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Analysing and Improving Shard Allocation Protocols for Sharded Blockchains

CryptapeCryptape
Jul 15, 20223 min read

As the first study on shard allocation, the overlooked core component for shared permissionless blockchains, this paper provides the first study on...

Analysing and Improving Shard Allocation Protocols for Sharded Blockchains

General Congestion Attack on HTLC-Based Payment Channel Networks

CryptapeCryptape
Jun 28, 20222 min read

Abstract Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) have been a promising approach to scale blockchains. However, PCNs have limited liquidity: large-amount or...

General Congestion Attack on HTLC-Based Payment Channel Networks

Authenticated and Auditable Data Sharing via Smart Contract

CryptapeCryptape
May 28, 20222 min read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzgb3UDWIwA Authenticated and Auditable Data Sharing via Smart Contract, presented by Vincent Reniers at ACM SAC...

Authenticated and Auditable Data Sharing via Smart Contract

Transparent SNARKs from DARK Compilers

CryptapeCryptape
May 14, 20222 min read

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N90SWM-lrhQ Supersonic: Transparent SNARKs from DARK Compilers explained by Benedikt Bünz at Ethereum Devcon 5...

Transparent SNARKs from DARK Compilers

Eaglesong: an ARX Hash with Fast Diffusion

CryptapeCryptape
May 6, 20221 min read

Eaglesong is a hash function designed for CKB proof-of-work. It is designed with hardware-acceleration in mind, as we believe specialized mining...

Eaglesong: an ARX Hash with Fast Diffusion

Blockchain Projects at Top Security Conferences

CryptapeCryptape
Apr 15, 20224 min read

With NC-Max finally accepted at The Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2022, we wonder how many blockchain projects have...

Blockchain Projects at Top Security Conferences