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As search, social media, and artificial intelligence continue to reshape collective knowledge, the preservation of trust on the public infosphere has become a defining challenge of our time. Given the breadth and versatility of adversarial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Thien-Nam Dinh , Justin Li , Mitch Negus , Ken Goss

The decentralized architecture of Web3 technologies creates fundamental challenges for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism compliance. Traditional regulatory technology solutions designed for centralized financial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Qian'ang Mao , Jiaxin Wang , Ya Liu , Li Zhu , Jiaman Chen , Jiaqi Yan

An unprecedented information wealth produced by online social networks, further augmented by location/collocation data, is currently fragmented across different proprietary services. Combined, it can accurately represent the social world…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-04-29 Nicolas Kourtellis , Jeremy Blackburn , Cristian Borcea , Adriana Iamnitchi

The rapid evolution of the Internet, particularly the emergence of Web3, has transformed the ways people interact and share data. Web3, although still not well defined, is thought to be a return to the decentralization of corporations'…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Synim Selimi , Blerim Rexha , Kamer Vishi

Due to the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a push for `immunity passports' and even technical proposals. Although the debate about the medical and ethical problems of immunity passports has been widespread, there has been less…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Harry Halpin

A lot of business and research effort currently deals with the so called decentralised ledger technology blockchain. Putting it to use carries the tempting promise to make the intermediaries of social interactions superfluous and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-13 Rainer Rehak

For the past three decades, the architecture of the internet has rested on two primary pillars - communication on the World Wide Web and Value such as Bitcoin/Distributed ledgers. However, a third critical pillar, Private Coordination has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Sean Carlin , Kevin Curran

Web 2.0, social media, cloud computing, and IoT easily connect people around the globe, overcoming time and space barriers, and offering manifold benefits. However, the technological advances and increased user participation generate novel…

Ubiquitous connectivity, networked computation, open technologies and advances in intelligent web approaches enable the third-generation web, Web3.0. Not least due to advancements in crypto technologies adoption in real world applications,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-09-02 Alexander Poddey , Nik Scharmann

Attestation of documents like legal papers, professional qualifications, medical records, and commercial documents is crucial in global transactions, ensuring their authenticity, integrity, and trustworthiness. Companies expanding…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Swapna Krishnakumar Radha , Andrey Kuehlkamp , Jarek Nabrzyski

Web3 technologies have experienced unprecedented growth in the last decade, achieving widespread adoption. As various blockchain networks continue to evolve, we are on the cusp of a paradigm shift in which they could provide services…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Khalid Hassan , Amirreza Sokhankhosh , Sara Rouhani

The Synchronic Web is a distributed network for securing data provenance on the World Wide Web. By enabling clients around the world to freely commit digital information into a single shared view of history, it provides a foundational basis…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Thien-Nam Dinh , Nicholas Pattengale , Steven Elliott

The advent of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) represents a shift in the digital infrastructure of today's Internet. While Centralized Service Providers (CSP) monopolize cloud computing, DePINs aim to enhance data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-15 Jan von der Assen , Christian Killer , Alessandro De Carli , Burkhard Stiller

At present, the concept of metaverse has sparked widespread attention from the public to major industries. With the rapid development of blockchain and Web3 technologies, the decentralized metaverse ecology has attracted a large influx of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Jiajing Wu , Kaixin Lin , Dan Lin , Ziye Zheng , Huawei Huang , Zibin Zheng

The proliferation of smartphone devices has led to the emergence of powerful user services from enabling interactions with friends and business associates to mapping, finding nearby businesses and alerting users in real-time. Moreover,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Dimitrios Tomaras , Michail Tsenos , Vana Kalogeraki

Blockchain Technology has revolutionized Finance and Technology with its secure, decentralized, and trust-less methodologies of data management. In a world where asset value fluctuations are unprecedented, it has become increasingly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Aaryan Sinha , Raja Muthalagu , Pranav Pawar , Alavikunhu Panthakkan , Shadi Atalla

In the current architecture of the Internet, there is a strong asymmetry in terms of power between the entities that gather and process personal data (e.g., major Internet companies, telecom operators, cloud providers, ...) and the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-09-12 Sebastien Gambs , Samuel Ranellucci , and Alain Tapp

Metaverse in general holds a potential future for cyberspace. At the beginning of Web 2.0, it was witnessed that people were signing in with various pseudonyms or 'nyms', risking their online identities by increasing presence of fake…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-06 Sibi Chakkaravarthy Sethuraman , Aditya Mitra , Anisha Ghosh , Gautam Galada , Anitha Subramanian

In the current connected world - Websites, Mobile Apps, IoT Devices collect a large volume of users' personally identifiable activity data. These collected data is used for varied purposes of analytics, marketing, personalization of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Subhadip Mitra

As blockchain technology gains traction for enhancing data security and operational efficiency, traditional centralized authentication systems remain a significant bottleneck. This paper addresses the challenge of integrating decentralized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Faisal Haque Bappy , Joon S. Park , Kamrul Hasan , Tariqul Islam