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The widespread use of the Internet has posed challenges to existing centralized physical infrastructure networks. Issues such as data privacy risks, service disruptions, and substantial expansion costs have emerged. To address these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Zhibin Lin , Taotao Wang , Long Shi , Shengli Zhang , Bin Cao

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

PinFi is a class of novel protocols for decentralized pricing of dissipative assets, whose value naturally declines over time. Central to the protocol's functionality and its market efficiency is the role of liquidity providers (LPs). This…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Qi He , Yunwei Mao , Ju Li

This paper introduces the Generalised DePIN (GDP) protocol, a comprehensive framework for decentralized physical infrastructure networks. GDP establishes a modular system, enabling tailored application across sectors like ridesharing and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Dipankar Sarkar

Lending protocols are one of the main applications of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), enabling crypto-assets loan markets with a total value estimated in the tens of billions of dollars. Unlike traditional lending systems, these protocols…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Massimo Bartoletti , Enrico Lipparini

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

Decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) are an emerging vertical within "Web3" replacing the traditional method that physical infrastructures are constructed. Yet, the boundaries between DePIN and traditional method of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Michael S. Andrew , Mark C. Ballandies

Financial markets are undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Technological advances have brought major improvements to the operations of financial services. While these advances promote improved accessibility and convenience,…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2023-12-05 Agostino Capponi , Garud Iyengar , Jay Sethuraman

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) services are moving traditional financial operations to the Internet of Value (IOV) by exploiting smart contracts, distributed ledgers, and clever heterogeneous transactions among different protocols. The…

General Economics · Economics 2023-07-18 Teng Andrea Xu , Jiahua Xu

There is always demand for integrating data into microeconomic decision making. Participatory sensing deals with how real-world data may be extracted with stakeholder participation and resolves a problem of Big Data, which is concerned with…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Michael T. C. Chiu , Sachit Mahajan , Mark C. Ballandies , Uroš V. Kalabić

In Decentralized Finance (DeFi), automated market makers typically implement liquidity provisioning protocols. These protocols allow third-party liquidity providers (LPs) to provide assets to facilitate trade in exchange for fees. This…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Adithya Bhaskara , Rafael Frongillo , Maneesha Papireddygari

Decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing and lending platforms are crucial to the decentralized economy, involving two main participants: lenders who provide assets for interest and borrowers who offer collateral exceeding their debt and pay…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Mahsa Bastankhah , Viraj Nadkarni , Xuechao Wang , Chi Jin , Sanjeev Kulkarni , Pramod Viswanath

As digitalization and technological advancements continue to shape the infrastructure landscape, the emergence of blockchain-based decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs) has gained prominence. However, a systematic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Mark C. Ballandies , Hongyang Wang , Andrew Chung Chee Law , Joshua C. Yang , Christophe Gösken , Michael Andrew

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

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

The Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) market is revolutionizing the sharing economy through token-based economics and smart contracts that govern decentralized operations. By 2024, DePIN projects have exceeded \$10 billion in…

General Economics · Economics 2025-09-01 Yulin Liu , Mocca Schweitzer

In this paper, we propose a fully decentralized and smart contract-based insurance protocol. We identify various issues in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) insurance context and propose a solution to overcome these shortcomings. We…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-12-21 Matthias Nadler , Felix Bekemeier , Fabian Schär

PHICOIN (PHI) is a high-performance cryptocurrency based on the Proof-of-Work (PoW) mechanism. It aims to provide ordinary users with decentralized participation opportunities through an improved and innovative mining algorithm and fair…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Guang Yang , Peter Trinh , Sannan Iqbal , Justin Zhang

Decentralised Finance (DeFi) applications constitute an entire financial ecosystem deployed on blockchains. Such applications are based on complex protocols and incentive mechanisms whose financial safety is hard to determine. Besides,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Massimo Bartoletti , James Chiang , Tommi Junttila , Alberto Lluch Lafuente , Massimiliano Mirelli , Andrea Vandin

In this paper, we analyze various Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols in terms of their token distributions. We propose an iterative mapping process that allows us to split aggregate token holdings from custodial and escrow contracts and…

General Economics · Economics 2020-12-18 Matthias Nadler , Fabian Schär
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