ultimate-defi-research-base

Here we collect and discuss the best DeFI & Blockchain researches and tools. Feel free to DM me on Twitter or open pool request.
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Blockchain Governance:
- Blockchain Governance—A New Way of Organizing Collaborations? - Authors examine what different types of blockchain platforms may emerge, who is involved and impacted by blockchain governance, why actors may want blockchain, when and where blockchain is more effective compared to existing technologies, and how blockchains influence a number of organizational outcomes.
- Blockchain as a confidence machine: The problem of trust & challenges of governance - Authors expound upon how the distributed heterogeneous web of actors participating in the network and their various behaviors ultimately determine the trustworthiness of a blockchain platform as a critical factor aside zero-trust networking fundamentals.
- Governance in the Blockchain Economy: A Framework and Research Agenda - Authors discuss the new implications and radical differences of a blockchain-powered economy from established notions of governance, measured by three dimensions in IT governance literature- decision rights, accountability, and incentives.
- Governance in Blockchain Technologies & Social Contract Theories - Authors evaluate blockchain governance and their unique challenges in contrast to contemporary governance structures is evaluated on key governance themes in functional social contracts, focusing on sovereignty, initial context, decentralization, and distributive justice.
- Governance in the Blockchain Economy: A Framework and Research Agenda - Authors discuss the new implications and radical differences of a blockchain-powered economy from established notions of governance, measured by three dimensions in IT governance literature- decision rights, accountability, and incentives.
- Governance in Blockchain Technologies & Social Contract Theories - Authors evaluate blockchain governance and their unique challenges in contrast to contemporary governance structures is evaluated on key governance themes in functional social contracts, focusing on sovereignty, initial context, decentralization, and distributive justice.
DeFi Science:
- www.arxiv-vanity.com - 04-19)!
- Formal Analysis of Composable DeFi Protocols - In this paper, authors propose a formal process-algebraic technique that models DeFi protocols in a compositional manner to allow for efficient property verification.
- DeFi-ning DeFi: Challenges & Pathway - Good Retrospective into the beginning of decentralized finance.
- A theory of Automated Market Makers in DeFi - Authors exploit our theory to formally prove a set of fundamental properties of AMMs, characterizing both structural and economic aspects.
- Leveraged Trading on Blockchain Technology - Authors document an ongoing research process towards the implementation and integration of a digital artefact, executing the lifecycle of a leveraged trade with permissionless blockchain.
- From banks to DeFi: the evolution of the lending market - Authors discuss the persisting reliance of DeFi lending on the traditional financial system, and conclude with the outlook of the lending market in the IOV era.
- Towards Self-Regulating AI - Challenges and Opportunities of AI Model Governance in Financial Services.
- On the Just-In-Time Discovery of Profit-Generating Transactions in DeFi Protocols - In this paper, authors investigate two methods that allow them to automatically create profitable DeFi trades.
- Maximizing Extractable Value from Automated Market Makers - In this paper authors formally characterize rational miners as players which follow an optimal strategy in the mining game.
- The Decentralized Financial Crisis - In this paper authors explore how design weaknesses and price fluctuations in DeFi protocols could lead to a DeFi crisis.
- Liquidations: DeFi on a Knife-edge - In order to protect protocols from suffering losses, undercollateralized positions can be liquidated. In this paper, authors present empirical analysis of liquidations on protocols for loanable funds (PLFs).
- Measuring Asset Composability as a Proxy for DeFi Integration - Authors seek to understand the degree to which this practice may contribute to financial integration on Ethereum by examining transactions in 'composed' derivatives for the assets DAI, USDC, USDT, ETH and tokenized BTC for the full set of 344.8 million Ethereum transactions computed in 2020.
- Dynamic Curves for Decentralized Autonomous Cryptocurrency Exchanges - Authors propose in this work a new approach to constructing the AMM by proposing the idea of dynamic curves.
- High-Frequency Trading on Decentralized On-Chain Exchanges - In this work authors formalize, analytically exposit and empirically evaluate an augmented variant of front-running: sandwich attacks, which involve front- and back-running victim TXs.
- Flashot - A Snapshot of Flash Loan Attack on DeFi Ecosystem.
- DeFiRanger - Detecting Price Manipulation Attacks on DeFi Applications.
