Results from the Academic Grants Round 2022

Amplification Messaging for Short-Term Slot Finality and Improved Reorg-ToleranceHammurabi Mendes, Ph.D.; Jonad Pulaj, Ph.D. astatine Davidson CollegeProposal of a slashable quorum strategy for enhanced statement finality.Battle of the Bots: Miner Extractable Value and Efficient SettlementProf. Alfred Lehar; Prof. Christine Parlou astatine the University of CalgaryModel of the effects of backstage colony connected arbitrage.Coded Transaction Broadcasting for High-throughput BlockchainsProf. Mohammad Alizadeh; Lei Yang, Ph.D. student astatine MITA mechanics for businesslike transaction broadcasting successful high-throughput blockchains.Combining Accountability and Game Theory to Strengthen Blockchain SecurityProf. Vincent Gramoli astatine the University of SydneyIntroduction of Zero-Loss Blockchain (ZLB) to tolerate adversaries.Cross concatenation authenticated queriesDr. Damiano Di Francesco Maesa astatine the University of Pisa & University of CambridgeResearch connected cross-chain connection done authenticated query protocols.(Danksharding + PBS) Builder centralization: Is it truly safe?Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D. candidate; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong astatine Seoul National UniversityStudy connected builder centralization risks successful Ethereum.DETER 2.0: Understanding Ethereum Mempool DoS Security via Stateful FuzzingProf. Yuzhe Tang; Kai Li, Ph.D. student; Jiaqi Chen, Ph.D. student; Yibo Wang, Ph.D. student astatine Syracuse UniversityA survey connected Ethereum information vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.Efficient Private Information Retrieval for Ethereum Light ClientsProf. Xun Yi; Prof. Son Hoang Dau; Nhat Quang Cao, Ph.D. student; Prof. Chen Feng astatine RMIT UniversityDevelopment of a parallel backstage retrieval strategy for Ethereum airy clients.Equilibrium staking rewards: Implications for PoS blockchain securityProf. Talis Putnins; Tra Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate; Lecky Lao, Ph.D. candidateA survey connected however outer factors impact staking rewards and blockchain security.Feasibility Study of Pipelining successful Ethereum Virtual Machine ArchitectureGopal OjhaResearch connected Ethereum Virtual Machine show enhancement done pipelining.Formal Modeling and Verification of Validator Voluntarily Exit successful Ethereum 2.0 Beacon ChainHamra Afzaal; Muhammad Umar Janjua; Muhammad Imran astatine Information Technology University of PunjabFormal verification of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain validator exit process.FORVES (FORmally VErified artifact optimizationS)Prof. Elvira Albert; Prof. Samir Genaim; Prof. Enrique Martin-Martin astatine University Complutense of MadridFormal verification of artifact optimizations connected Ethereum astute contracts.Governance Based On Preferences, Incentives, and InformationProf. Bo Waggoner astatine the University of Colorado, BoulderStudy connected nationalist projects decision-making mechanisms.Mechanism Design and Empirical Analysis of MEV Prevention MechanismsProf. Agostino Capponi astatine Columbia UniversityImprovement of backstage pools to trim inefficiencies successful nationalist blockchains.MEV extortion done delayed execution with time-locked puzzlesMohammad Jahanara astatine DeFi Lab astatine University of British ColumbiaProposal of a multiparty hold encryption method to mitigate MEV.Monetary Policy successful the Age of CryptocurrenciesProf. Thai Nguyen; Prof. Tra Pham; Dr. Binh Nguyen Thanh; Dr. Linh Nguyen Thi My; Dr. Tuan Chu; Dr. Seng Kok; Dr. Phong Nguyen astatine RMIT VietnamReport connected the interaction of cryptocurrencies arsenic ineligible tender connected the economy.Optimal Design of Miner Extractable Value AuctionsDr. Peyman Khezr; Dr. Vijay Mohan astatine RMIT UniversityStudy connected auction designs and their effects connected MEV.PoS Ethereum Agent-Based ModelProf. Claudio J. Tessone; Nicolò Vallarano, Ph.D. astatine University of ZurichDevelopment of a simulation exemplary for Ethereum's PoS protocol.Privacy-enhanced and businesslike P2P routing algorithms for the Ethereum networkIstván András Seres, Ph.D. student; Domokos Kelen, Ph.D. student; Ferenc Béres, Ph.D. student; András A. Benczúr, Ph.DSimulator for evaluating privacy-enhanced routing algorithms successful Ethereum.REVOKE: Consensus-layer mitigations for validator ransomware attacksDr. Dan O'Keeffe; Dr. Darren Hurley-Smith; Alpesh Bhudia, Ph.D. campaigner astatine Royal Holloway University of LondonPaper connected ransomware attacks connected Ethereum validators.Tikuna: an Ethereum blockchain web information monitoring systemDr. Andres Gomez Ramirez, Ph.D.; Loui Al Sardy, Ph.D. candidate by Sistemas Edenia InternacionalTool for detecting imaginable attacks connected the Ethereum blockchain network.Time bid investigation for transaction interest marketHuisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D.; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong astatine Soongsil University and Seoul National UniversityStrategy to minimize Ethereum transaction fees done clip bid analysis.The Cost of Sybils, Credible Commitments, and False-Name Proof MechanismsBruno Mazorra; Nicolás Della Penna astatine Pompeu Fabra UniversityStudy connected Sybil-proof mechanisms and reward sharing successful blockchain networks.The power of transaction costs connected economical enactment connected the Ethereum networkDr. Lennart Ante astatine Blockchain Research LabStudy connected the effects of state fees connected economical enactment successful the Ethereum ecosystem.The Market for Music Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Price, Volume, and RiskDanling Jiang, Ph.D.; Keli Xiao, Ph.D.; Lolita Nazarov, B.S.; Haixiang (Diego) Zhu, MS astatine Stony Brook FoundationStudy connected however capitalist creation affects the euphony NFTs market.Trustworthy Formal Verification for Ethereum Smart Contracts via Machine-Checkable Proof CertificatesProf. Grigore Rosu; Xiaohong Chenm, Ph.D. student astatine University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch connected reducing spot basal for Ethereum astute declaration verification.Understanding Waiting Time successful Transaction Fee MechanismsProf. Luyao Zhang, Ph.D.; Prof. Fan Zhang, Ph.D.; Research Fellow: Tianyu WuStudy connected the enactment of waiting clip and state fees successful Ethereum transactions.ZK-SNARKs arsenic a ServiceProf. Abhishek Jain astatine Johns Hopkins UniversityResearch connected zk-SNARKs and the scalability of zero-knowledge impervious generation.