - Consensus on - Clock in Universally Composable Timing. Author: Handan Kılınç Alper -- [Delay Encryption](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/638) - Delay Encryption can roughly be described - as “identity based encryption with slow derived private key issuance”. Authors: Jeff Burdges and - Luca de Feo - -## Research Blogs - -- [An Updated Overview of Polkadot](https://polkadot.network/an-updated-overview-of-polkadot/) – - Gives a summary of the paper “Overview of Polkadot and its Design Considerations” -- [Polkadot Research Update](https://polkadot.network/polkadot-research-update/) – Gives a summary - of the papers on Validator Election in Nominated Proof of Stake, Network Time with a Consensus on - Clock, and Byzantine Finality Gadgets. -- [Polkadot’s Messaging Scheme](https://medium.com/web3foundation/polkadots-messaging-scheme-b1ec560908b7) - – Gives an outline of Cross-Chain Message Passing (XCMP). Authors: Fatemeh Shirazi, Logan Saether, - Alistair Stewart, Rob Habermeier, Gavin Wood -- [How Nominated Proof of Stake Will Work in Polkadot](https://medium.com/web3foundation/how-nominated-proof-of-stake-will-work-in-polkadot-377d70c6bd43) - – Gives an outline of Nominated Proof of Stake in Polkadot. Author: Alfonzo Cevallos -- [Messaging Protocol Workshop Outcomes](https://medium.com/web3foundation/messaging-protocol-workshop-outcomes-7a827d02a81a) - – An initiative to design and implement a privacy-preserving communication system for - decentralized applications. diff --git a/kusama-guide/sidebars.js b/kusama-guide/sidebars.js index 4652b63485db..d2bf3f66ed8e 100644 --- a/kusama-guide/sidebars.js +++ b/kusama-guide/sidebars.js @@ -172,8 +172,13 @@ module.exports = { "general/transaction-attacks", ], }, + { + type: 'link', + label: 'Web3 Foundation Research', + description: 'Official Pages maintained by the Web3 Foundation Research Team.', + href: 'https://research.web3.foundation/', + }, "general/start-building", - "general/research", "general/faq", "general/glossary", ], diff --git a/polkadot-wiki/sidebars.js b/polkadot-wiki/sidebars.js index 73b23d34bcf2..4d946186aebc 100644 --- a/polkadot-wiki/sidebars.js +++ b/polkadot-wiki/sidebars.js @@ -253,8 +253,13 @@ module.exports = { "general/transaction-attacks", ], }, + { + type: 'link', + label: 'Web3 Foundation Research', + description: 'Official Pages maintained by the Web3 Foundation Research Team.', + href: 'https://research.web3.foundation/', + }, "general/start-building", - "general/research", "general/faq", "general/glossary", ],