- Attacking the DeFi Ecosystem with Flash Loans for Fun and Profit - Flash Loans. DeFi. Classic.
- SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - In this Systematization of Knowledge (SoK), authors delineate the DeFi ecosystem along its principal axes. SCSGuard: Deep Scam Detection for Ethereum Smart Contracts
- Empirical Evidence from four Governance Token Distributions - This paper provides a framework to quantify decentralization of governance power among blockchain applications.
- The Adoption of Blockchain-based Decentralized Exchanges - Authors show that liquidity providers lose token value if exchange rates are volatile due to the order execution mechanism of the blockchain-based exchange.
- An analysis of Uniswap markets - One of the best studies on Uniswap DEX activity, authors started researching in 2019 and recently released fresh 2021 analysis.
- Finance 4.0: Design principles for a value-sensitive cryptoecnomic system to address sustainability - Authors provide new insights on designing crypto systems.
- Behavior of Liquidity Providers in Decentralized Exchanges - Authors aim to understand how liquidity providers react to market information and how they benefit from providing liquidity in DEX.
- Cyclic Arbitrage in Decentralized Exchange Markets - Good Read. This paper suggests that with the smart contract technology and the replicated state machine setting of Ethereum, arbitrage strategies are easier implemented in DEXes than in CEX.
- SoK: Oracles from the Ground Truth to Market Manipulation - In this SoK, authors systemize the design alternatives for oracles, showcase attacks, and discuss attack mitigation strategies.
- Composing Networks of Automated Market Makers - This paper proposes a mathematical model for AMM composition.
- Constant Function Market Makers: Multi-Asset Trades via Convex Optimization - A very pedagogical overview of CFMMs and their properties through mathematical modelization from first principles.
- Formal Analysis of Composable DeFi Protocols - In this paper, authors propose a formal process-algebraic technique that models DeFi protocols in a compositional manner to allow for efficient property verification.
- DeFi-ning DeFi: Challenges & Pathway - Good Retrospective into the beginning of decentralized finance.
- A theory of Automated Market Makers in DeFi - Authors exploit our theory to formally prove a set of fundamental properties of AMMs, characterizing both structural and economic aspects.
- From banks to DeFi: the evolution of the lending market - Authors discuss the persisting reliance of DeFi lending on the traditional financial system, and conclude with the outlook of the lending market in the IOV era.
- On the Just-In-Time Discovery of Profit-Generating Transactions in DeFi Protocols - In this paper, authors investigate two methods that allow them to automatically create profitable DeFi trades.
- Maximizing Extractable Value from Automated Market Makers - In this paper authors formally characterize rational miners as players which follow an optimal strategy in the mining game.
- The Decentralized Financial Crisis - In this paper authors explore how design weaknesses and price fluctuations in DeFi protocols could lead to a DeFi crisis.
- Liquidations: DeFi on a Knife-edge - In order to protect protocols from suffering losses, undercollateralized positions can be liquidated. In this paper, authors present empirical analysis of liquidations on protocols for loanable funds (PLFs).
- Measuring Asset Composability as a Proxy for DeFi Integration - Authors seek to understand the degree to which this practice may contribute to financial integration on Ethereum by examining transactions in 'composed' derivatives for the assets DAI, USDC, USDT, ETH and tokenized BTC for the full set of 344.8 million Ethereum transactions computed in 2020.
- Dynamic Curves for Decentralized Autonomous Cryptocurrency Exchanges - Authors propose in this work a new approach to constructing the AMM by proposing the idea of dynamic curves.
- High-Frequency Trading on Decentralized On-Chain Exchanges - In this work authors formalize, analytically exposit and empirically evaluate an augmented variant of front-running: sandwich attacks, which involve front- and back-running victim TXs.
- Flashot - A Snapshot of Flash Loan Attack on DeFi Ecosystem.
- DeFiRanger - Detecting Price Manipulation Attacks on DeFi Applications.
- Attacking the DeFi Ecosystem with Flash Loans for Fun and Profit - Flash Loans. DeFi. Classic.
- SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - In this Systematization of Knowledge (SoK), authors delineate the DeFi ecosystem along its principal axes. SCSGuard: Deep Scam Detection for Ethereum Smart Contracts
- Empirical Evidence from four Governance Token Distributions - This paper provides a framework to quantify decentralization of governance power among blockchain applications.
