Amplification Messaging for Short-Term Slot Finality and Improved Reorg-ToleranceHammurabi Mendes, Ph.D.;
Jonad Pulaj, Ph.D. at Davidson CollegeProposal of a slashable quorum system for enhanced consensus finality.
Battle of the Bots: Miner Extractable Value and Efficient SettlementProf. Alfred Lehar;
Prof. Christine Parlou at the University of CalgaryModel of the effects of private settlement on arbitrage.
Coded Transaction Broadcasting for High-throughput BlockchainsProf. Mohammad Alizadeh;
Lei Yang, Ph.D. student at MITA mechanism for efficient transaction broadcasting in high-throughput blockchains.
Combining Accountability and Game Theory to Strengthen Blockchain SecurityProf. Vincent Gramoli at the University of SydneyIntroduction of Zero-Loss Blockchain (ZLB) to tolerate adversaries.
Cross chain authenticated queriesDr. Damiano Di Francesco Maesa at the University of Pisa & University of CambridgeResearch on cross-chain communication through authenticated query protocols.
(Danksharding + PBS) Builder centralization: Is it really safe?Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D. candidate; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Seoul National UniversityStudy on builder centralization risks in Ethereum.
DETER 2.0: Understanding Ethereum Mempool DoS Security via Stateful FuzzingProf. Yuzhe Tang;
Kai Li, Ph.D. student;
Jiaqi Chen, Ph.D. student;
Yibo Wang, Ph.D. student at Syracuse UniversityA study on Ethereum security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
Efficient Private Information Retrieval for Ethereum Light ClientsProf. Xun Yi;
Prof. Son Hoang Dau; Nhat Quang Cao, Ph.D. student;
Prof. Chen Feng at RMIT UniversityDevelopment of a parallel private retrieval scheme for Ethereum light clients.Equilibrium staking rewards: Implications for PoS blockchain security
Prof. Talis Putnins; Tra Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate; Lecky Lao, Ph.D. candidateA study on how external factors affect staking rewards and blockchain security.
Feasibility Study of Pipelining in Ethereum Virtual Machine ArchitectureGopal OjhaResearch on Ethereum Virtual Machine performance enhancement through pipelining.
Formal Modeling and Verification of Validator Voluntarily Exit in Ethereum 2.0 Beacon ChainHamra Afzaal;
Muhammad Umar Janjua; Muhammad Imran at Information Technology University of PunjabFormal verification of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain validator exit process.
FORVES (FORmally VErified block optimizationS)Prof. Elvira Albert;
Prof. Samir Genaim; Prof. Enrique Martin-Martin at University Complutense of MadridFormal verification of block optimizations on Ethereum smart contracts.
Governance Based On Preferences, Incentives, and InformationProf. Bo Waggoner at the University of Colorado, BoulderStudy on public projects decision-making mechanisms.
Mechanism Design and Empirical Analysis of MEV Prevention MechanismsProf. Agostino Capponi at Columbia UniversityImprovement of private pools to reduce inefficiencies in public blockchains.
MEV protection through delayed execution with time-locked puzzlesMohammad Jahanara at DeFi Lab at University of British ColumbiaProposal of a multiparty delay encryption method to mitigate MEV.
Monetary Policy in the Age of CryptocurrenciesProf. Thai Nguyen; Prof. Tra Pham; Dr. Binh Nguyen Thanh; Dr. Linh Nguyen Thi My; Dr. Tuan Chu; Dr. Seng Kok; Dr. Phong Nguyen at RMIT VietnamReport on the impact of cryptocurrencies as legal tender on the economy.
Optimal Design of Miner Extractable Value AuctionsDr. Peyman Khezr;
Dr. Vijay Mohan at RMIT UniversityStudy on auction designs and their effects on MEV.
PoS Ethereum Agent-Based ModelProf. Claudio J. Tessone; Nicolò Vallarano, Ph.D. at University of ZurichDevelopment of a simulation model for Ethereum's PoS protocol.
Privacy-enhanced and efficient P2P routing algorithms for the Ethereum networkIstván András Seres, Ph.D. student; Domokos Kelen, Ph.D. student; Ferenc Béres, Ph.D. student; András A. Benczúr, Ph.DSimulator for evaluating privacy-enhanced routing algorithms in Ethereum.
REVOKE: Consensus-layer mitigations for validator ransomware attacksDr. Dan O'Keeffe; Dr. Darren Hurley-Smith; Alpesh Bhudia, Ph.D. candidate at Royal Holloway University of LondonPaper on ransomware attacks on Ethereum validators.
Tikuna: an Ethereum blockchain network security monitoring systemDr. Andres Gomez Ramirez, Ph.D.;
Loui Al Sardy, Ph.D. candidate by Sistemas Edenia InternacionalTool for detecting potential attacks on the Ethereum blockchain network.
Time series analysis for transaction fee marketHuisu Jang;
YunYoung Lee, Ph.D.; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Soongsil University and Seoul National UniversityStrategy to minimize Ethereum transaction fees through time series analysis.
The Cost of Sybils, Credible Commitments, and False-Name Proof MechanismsBruno Mazorra;
Nicolás Della Penna at Pompeu Fabra UniversityStudy on Sybil-proof mechanisms and reward sharing in blockchain networks.
The influence of transaction costs on economic activity on the Ethereum networkDr. Lennart Ante at Blockchain Research LabStudy on the effects of gas fees on economic activity in the Ethereum ecosystem.
The Market for Music Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Price, Volume, and RiskDanling Jiang, Ph.D.;
Keli Xiao, Ph.D.; Lolita Nazarov, B.S.; Haixiang (Diego) Zhu, MS at Stony Brook FoundationStudy on how investor composition affects the music NFTs market.
Trustworthy Formal Verification for Ethereum Smart Contracts via Machine-Checkable Proof CertificatesProf. Grigore Rosu;
Xiaohong Chenm, Ph.D. student at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch on reducing trust base for Ethereum smart contract verification.
Understanding Waiting Time in Transaction Fee MechanismsProf. Luyao Zhang, Ph.D.;
Prof. Fan Zhang, Ph.D.; Research Fellow: Tianyu WuStudy on the interaction of waiting time and gas fees in Ethereum transactions.
ZK-SNARKs as a ServiceProf. Abhishek Jain at Johns Hopkins UniversityResearch on zk-SNARKs and the scalability of zero-knowledge proof generation.
