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The scientific interest in the area of Decentralized Randomness Beacon (DRB) protocols has been thriving recently. Partially that interest is due to the success of the disruptive technologies introduced by modern cryptography, such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-27 Mayank Raikwar , Danilo Gligoroski

With the advent of decentralised digital currencies powered by blockchain technology, a new era of peer-to-peer transactions has commenced. The rapid growth of the cryptocurrency economy has led to increased use of transaction-enabling…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Yimika Erinle , Yathin Kethepalli , Yebo Feng , Jiahua Xu

Blockchain is an emerging technology that enables new forms of decentralized software architectures, where distributed components can reach agreements on shared system states without trusting a central integration point. Blockchain provides…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Xiwei Xu , Cesare Pautasso , Sin Kuang Lo , Liming Zhu , Qinghua Lu , Ingo Weber

This paper proposes a model that enables permissionless and decentralized networks for complex computations. We explore the integration and optimize load balancing in an open, decentralized computational network. Our model leverages…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-01-03 German Rodikov

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

The convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the emergence of AI-based tokens, which are cryptographic assets designed to power decentralized AI platforms and services. This paper provides a comprehensive review…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Rischan Mafrur

Decentralization is understood both by professionals in the blockchain industry and general users as a core design goal of permissionless ledgers. However, its meaning is far from universally agreed, and often it is easier to get opinions…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Alex Lynham , Geoff Goodell

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that gained popularity for enabling the transformation of cryptocurrency among peers without mediation by a centralized third-party authority. Smart contracts expand the applications of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Majd Soud , Gísli Hjálmtýsson , Mohammad Hamdaqa

For centuries, financial institutions have responded to liquidity challenges by forming closed, centralized clearing clubs with strict rules and membership that allow them to collaborate on using the least money to discharge the most debt.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Ethan Buchman , Paolo Dini , Shoaib Ahmed , Andrew Miller , Tomaž Fleischman

Blockchain and smart contracts have garnered significant interest in recent years as the foundation of a decentralized, trustless digital ecosystem, thereby eliminating the need for traditional centralized authorities. Despite their central…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Nicolò Romandini , Carlo Mazzocca , Kai Otsuki , Rebecca Montanari

Deep learning adoption in the financial services industry has been limited due to a lack of model interpretability. However, several techniques have been proposed to explain predictions made by a neural network. We provide an initial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Ceena Modarres , Mark Ibrahim , Melissa Louie , John Paisley

Proof-of-stake blockchain protocols have emerged as a compelling paradigm for organizing distributed ledger systems. In proof-of-stake (PoS), a subset of stakeholders participate in validating a growing ledger of transactions. For the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-12 Aggelos Kiayias , Elias Koutsoupias , Francisco Marmolejo-Cossio , Aikaterini-Panagiota Stouka

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications introduce novel financial instruments replicating and extending traditional ones through blockchain-based smart contracts. Among these applications, DeFi derivatives protocols enable the creation…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Luca Pennella , Pietro Saggese , Fabio Pinelli , Letterio Galletta

Current blockchain protocols (e.g., Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake) secure the ledger yet cannot measure validator trustworthiness, allowing subtle misconduct that is especially damaging in decentralized-finance (DeFi) settings. We…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Ailiya Borjigin , Wei Zhou , Cong He

DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, is based on a distributed ledger called blockchain technology. Using blockchain, DeFi may customize the execution of predetermined operations between parties. The DeFi system use blockchain technology to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Wenkai Li , Jiuyang Bu , Xiaoqi Li , Hongli Peng , Yuanzheng Niu , Yuqing Zhang

The disconnect between distributed software artifacts and their supposed source code enables attackers to leverage the build process for inserting malicious functionality. Past research in this field focuses on compiled language ecosystems,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Timo Pohl , Pavel Novák , Marc Ohm , Michael Meier

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

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a new paradigm in the creation, distribution, and utilization of financial services via the integration of blockchain technology. Our research conducts a comprehensive introduction and meticulous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Erya Jiang , Bo Qin , Qin Wang , Zhipeng Wang , Qianhong Wu , Jian Weng , Xinyu Li , Chenyang Wang , Yuhang Ding , Yanran Zhang

The Internet of Value (IOV) with its distributed ledger technology (DLT) underpinning has created new forms of lending markets. As an integral part of the decentralised finance (DeFi) ecosystem, lending protocols are gaining tremendous…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Jiahua Xu , Nikhil Vadgama

Liquid staking and restaking represent recent innovations in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) that garnered user interest and capital. Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs), tokenized representations of staked tokens on Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Krzysztof Gogol , Yaron Velner , Benjamin Kraner , Claudio Tessone