- The Adoption of Blockchain-based Decentralized Exchanges - Authors show that liquidity providers lose token value if exchange rates are volatile due to the order execution mechanism of the blockchain-based exchange.
- Finance 4.0: Design principles for a value-sensitive cryptoecnomic system to address sustainability - Authors provide new insights on designing crypto systems.
- SoK: Oracles from the Ground Truth to Market Manipulation - In this SoK, authors systemize the design alternatives for oracles, showcase attacks, and discuss attack mitigation strategies.
- Leveraged Trading on Blockchain Technology - Authors document an ongoing research process towards the implementation and integration of a digital artefact, executing the lifecycle of a leveraged trade with permissionless blockchain.
- Towards Self-Regulating AI - Challenges and Opportunities of AI Model Governance in Financial Services.
- An analysis of Uniswap markets - One of the best studies on Uniswap DEX activity, authors started researching in 2019 and recently released fresh 2021 analysis.
- Behavior of Liquidity Providers in Decentralized Exchanges - Authors aim to understand how liquidity providers react to market information and how they benefit from providing liquidity in DEX.
- Cyclic Arbitrage in Decentralized Exchange Markets - Good Read. This paper suggests that with the smart contract technology and the replicated state machine setting of Ethereum, arbitrage strategies are easier implemented in DEXes than in CEX.
- Composing Networks of Automated Market Makers - This paper proposes a mathematical model for AMM composition.
- Constant Function Market Makers: Multi-Asset Trades via Convex Optimization - A very pedagogical overview of CFMMs and their properties through mathematical modelization from first principles.
Developer Tools
- MythX - Security verification platform and tools ecosystem for Ethereum developers
- Securify - Security scanner for Ethereum smart contracts
- SmartCheck - Static smart contract security analyzer
- Piet - A visual Solidity architecture analyzer
- Dappy - A no-DNS web browser and name system powered by the blockchain. - added by [Fabcotech](https://github.com/fabcotech)
- Source
- CryptoFin Solidity Auditing Checklist - A checklist of common findings, and issues to watch out for when auditing a contract for a mainnet launch.
- Mythril - Open-source EVM bytecode security analysis tool
- Ethersplay - EVM disassembler
- Evmdis - Alternative EVM disassembler
- Hydra - Framework for cryptoeconomic contract security, decentralised security bounties
- Solgraph - Visualise Solidity control flow for smart contract security analysis
- Manticore - Symbolic execution tool on Smart Contracts and Binaries
- Slither - A Solidity static analysis framework
- Adelaide - The SECBIT static analysis extension to Solidity compiler
- Solidity security blog - Comprehensive list of known attack vectors and common anti-patterns
- Awesome Buggy ERC20 Tokens - A Collection of Vulnerabilities in ERC20 Smart Contracts With Tokens Affected
- Ethereum-datafarm - Easy-to-use console app for parsing historical event data without requiring an archive node, using the Etherscan API.
- Oyente - Alternative static smart contract security analysis
- solc-verify - A modular verifier for Solidity smart contracts
- Free Smart Contract Security Audit - Free smart contract security audits from Callisto Network
- Dappy - A no-DNS web browser and name system powered by the blockchain. - added by [Fabcotech](https://github.com/fabcotech)
Discussion:
Ethereum 2.0
Ethereum Tools
Favourites:
General information:
- Stochastic Properties of EIP1559 Basefees - Authors explain the new pricing mechanism for the Ethereum developed to bring stability to fluctuating gas prices.
- 101 the Principles of Tokenomics - This article is a reprint of the original on Eat Sleep Crypto, last edited Jan 12, 2023
- A Big Data Analysis of the Ethereum Network: from Blockchain to Google Trends - An analysis of the crypto prices and search trends suggests the existence of big players (and not the regular users), manipulating the market after a drop in prices.
- A DLT-based Smart Contract Architecture for Atomic and Scalable Trading - In this paper, authors propose an atomic, scalable and privacy-preserving protocol that enables secure and dynamic updates. Then develop a smart contract-based Credit-Note System (CNS) that allows participants to lock funds before a state channel initialisation, which enhances flexibility and efficiency.
- Exploring Ethereum Data Stores: A Cost and Performance Comparison - In this work, authors examine a comprehensive set of data management approaches for ETH apps and assess the associated cost in gas as well as the retrieval performance.
