<r​ucknium:monero.social> Here is a draft of "Required possession duration of malicious hashpower for successful double-spend attack with a _z_ stopping rule." gist.github.com/Rucknium/37d772f7232aef3989bfd5b9c6d99596

<r​ucknium:monero.social> Direct link to table: gist.github.com/Rucknium/37d772f723…k-success-probability-of-50-percent

<j​effro256:monero.social> Diego Salazar: If possible, would you please be able to provide a estimate of the man-hours of work required, given that quote amount?

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> Sure. Although I was going to get back to you guys today that that was a bit of an overestimate (after further discussion this past weekend with my cryptographers). Price would be closer to 125 XMR. Estimate somewhere around 120 man-hours. To deliver in a timely fashion some of those would need to be overtime hours. We've got quite the workload at the moment. Price can probably f<clipped message>

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> urther reduce if you're fine with a 2-3 month delivery time frame.

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> FYI, Cypher Stack is training up two interns (both with mathematics masters degrees, one with almost a PhD). Putting them through the Monero research gauntlet and more.

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> So hopefully these time bottlenecks will reduce soon.

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> Also looking for one more potential intern if you guys know of anyone to recommend. The goal is to get new blood into the privacy research game.

<j​ivanyan:firo.org> How much you pay to interns?

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> Message me for specifics.

<j​effro256:monero.social> Diego Salazar: Thanks so much for the update

<d​iego:cypherstack.com> You're welcome. Let me know what you all decide.