Academic Blockchain Papers
A List of Academic Blockchain Papers Matching My Research Interests
2024
[Interoperability]
Sweep-UC: Swapping Coins Privately - S&P
[Privacy]
Pisces: Private and Compliable Cryptocurrency Exchange - NDSS
2023
[Interoperability]
Interchain Timestamping for Mesh Security - CSS
LedgerLocks: A Security Framework for Blockchain Protocols Based on Adaptor Signatures - CCS
He-HTLC: Revisiting Incentives in HTLC - NDSS
A Survey on Privacy Preservation Techniques for Blockchain Interoperability - JSA
[Privacy]
Breaking the Anonymity of Ethereum Mixing Services Using Graph Feature Learning - TIFS
Toward Understanding Asset Flows in Crypto Money Laundering Through the Lenses of Ethereum Heists - TIFS
On How Zero-Knowledge Proof Blockchain Mixers Improve, and Worsen User Privacy - WWW
Act Natural: Exchanging Private Messages on Public Blockchains - EuroS&P
Revelio: A Network-Level Privacy Attack in the Lightning Network - EuroS&P
[Scalability]
BlindHub: Bitcoin-Compatible Privacy-Preserving Payment Channel Hubs Supporting Variable Amounts - S&P
Breaking and Fixing Virtual Channels: Domino Attack and Donner - NDSS
[Security]
TxPhishScope: Towards Detecting and Understanding Transaction-based Phishing on Ethereum - CCS
SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Attacks - S&P
Understanding the Security Risks of Decentralized Exchanges by Uncovering Unfair Trades in the Wild - EuroS&P
2022
[Interoperability]
zkBridge: Trustless Cross-chain Bridges Made Practical - CCS
Universal Atomic Swaps: Secure Exchange of Coins Across All Blockchains - S&P
[Privacy]
How to Peel a Million: Validating and Expanding Bitcoin Clusters - Security
Twilight: A Differentially Private Payment Channel Network - Security
SoK: Privacy-Preserving Computing in the Blockchain Era - EuroS&P
Resurrecting Address Clustering in Bitcoin - FC
[Scalability]
Sleepy Channels: Bi-directional Payment Channels without Watchtowers - CCS
Thora: Atomic and Privacy-Preserving Multi-Channel Updates - CCS
BrokerChain: A Cross-Shard Blockchain Protocol for Account/Balance-based State Sharding - INFOCOM
S-Store:: A Scalable Data Store towards Permissioned Blockchain Sharding - INFOCOM
HIDE & SEEK: Privacy-Preserving Rebalancing on Payment Channel Networks - FC
[Security]
Empirical Analysis of EIP-1559: Transaction Fees, Waiting Times, and Consensus Security - CCS
Quantifying Blockchain Extractable Value: How Dark is the Forest? - S&P
An Empirical Study of Blockchain System Vulnerabilities: Modules, Types, and Patterns - ESEC/FSE
2021
[Interoperability]
MAD-HTLC: Because HTLC is Crazy-Cheap to Attack - S&P
Burn-to-Claim: An Asset Transfer Protocol for Blockchain Interoperability - CN
Hedging Against Sore Loser Attacks in Cross-Chain Transactions - PODC
Tracking Counterfeit Cryptocurrency End-to-End - SIGMETRICS
Vassago: Efficient and Authenticated Provenance Query on Multiple Blockchains - SRDC
SoK: Communication Across Distributed Ledgers - FC
Timelocked Bribing - FC
A Survey on Blockchain Interoperability: Past, Present, and Future Trends - CSUR
[Privacy]
DIV: Resolving the Dynamic Issues of Zero-knowledge Set Membership Proof in the Blockchain - SIGMOD
Analysis of Cryptocurrency Transactions from a Network Perspective: An Overview - JNCA
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bitcoin Mixers (But Were Afraid to Ask) - FC
An Empirical Analysis of Privacy in the Lightning Network - FC
The Complex Shape of Anonymity in Cryptocurrencies: Case Studies from a Systematic Approach - FC
[Scalability]
A2L: Anonymous Atomic Locks for Scalability in Payment Channel Hubs - S&P
Practical Smart Contract Sharding with Ownership and Commutativity Analysis - PLDI
SharPer: Sharding Permissioned Blockchains Over Network Clusters - SIGMOD
Payment Trees: Low Collateral Payments for Payment Channel Networks - FC
[Security]
Why Do My Blockchain Transactions Fail?: A Study of Hyperledger Fabric - SIGMOD
Congestion Attacks in Payment Channel Networks - FC
2020
[Interoperability]
Privacy-Preserving Cross-Chain Atomic Swaps - FC
[Privacy]
Remote Side-Channel Attacks on Anonymous Transactions - Security
Address Clustering Heuristics for Ethereum - FC
[Scalability]
Snappy: Fast On-chain Payments with Practical Collaterals - NDSS
Online Payments by Merely Broadcasting Messages - DSN
SoK: Layer-Two Blockchain Protocols - FC
[Security]
Accountability in a Permissioned Blockchain: Formal Analysis of Hyperledger Fabric - EuroS&P
Replay Attacks and Defenses Against Cross-shard Consensus in Sharded Distributed Ledgers - EuroS&P
Characterizing Code Clones in the Ethereum Smart Contract Ecosystem - FC
LockDown: Balance Availability Attack against Lightning Network Channels - FC
2019
[Interoperability]
HyperService: Interoperability and Programmability Across Heterogeneous Blockchains - CCS
Proof-of-Stake Sidechains - S&P
XCLAIM: Trustless, Interoperable, Cryptocurrency-Backed Assets - S&P
Anonymous Multi-Hop Locks for Blockchain Scalability and Interoperability - NDSS
Proof-of-Work Sidechains - FC Workshop
[Privacy]
Tracing Transactions Across Cryptocurrency Ledgers - Security
Deanonymization and Linkability of Cryptocurrency Transactions Based on Network Analysis - EuroS&P
New Empirical Traceability Analysis of CryptoNote-Style Blockchains - FC
[Scalability]
Atomic Multi-Channel Updates with Constant Collateral in Bitcoin-Compatible Payment-Channel Networks - CCS
Perun: Virtual Payment Hubs over Cryptocurrencies - S&P
Teechain: A Secure Payment Network with Asynchronous Blockchain Access - SOSP
Towards Scaling Blockchain Systems via Sharding - SIGMOD
Trusted Computing Meets Blockchain: Rollback Attacks and a Solution for Hyperledger Fabric - SRDS
OptChain: Optimal Transactions Placement for Scalable Blockchain Sharding - ICDCS
Sprites and State Channels: Payment Networks that Go Faster than Lightning - FC
[Security]
Temporary Censorship Attacks in the Presence of Rational Miners - EuroS&P Workshop