- A Systematic Literature Review on Blockchain Governance - This study comprehensively investigates blockchain governance via 5W1H questions.
- On Technical Trading and Social Media Indicators in Cryptocurrencies' Price Classification Through Deep Learning - The study shows that, based on the hourly frequency results, the unrestricted model outperforms the restricted one both in ETH and BTC.
- A general framework for blockchain analytics - Authors propose a general-purpose framework, supporting data analytics on Bitcoin Ethereum — it allows to integrate block data with data from other sources, and to organise them in a database.
- Bandcoin: Using Smart Contracts to Automate Mobile Network Bandwidth Roaming Agreements - Authors propose a new way to share licensed spectrum bandwidth capacity in mobile networks between operators, service providers and consumers using blockchain-based smart contracts.
- A Blockchain Architecture for Industrial Applications - In this work authors compare public and permissioned blockchains for industrial applications.
- Changes to the extreme and erratic behaviour of cryptocurrency during COVID-19 - This paper introduces new methods for analysing the extreme and erratic behaviour of time series to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on market dynamics.
- Financial Markets Prediction with Deep Learning - Authors propose a novel one-dimensional convolutional neural networks (CNN) model to predict financial market movement.
- AMR:Autonomous Coin Mixer with Privacy Preserving Reward Distribution - In this work, authors propose the first censorship resilient mixer, which can reward its users in a privacy-preserving manner for participating in the system.
- Technology Review of Blockchain Data Privacy Solutions - This report aims to review existing enterprise blockchain technologies: EOSIO powered systems, Hyperledger Fabric and Besu, Consensus Quorum, R3 Corda and Ernst and Young’s Nightfall.
- Blockchain Systems, Technologies and Applications: A Methodology Perspective - First, this article introduces how blockchain works, the research activity and challenge, and illustrates the roadmap involving the classic methodology with typical blockchain use cases and topics. Second, in a blockchain system, how to adopt stochastic processes, game theory, optimization, machine learning and cryptography to study blockchain running processes and design blockchain protocol/algorithm are discussed in detail.
- Ethna: Analyzing the Underlying Peer-to-Peer Network of the Ethereum Blockchain - Ethna implements a novel method that accurately measures the degrees of Ethereum nodes.
- Dynamical Analysis of the EIP-1559 Ethereum Fee Market - Authors perform a thorough analysis of the resulting fee market dynamic mechanism via a combination of tools from game theory and dynamical systems.
- Transaction Fee Mechanism Design for the Ethereum Blockchain: An Economic Analysis of EIP-1559 - This report assesses the game-theoretic strengths and weaknesses of the proposal and explores some alternative designs.
- Community Detection in Blockchain Social Networks - A novel community detection algorithm which is designed for low-rank signals on graph can help find users’ communities based on user-token subscription.
- Exploring Blockchain for The Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources - In this paper, authors develop a trustable and distributed coordination system for DERs using blockchain technology.
- Exploring asymmetric multifractal cross-correlations of price-volatility in cryptocurrency markets - Authors find that cross-correlations are stronger in downtrend markets than in uptrend markets. In contrast, for Ripple and Litecoin, inverted reactions are present where cross-correlations are stronger in uptrend markets. Authors uncover the dynamics of asymmetric volatility structure and provide new guidance in investigating dynamical relationships between price and volatility for cryptocurrencies.
- Blockchain for Transactive Energy Management of Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grid - Considering the dispersed nature and diverse ownership of DERs, authors develop a distributed algorithm to solve the optimization problem using the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) method.
- Measuring Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum using Multiple Metrics and Granularities - Authors show that the degree of decentralization in Bitcoin is higher, while the degree of decentralization in Ethereum is more stable.
- Block Access Control in Wireless Blockchain Network: Design, Modeling and Analysis - The results show that BAC approaches can help the network to achieve a high transaction throughput while improving block utilization and saving computational power. Meanwhile, the trade-off between transaction throughput and block utilization is demonstrated, which can act as a guidance for practical deployment of blockchain.
- A Regulatory System for Optimal Legal Transaction Throughput in Cryptocurrency Blockchains - Authors present a regulatory framework for blockchain protocols, for ensuring legal transaction confirmation as part of the blockchain distributed consensus.
