In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a paper that utilizes large language models (LLMs) for vulnerability detection in blockchains. ➡️ Title: Blockchain Large Language Models ➡️ Authors: Yu Gai, Liyi Zhou, Kaihua Qin, Dawn Song, and Arthur Gervais ➡️ Paper…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a paper that formalizes a blockchain interoperability protocol that uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). ➡️ Title: IvyCross: A Privacy-Preserving and Concurrency Control Framework for Blockchain Interoperability ➡️ Authors: Ming Li, Jian Weng, Yi Li, Yongdong…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers an industry standard: interfaces that promote cross-chain awareness. ➡️ Authors: Open Zeppelin ➡️ Paper source: https://docs.openzeppelin.com/contracts/4.x/api/crosschain ➡️ Background: Standards are important. While standards from regulatory bodies on cross-chain data and asset transfers are being developed, industry standards…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a paper on atomic cross-chain swaps from late 2022. ➡️ Title: Atomic cross-chain exchanges of shared assets ➡️ Publication: AFT 2022 ➡️ Authors: Krishnasuri Narayanam, Venkatraman Ramakrishna, Dhinakaran Vinayagamurthy, Sandeep Nishad ➡️ Paper source…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a paper that formalizes the post-merge Ethereum protocol. ➡️ Title: Ethereum Proof-of-Stake under Scrutiny ➡️ Authors: Ulysse Pavlof, Yackolley Amoussou-Guenou, Sara Tucci-Piergiovanni ➡️ Paper source: https://hal.uca.fr/hal-03906880/document ➡️ Background: Quoting from the paper: The main…

The current crypto-winter has brought me to the keyboard, to reflect upon my work in the field of blockchain, where a few years feel like a long long time by now. I look at the available technology now and, comparing to 2017, there are already some things we take for…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a paper that proposes anonymity mechanisms for private blockchains. ➡️ Title: Generic Privacy Preserving Private Permissioned Blockchains ➡️ Authors: Frédéric A Hayek, Mirko Koscina, Pascal Lafourcade, Charles Olivier-Anclin ➡️ Paper source: https://hal.uca.fr/hal-03906880/document ➡️ Background: …

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper on a blockchain interoperability use case. ➡️ Title: SmartSync: Cross-Blockchain Smart Contract Interaction and Synchronization ➡️ Authors: Martin Westerkamp, Axel Kupper ➡️ Paper source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9805524/ (ICBC best paper award!!) ➡️ Background: Background on blockchain interoperability…

In this series, we analyze papers on blockchain and interoperability. This edition covers a paper that surveys cross-chain bridge hacks. ➡️ Title: SoK: Not Quite Water Under the Bridge: Review of Cross-Chain Bridge Hacks ➡️ Authors: Sung-Shine Lee, Alexandr Murashkin, Martin Derka, Jan Gorzny ➡️ Paper source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.16209 ➡️ Background: …