Scalability is one of the trilemma of blockchain technology that hinders its adoption for large-
scale decentralized applications (dApps). Researchers have proposed several layer-1 and …

An important virtue of distributed ledger technologies is their acclaimed higher level of
decentralisation compared to traditional financial systems. Empirical literature, however …

In the past two years, decentralised finance (defi) has attracted increasing attention and
scrutiny from academics, research institutions, policy makers, participants in the crypto …

Blockchain technology has attracted a lot of attention as the basis of the decentralized digital
currency Bitcoin. Its key advantage is that it enables multiple parties to reach consensus …

Blockchains protect an ecosystem worth more than $500 bn with their strong security
properties derived from the principle of decentralization. Is today's blockchain really …

With the development of decentralized finance (DeFi), lending protocols have been
increasingly proposed in the market. A comprehensive and in-depth evaluation of lending …

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are decentralized digital tokens to represent the unique
ownership of items. Recently, NFTs have been gaining popularity and at the same time …

As extensively discussed by the literature, decentralised finance (defi) can be understood as
a stack of logical layers, where each layer represents a separate element or component of …

This paper evaluates the conflict between the emerging forces of decentralization and
artificial intelligence. In general, the forces that lead towards decentralization are often …

Recent years have witnessed significant advancements in cross-chain technology.
However, the field faces two pressing challenges. On the one hand, hacks on cross-chain …