- Towards External Calls for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology - In this paper authors show that this belief is preconceived by demonstrating a method that enables blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to perform calls to external systems initiated from the blockchain/DLT itself.
- Managing Blockchain Systems and Applications: A Process Model for Blockchain Configurations - Authors demonstrate the applicability of the proposed blockchain configuration process model on four blockchain projects
- A Note on Optimal Fees for Constant Function Market Makers - Authors present a framework that can be used to compute optimal fees for real world pools using past trade data.
- The rich still get richer: Empirical comparison of preferential attachment via linking statistics in Bitcoin and Ethereum - Authors show that preferential attachment continues to be a key factor in the evolution of both currencies.
- Reward Mechanism for Blockchains Using Evolutionary Game Theory - In this paper, authors develop a reward mechanism framework that could apply to many PoS blockchains.
- Summing Up Smart Transitions - In this paper, authors present a generalization of first-order logic which can express the unbounded sum of balances.
- How to Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency - Authors contribute to the current research debate by showing how a central bank could do CBDC so, if desired.
- On the Performance of Blockchain-enabled RAN-as-a-service in Beyond 5G Networks - In this paper, authors propose the application of BC to facilitate Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other players such as Verticals or Over-The-Top (OTT) service providers to exchange Radio Access Network (RAN) resources (e.g., infrastructure, spectrum) in a secure, flexible and autonomous manner.
- 100+ Metrics for Software Startups - A Multi-Vocal Literature Review - Using data in the form of metrics can help software startups to make the right decisions amidst uncertainty and limited resources.
- Blockchain Networks: Data Structures of Bitcoin , Monero, Zcash, Ethereum, Ripple and IOTA - Authors discuss how blockchain data can be abstracted as various types of networks, and how network abstractions are used to reap insights into the structure.
- Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain- and Smart Contract-Based Financial Markets - Written by Fabian Schar, gives an overview of blockchain based markets with technical details but in a digestible format; great paper for newcomers to the space.
- Theory and Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography - This work describes the mathematics needed to implement Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) with special attention to its implementation in Galois Field. Here the functionality of ECC, its advantages and challenges over other cryptosystems are also explained.
- An Incomplete Guide to Rollups by Vitalik - Rollups are all the rage in the Ethereum community, and are poised to be the key scalability solution for Ethereum for the foreseeable future. But what exactly is this technology, what can you expect from it and how will you be able to use it? This post will attempt to answer some of those key questions.
- Understanding an Ethereum Transaction - Coverage of the transaction life cycle.
- The Decentralised Financial Crisis - The Global Financial Crisis of 2008, caused by the accumulation of excessive financial risk, inspired Satoshi Nakamoto to create Bitcoin. Now, more than ten years later, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), a peer-to-peer financial paradigm which leverages blockchain-based smart contracts to ensure its integrity and security, contains over 702m USD of capital as of April 15th, 2020. As this ecosystem develops, it is at risk of the very sort of financial meltdown it is supposed to be preventing. In this paper we explore how design weaknesses and price fluctuations in DeFi protocols could lead to a potential DeFi crisis.
- How to Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency - Authors contribute to the current research debate by showing how a central bank could do CBDC so, if desired.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- Comparing Virtual Machines: Message Only vs Asset-Oriented - Web3 is predicated on the notion that individuals can own assets on the internet. From DeFi, to Sovereign Identity, to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), every Web3 use case depends on digital assets of value - tokens; combined with self-executing rules on how those assets can be used - smart contracts, to incentivize decentralized communities of node-runners, developers, and users to deliver Web3 products and services.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- A Big Data Analysis of the Ethereum Network: from Blockchain to Google Trends - An analysis of the crypto prices and search trends suggests the existence of big players (and not the regular users), manipulating the market after a drop in prices.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- An in-depth guide into how the mempool works - Understanding the mempool, short but in-depth coverage.
- Stochastic Properties of EIP1559 Basefees - Authors explain the new pricing mechanism for the Ethereum developed to bring stability to fluctuating gas prices.
- A DLT-based Smart Contract Architecture for Atomic and Scalable Trading - In this paper, authors propose an atomic, scalable and privacy-preserving protocol that enables secure and dynamic updates. Then develop a smart contract-based Credit-Note System (CNS) that allows participants to lock funds before a state channel initialisation, which enhances flexibility and efficiency.
