The paper proposes a hash-based commit-reveal alternative to minimize the infrastructural overhead associated with adopting large post-quantum signature schemes in blockchain transactions.

Intercloud proposes a decentralized economic network that achieves eventual consistency and security using a novel 'chilling-effect consensus' mechanism, eliminating the need for global coordination.

The paper designs an optimal mechanism for soliciting expensive computational tasks in adversarial blockchain environments, showing that the loss of optimality scales logarithmically with the cost of…

The paper demonstrates that for edge-native SLMs used in decentralized governance, simpler, intuitive reasoning (System 1) is significantly more robust and efficient than complex, iterative deliberati…

This paper provides a comprehensive, system-level taxonomy for designing quantum-resistant network architectures, moving beyond simple protocol substitutions to address key distribution and management…

The paper demonstrates that standard homomorphic encryption (HE) schemes are insufficient to guarantee integrity in networked control systems (NCS) against covert attacks, proposing instead a verifiab…

The paper introduces $I$-$(OT)^2$, a novel base 1-out-of-2 Oblivious Transfer (OT) protocol designed to minimize computation and interaction for resource-constrained IoT devices.

This paper analyzes the x402 payment protocol, revealing systemic vulnerabilities in state synchronization and signature design that allow attackers to exploit payment systems for resource leakage in…

This paper analyzes the x402 payment protocol, revealing critical synchronization and security flaws that allow attackers to exploit payment systems and force merchants to subsidize compute costs.

The paper proposes an engineering framework, inspired by metamaterials physics, to quantify institutional coordination and predict civilizational stability in the age of AI.

The paper proves that for resources with structural parallelizability (like divisibility and transferability), it is impossible to enforce a linear cost for concentrating influence, demonstrating that…

The paper proposes Q-FE, a novel Quantum-Native 6G Far-Edge architecture that secures Industrial IoT Digital Twins by integrating micro-digital twins, compact post-quantum key exchange, and asynchrono…

The paper proposes a trustless framework using dual-layer cryptographic commitments to solve the operator-gating problem in blockchain provenance trees, ensuring verifiable user attribution even when…

AetherWeave is a novel, stake-backed peer-discovery protocol that achieves Sybil resistance and privacy in P2P networks, ensuring robust connectivity even against powerful adversaries.

The paper systematizes the interaction between autonomous AI agents and blockchain platforms using a bidirectional trust framework, identifying significant gaps in current standards and proposing a ta…

The paper proves that any voting rule based solely on wallet balance, including anti-plutocratic mechanisms like Quadratic Voting, is fundamentally vulnerable to Sybil attacks on permissionless blockc…

The paper demonstrates that current transfer-based AML systems fail in complex DeFi environments because economic value migration can be structurally decoupled from explicit token transfers.

This paper provides the first unified, security-focused survey that rigorously maps Layer-2 (L2) blockchain architecture to its underlying cryptographic security assumptions.

The paper estimates the quantum resources required to break 256-bit ECC cryptography and warns that fast-clock quantum computers could enable on-spend attacks on modern cryptocurrencies, necessitating…

The paper introduces DARTIC, a decentralized, anonymous, and scalable reputation framework that allows on-chain crowdsourcing to maintain accountability and trust while preserving user privacy.