As an integral part of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, decentralized exchanges
(DEXs) with automated market maker (AMM) protocols have gained massive traction with …

Within just four years, the blockchain-based Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem has
accumulated a peak total value locked (TVL) of more than 253 billion USD. This surge in …

The rapid progression of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has established Decentralized
Exchanges (DEX) as critical elements in the financial landscape. Nevertheless, the open …

The rise of Ethereum has lead to a flourishing decentralized marketplace that has,
unfortunately, fallen victim to frontrunning and Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) activities …

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 …

Trading on decentralized exchanges has been one of the primary use cases for
permissionless blockchains with daily trading volume exceeding billions of US ‍dollars. In the …

Blockchains offer strong security guarantees, but they cannot protect the ordering of
transactions. Powerful players, such as miners, sequencers, and sophisticated bots, can …

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) refers to excess value captured by miners (or validators)
from users in a cryptocurrency network. This excess value often comes from reordering …

With the emergence of Miner Extractable Value (MEV), block construction markets on
blockchains have evolved into a competitive arena. Following Ethereum's transition from …

The incentive-compatibility properties of blockchain transaction fee mechanisms have been
investigated with passive block producers that are motivated purely by the net rewards …