Recent years have witnessed significant advancements in cross-chain technology.
However, the field faces two pressing challenges when it comes to security and privacy …

Computer science uses abstractions as a tool for reasoning. It is no surprise that computer
science might have something valuable to lend to the world of decentralized stablecoin …

ABSTRACT Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is revolutionizing traditional financial services by
enabling direct, intermediary-free transactions, thereby generating a substantial volume of …

Ethereum 2.0, as the preeminent smart contract blockchain platform, guarantees the precise
execution of applications without third-party intervention. At its core, this system leverages …

There is a large body of empirical and theoretical literature on the effects of technological
change on individuals, labor markets, and overall economic activity. Theories of skill-biased …

The blockchain trilemma, introduced in 2017 on a blog post authored by Vitalik Buterin, one
of Ethereum's co-founders, asserts that achieving decentralization, scalability, and security …

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to disrupt centralized finance by validating
peer-to-peer transactions through tamper-proof smart contracts and thus significantly …

Ethereum is undergoing significant changes to its architecture as it evolves. These changes
include its switch to PoS consensus and the introduction of significant infrastructural …

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), utilizing blockchain technology to enable
collective governance, are a promising innovation. This research addresses the ongoing …

Decentralization was a key design objective underlying the design of the Internet, with
independent networks collaborating to deliver packet network services. As web services …