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The decentralized and trustless nature of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology leads to a shift in the digital world. The possibility to execute small programs, called smart contracts, on cryptocurrencies like Ethereum opened doors to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-01-15 Hendrik Amler , Lisa Eckey , Sebastian Faust , Marcel Kaiser , Philipp Sandner , Benjamin Schlosser

In this paper, we systematically explore the attack surface of the Blockchain technology, with an emphasis on public Blockchains. Towards this goal, we attribute attack viability in the attack surface to 1) the Blockchain cryptographic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Muhammad Saad , Jeffrey Spaulding , Laurent Njilla , Charles Kamhoua , Sachin Shetty , DaeHun Nyang , Aziz Mohaisen

Ethereum smart contracts, which are autonomous decentralized applications on the blockchain that manage assets often exceeding millions of dollars, have become primary targets for cyberattacks. In 2023 alone, such vulnerabilities led to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Christoph Sendner , Lukas Petzi , Jasper Stang , Alexandra Dmitrienko

The transaction ordering dependency of the smart contracts building decentralized exchanges (DEXes) allow for predatory trading strategies. In particular, front-running attacks present a constant risk for traders on DEXes. Whereas legal…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Lioba Heimbach , Eric Schertenleib , Roger Wattenhofer

This paper examines the dynamics of the cryptocurrency market and proposes a novel blockchain-based protocol for real estate transactions. Our analysis includes a detailed review of price trends, volatility, and correlations within the…

Blockchain, also coined as decentralized AI, has the potential to empower AI to be more trustworthy by creating a decentralized trust of privacy, security, and audibility. However, systematic studies on the design principle of blockchain as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Luyao Sunshine Zhang

The world has been experiencing a mind-blowing expansion of blockchain technology since it was first introduced as an emerging means of cryptocurrency called bitcoin. Currently, it has been regarded as a pervasive frame of reference across…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Ziaur Rahman , Xun Yi , Ibrahim Khalil , Andrei Kelarev

Before a fair exchange takes place, there is typically an advertisement phase with the goal of increasing the appeal of possessing a digital asset while keeping it sufficiently hidden. Advertisement phases are implicit in mainstream…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Pierpaolo Della Monica , Ivan Visconti , Andrea Vitaletti , Marco Zecchini

Blockchain technologies have overturned the digital finance industry by introducing a decentralized pseudonymous means of monetary transfer. The pseudonymous nature introduced privacy concerns, enabling various deanonymization techniques,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Juraj Mariani , Ivan Homoliak

Modern cryptocurrencies exploit decentralised blockchains to record a public and unalterable history of transactions. Besides transactions, further information is stored for different, and often undisclosed, purposes, making the blockchains…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Massimo Bartoletti , Andrea Bracciali , Stefano Lande , Livio Pompianu

In the past decades, the blockchain technology has attracted tremendous attention from both academia and industry. The popularity of blockchain networks was originated from a crypto-currency to serve as a decentralized and tamperproof…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-18 Ziyao Liu , Nguyen Cong Luong , Wenbo Wang , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Ying-Chang Liang , Dong In Kim

The development of blockchain technologies has enabled the trustless execution of so-called smart contracts, i.e. programs that regulate the exchange of assets (e.g., cryptocurrency) between users. In a decentralized blockchain, the state…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Massimo Bartoletti , Letterio Galletta , Maurizio Murgia

Blockchain technology promises to democratize finance and promote social equity through decentralization, but questions remain about whether current implementations advance or hinder these goals. Through a mixed-methods study combining…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Faisal Haque Bappy , EunJeong Cheon , Tariqul Islam

Research in blockchain systems has mainly focused on improving security and bridging the performance gaps between blockchains and databases. Despite many promising results, we observe a worrying trend that the blockchain landscape is…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Tien Tuan Anh Dinh , Anwitaman Datta , Beng Chin Ooi

Blockchain is the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Blockchain is a robust distributed ledger that uses consensus algorithms to approve transactions in a decentralized manner, making malicious tampering extremely…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Atsushi Masumori , Norihiro Maruyama , Takashi Ikegami

Blockchain technology has taken on a leading role in today's industrial applications by providing salient features and showing significant performance since its beginning. Blockchain began its journey from the concept of cryptocurrency and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-26 Khizar Hameed , Mutaz Barika , Saurabh Garg , Muhammad Bilal Amin , Byeong Kang

The ongoing regulation of blockchain-based services and applications requires the identification of users who are issuing transactions on the blockchain. This systematic review explores the current status, identifies research gaps, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Awid Vaziry , Kaustabh Barman , Patrick Herbke

The development of quantum information platforms such as quantum computers and quantum simulators that will rival classical Turing computations are typically viewed as a threat to secure data transmissions and therefore to crypto-systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Kirill P. Kalinin , Natalia G. Berloff

Blockchain-based smart contract has become a growing field in the blockchain technology. What was once a technology used to solve digital transaction issues turns out to have some wider usage, including smart contract. The development of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Fengkie Junis , Faisal Malik Widya Prasetya , Farouq Ibrahim Lubay , Anny Kartika Sari

Innovation in the world of today is mainly driven by software. Companies need to continuously rejuvenate their product portfolios with new features to stay ahead of their competitors. For example, recent trends explore the application of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Christian Berger , Birgit Penzenstadler , Olaf Drögehorn