Security analysis of DeFi: Vulnerabilities, attacks and advances

W Li, J Bu, X Li, X Chen - 2022 IEEE International Conference …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decentralized finance (DeFi) in Ethereum is a financial ecosystem built on the blockchain
that has locked over 200 billion USD until April 2022. All transaction information is …

Blockeye: Hunting for defi attacks on blockchain

B Wang, H Liu, C Liu, Z Yang, Q Ren… - 2021 IEEE/ACM …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decentralized finance, ie, DeFi, has become the most popular type of application on many
public blockchains (eg, Ethereum) in recent years. Compared to the traditional finance, DeFi …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of DeFi security: Challenges and opportunities

W Li, J Bu, X Li, H Peng, Y Niu, Y Zhang - Journal of King Saud University …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, is based on a distributed ledger called blockchain
technology. Using blockchain, DeFi may customize the execution of predetermined …

Defi-ning defi: Challenges & pathway

H Amler, L Eckey, S Faust, M Kaiser… - … 3rd Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The decentralized and trustless nature of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology leads
to a shift in the digital world. The possibility to execute small programs, called smart …

Debt-financed collateral and stability risks in the defi ecosystem

M Darlin, G Palaiokrassas… - 2022 4th Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rise of Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) on the Ethereum blockchain has enabled the
creation of lending platforms, which serve as marketplaces to lend and borrow digital …

Sok: blockchain decentralization

L Zhang, X Ma, Y Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.04256, 2022 - arxiv.org
Blockchain introduces decentralized trust in peer-to-peer networks, advancing security and
democratizing systems. Yet, a unified definition for decentralization remains elusive. Our …

An empirical study on ethereum private transactions and the security implications

X Lyu, M Zhang, X Zhang, J Niu, Y Zhang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Recently, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms on Ethereum are booming, and numerous
traders are trying to capitalize on the opportunity for maximizing their benefits by launching …

Sok: Preventing transaction reordering manipulations in decentralized finance

L Heimbach, R Wattenhofer - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Conference …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
User transactions on Ethereum's peer-to-peer network are at risk of being attacked. The
smart contracts building decentralized finance (DeFi) have introduced a new transaction …

Is decentralized finance actually decentralized? A social network analysis of the Aave protocol on the Ethereum blockchain

Z Ao, G Horvath, L Zhang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.08401, 2022 - arxiv.org
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to disrupt centralized finance by validating
peer-to-peer transactions through tamper-proof smart contracts and thus significantly …

Defiranger: Detecting price manipulation attacks on defi applications

S Wu, D Wang, J He, Y Zhou, L Wu, X Yuan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
The rapid growth of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) boosts the Ethereum ecosystem. At the
same time, attacks towards DeFi applications (apps) are increasing. However, to the best of …