- Exploring Ethereum Data Stores: A Cost and Performance Comparison - In this work, authors examine a comprehensive set of data management approaches for ETH apps and assess the associated cost in gas as well as the retrieval performance.
- A Systematic Literature Review on Blockchain Governance - This study comprehensively investigates blockchain governance via 5W1H questions.
- On Technical Trading and Social Media Indicators in Cryptocurrencies' Price Classification Through Deep Learning - The study shows that, based on the hourly frequency results, the unrestricted model outperforms the restricted one both in ETH and BTC.
- A general framework for blockchain analytics - Authors propose a general-purpose framework, supporting data analytics on Bitcoin Ethereum — it allows to integrate block data with data from other sources, and to organise them in a database.
- Changes to the extreme and erratic behaviour of cryptocurrency during COVID-19 - This paper introduces new methods for analysing the extreme and erratic behaviour of time series to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on market dynamics.
- Financial Markets Prediction with Deep Learning - Authors propose a novel one-dimensional convolutional neural networks (CNN) model to predict financial market movement.
- AMR:Autonomous Coin Mixer with Privacy Preserving Reward Distribution - In this work, authors propose the first censorship resilient mixer, which can reward its users in a privacy-preserving manner for participating in the system.
- Technology Review of Blockchain Data Privacy Solutions - This report aims to review existing enterprise blockchain technologies: EOSIO powered systems, Hyperledger Fabric and Besu, Consensus Quorum, R3 Corda and Ernst and Young’s Nightfall.
- Blockchain Systems, Technologies and Applications: A Methodology Perspective - First, this article introduces how blockchain works, the research activity and challenge, and illustrates the roadmap involving the classic methodology with typical blockchain use cases and topics. Second, in a blockchain system, how to adopt stochastic processes, game theory, optimization, machine learning and cryptography to study blockchain running processes and design blockchain protocol/algorithm are discussed in detail.
- Ethna: Analyzing the Underlying Peer-to-Peer Network of the Ethereum Blockchain - Ethna implements a novel method that accurately measures the degrees of Ethereum nodes.
- Dynamical Analysis of the EIP-1559 Ethereum Fee Market - Authors perform a thorough analysis of the resulting fee market dynamic mechanism via a combination of tools from game theory and dynamical systems.
- Transaction Fee Mechanism Design for the Ethereum Blockchain: An Economic Analysis of EIP-1559 - This report assesses the game-theoretic strengths and weaknesses of the proposal and explores some alternative designs.
- Community Detection in Blockchain Social Networks - A novel community detection algorithm which is designed for low-rank signals on graph can help find users’ communities based on user-token subscription.
- Exploring asymmetric multifractal cross-correlations of price-volatility in cryptocurrency markets - Authors find that cross-correlations are stronger in downtrend markets than in uptrend markets. In contrast, for Ripple and Litecoin, inverted reactions are present where cross-correlations are stronger in uptrend markets. Authors uncover the dynamics of asymmetric volatility structure and provide new guidance in investigating dynamical relationships between price and volatility for cryptocurrencies.
- Measuring Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum using Multiple Metrics and Granularities - Authors show that the degree of decentralization in Bitcoin is higher, while the degree of decentralization in Ethereum is more stable.
- Towards External Calls for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology - In this paper authors show that this belief is preconceived by demonstrating a method that enables blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to perform calls to external systems initiated from the blockchain/DLT itself.
- Managing Blockchain Systems and Applications: A Process Model for Blockchain Configurations - Authors demonstrate the applicability of the proposed blockchain configuration process model on four blockchain projects
- A Note on Optimal Fees for Constant Function Market Makers - Authors present a framework that can be used to compute optimal fees for real world pools using past trade data.
- Reward Mechanism for Blockchains Using Evolutionary Game Theory - In this paper, authors develop a reward mechanism framework that could apply to many PoS blockchains.
- Summing Up Smart Transitions - In this paper, authors present a generalization of first-order logic which can express the unbounded sum of balances.
- On the Performance of Blockchain-enabled RAN-as-a-service in Beyond 5G Networks - In this paper, authors propose the application of BC to facilitate Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other players such as Verticals or Over-The-Top (OTT) service providers to exchange Radio Access Network (RAN) resources (e.g., infrastructure, spectrum) in a secure, flexible and autonomous manner.

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