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Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology is a disruptive technology that provides the infrastructure for developing decentralized applications enabling the implementation of novel business models even in traditionally centralized…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Claudia Pop , Tudor Cioara , Ionut Anghel , Marcel Antal , Ioan Salomie

With the drive to create a decentralized digital economy, Web 3.0 has become a cornerstone of digital transformation, developed on the basis of computing-force networking, distributed data storage, and blockchain. With the rapid realization…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Minrui Xu , Xiaoxu Ren , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Chao Qiu , Zehui Xiong , Xiaofei Wang , Victor C. M. Leung

In this article, we explore the tension between abstraction and composability in web3 today, specifically within identity solutions, and argue that the current standard DID v1.0 is sufficiently under specified, allowing for many methods and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Shrey Jain , Leon Erichsen , Glen Weyl

Web3 brings an emerging outlook for the value of decentralization, boosting the decentralized infrastructure. People can benefit from Web3, facilitated by the advances in distributed ledger technology, to read, write and own web content,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Hao Xu , Yunqing Sun , Zihao Li , Yao Sun , Lei Zhang , Xiaoshuai Zhang

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

Blockchain has been widely deployed in various sectors, such as finance, education, and public services. Since blockchain runs as an immutable distributed ledger, it has decentralized mechanisms with persistency, anonymity, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Qian Wei , Bingzhe Li , Wanli Chang , Zhiping Jia , Zhaoyan Shen , Zili Shao

In the era of Web3, decentralized technologies have emerged as the cornerstone of a new digital paradigm. Backed by a decentralized blockchain architecture, the Web3 space aims to democratize all aspects of the web. From data-sharing to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Tiantian Gong , Aniket Kate , Alexandros Psomas , Athina Terzoglou

As the Web3 ecosystem evolves toward a multi-chain architecture, cross-chain bridges have become critical infrastructure for enabling interoperability between diverse blockchain networks. However, while connecting isolated blockchains, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Hanzhong Liang , Yue Duan , Xing Su , Xiao Li , Yating Liu , Yulong Tian , Fengyuan Xu , Sheng Zhong

In blockchain networks, so-called "full nodes" serve data to and relay transactions from clients through an RPC interface. This serving layer enables integration of "Web3" data, stored on blockchains, with "Web2" mobile or web applications…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Weihong Wang , Tom Van Cutsem

Crowdfunding platforms face high transaction fees, need for more transparency, and trust deficits. These issues deter contributors and entrepreneurs from effectively leveraging crowdfunding for innovation and growth. Blockchain technology…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Mustafa Savas Unsal

Web 3.0 enables user-generated contents and user-selected authorities. With decentralized wireless edge computing architectures, Web 3.0 allows users to read, write, and own contents. A core technology that enables Web 3.0 goals is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Yijing Lin , Zhipeng Gao , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Ruilong Deng , Xuemin Sherman Shen

Web3's decentralised infrastructure has upended the standardised approach to digital identity established by protocols like OpenID Connect. Web2 and Web3 currently operate in silos, with Web2 leveraging selective disclosure JSON web tokens…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Ben Biedermann , Matthew Scerri , Victoria Kozlova , Joshua Ellul

With the recent hype around the Metaverse and NFTs, Web3 is getting more and more popular. The goal of Web3 is to decentralize the web via decentralized applications. Wallets play a crucial role as they act as an interface between these…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Christof Ferreira Torres , Fiona Willi , Shweta Shinde

Blockchain technology ensures secure and trustworthy data flow between multiple participants on the chain, but interoperability of on-chain and off-chain data has always been a difficult problem that needs to be solved. To solve the problem…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Xueying Zeng , Youquan Xian , Chunpei Li , Zhengdong Hu , Aoxiang Zhou , Peng Liu

The convergence of Web3 technologies and AI agents represents a rapidly evolving frontier poised to reshape decentralized ecosystems. This paper presents the first and most comprehensive analysis of the intersection between Web3 and AI…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Yiming Shen , Jiashuo Zhang , Zhenzhe Shao , Wenxuan Luo , Yanlin Wang , Ting Chen , Zibin Zheng , Jiachi Chen

Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved impressive performance in diverse natural language processing tasks, but specialized domains such as Web3 present new challenges and require more tailored evaluation. Despite the significant user…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Enhao Huang , Pengyu Sun , Zixin Lin , Alex Chen , Joey Ouyang , Haobo Wang , Kaichun Hu , James Yi , Frank Li , Zhiyu Zhang , Tianxiang Xu , Gang Zhao , Ziang Ling , Lowes Yang

Proponents and developers of Web3 and blockchain argue that these technologies can revolutionize how people live and work by empowering individuals and distributing decision-making power. While technologists often have expansive hopes for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Amy A. Winecoff , Johannes Lenhard

Blockchain technology introduces asset types and custody mechanisms that fundamentally break traditional financial auditing paradigms. This paper presents an autoethnographic analysis of cryptoasset auditing challenges, build on top of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Shayan Eskandari , Leid Zejnilovic , Jeremy Clark

Blockchain systems come with a promise of decentralization that often stumbles on a roadblock when key decisions about modifying the software codebase need to be made. This is attested by the fact that both of the two major…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-19 Aggelos Kiayias , Philip Lazos

Blockchain technology has completely revolutionized the field of decentralized finance with the emergence of a variety of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. However, widespread adoption of this technology by governments and enterprises…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Syed Ibrahim Omer