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Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies rely on distributed consensus algorithms. In recent years many consensus algorithms and protocols have been proposed; most of them are for permissioned blockchain networks. However, the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-19 Shiv Sondhi , Sherif Saad , Kevin Shi , Mohammad Mamun , Issa Traore

Collaborative cybersecurity relies on organizations sharing information to boost security, but trust management is a key concern. Decentralized solutions like distributed ledgers, particularly blockchain, are crucial for eliminating single…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Loïc Miller , Marc-Oliver Pahl

Blockchain has become a popular decentralized paradigm for various applications in the zero-trust environment. The core of the blockchain is the consensus protocol, which establishes consensus among all the participants. PoW (Proof-of-Work)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-30 Peiran Wang

Federated learning (FL) is a distributed machine learning approach that protects user data privacy by training models locally on clients and aggregating them on a parameter server. While effective at preserving privacy, FL systems face…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-27 Zeju Cai , Jianguo Chen , Yuting Fan , Zibin Zheng , Keqin Li

Edge computing brings computation near end users, enabling the provisioning of novel use cases. To satisfy end-user requirements, the concept of edge federation has recently emerged as a key mechanism for dynamic resources and services…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Adam Zahir , Milan Groshev , Carlos J. Bernardos , Antonio de la Oliva

Federated learning enhances traditional deep learning by enabling the joint training of a model with the use of IoT device's private data. It ensures privacy for clients, but is susceptible to data poisoning attacks during training that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Jane Carney , Kushal Upreti , Gaby G. Dagher , Tim Andersen

With the escalating prevalence of malicious activities exploiting vulnerabilities in blockchain systems, there is an urgent requirement for robust attack detection mechanisms. To address this challenge, this paper presents a novel…

Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) enhances the security of mobile applications and cloud services by isolating sensitive code in the secure world from the non-secure normal world. However, TEE applications are still confronted with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-11 Chengyan Ma , Ruidong Han , Jieke Shi , Ye Liu , Yuqing Niu , Di Lu , Chuang Tian , Jianfeng Ma , Debin Gao , David Lo

Despite the great potential of Federated Learning (FL) in large-scale distributed learning, the current system is still subject to several privacy issues due to the fact that local models trained by clients are exposed to the central…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Truc Nguyen , Phuc Thai , Tre' R. Jeter , Thang N. Dinh , My T. Thai

In recent years, many Blockchain based frameworks for transacting commodities on a congestible network have been proposed. In particular, as the number of controllable grid connected assets increases, there is a need for a decentralized,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-25 Nikhil Ravi , Shammya Saha , Anna Scaglione , Nathan G. Johnson

Federated learning is an emerging privacy-preserving AI technique where clients (i.e., organisations or devices) train models locally and formulate a global model based on the local model updates without transferring local data externally.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Sin Kit Lo , Yue Liu , Qinghua Lu , Chen Wang , Xiwei Xu , Hye-Young Paik , Liming Zhu

In the era of deep learning, federated learning (FL) presents a promising approach that allows multi-institutional data owners, or clients, to collaboratively train machine learning models without compromising data privacy. However, most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-13 Nanqing Dong , Zhipeng Wang , Jiahao Sun , Michael Kampffmeyer , William Knottenbelt , Eric Xing

In cross-device private federated learning, differentially private follow-the-regularized-leader (DP-FTRL) has emerged as a promising privacy-preserving method. However, existing approaches assume a semi-honest server and have not addressed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Shun Takagi , Satoshi Hasegawa

Cryptocurrencies are poised to revolutionize the modern economy by democratizing commerce. These currencies operate on top of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. Existing permissionless blockchain-based protocols offer unparalleled…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-25 Anurag Jain , Sanidhay Arora , Sankarshan Damle , Sujit Gujar

Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) have emerged as a cornerstone for securing sensitive computations by providing isolated enclaves protected from untrusted software. However, their security guarantees are undermined by vulnerabilities…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Saltanat Firdous Allaqband , Deepanjali S , Rohit Srinivas R G , Devashish Gosain , Chester Rebeiro

Consensus algorithms are central to blockchain technology and an emerging research area. In this paper, we begin with an overview of the different types and architectures of blockchain networks. Then, with a focus on consortium blockchains,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Wei Yao , Fadi P. Deek , Renita Murimi , Guiling Wang

In the last few years, a countless number of permissioned blockchain solutions have been proposed, with each one to claim that it revolutionizes the way of the transaction processing along with the security and privacy preserving mechanisms…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-09 Sotirios Brotsis , Nicholas Kolokotronis , Konstantinos Limniotis , Gueltoum Bendiab , Stavros Shiaeles

Federated learning is a new approach to distributed machine learning that offers potential advantages such as reducing communication requirements and distributing the costs of training algorithms. Therefore, it could hold great promise in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Alexandre Pacheco , Sébastien De Vos , Andreagiovanni Reina , Marco Dorigo , Volker Strobel

Blockchain is a growing decentralized system built for transparency and immutability. There have been several major attacks on blockchain-based systems, leaving a gap in the trustability of this system. This article presents a comprehensive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Joydip Das , Syed Ashraf Al Tasin , Md. Forhad Rabbi , Md Sadek Ferdous

Leveraging blockchain in Federated Learning (FL) emerges as a new paradigm for secure collaborative learning on Massive Edge Networks (MENs). As the scale of MENs increases, it becomes more difficult to implement and manage a blockchain…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Handi Chen , Rui Zhou , Yun-Hin Chan , Zhihan Jiang , Xianhao Chen , Edith C. H. Ngai