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Systematization of Knowledge: The Design Space of Digital Payment Systems with Potential for CBDC
Judith Senn, Aljosha Judmayer, Nicholas Stifter +1
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are proposed as a public response to the uptake of privately run digital payments, with the digital euro, under development by the European…
Reuse of Public Keys Across UTXO and Account-Based Cryptocurrencies
Rainer Stütz, Nicholas Stifter, Melitta Dragaschnig +2
It is well known that reusing cryptocurrency addresses undermines privacy. This also applies if the same addresses are used in different cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, cross-chain…
Hey there! You are using WhatsApp: Enumerating Three Billion Accounts for Security and Privacy
Gabriel K. Gegenhuber, Philipp É. Frenzel, Maximilian Günther +2
WhatsApp, with 3.5 billion active accounts as of early 2025, is the world's largest instant messaging platform. Given its massive user base, WhatsApp plays a critical role in globa…
Prekey Pogo: Investigating Security and Privacy Issues in WhatsApp's Handshake Mechanism
Gabriel K. Gegenhuber, Philipp É. Frenzel, Maximilian Günther +1
WhatsApp, the world's largest messaging application, uses a version of the Signal protocol to provide end-to-end encryption (E2EE) with strong security guarantees, including Perfec…
Careless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receipts to Monitor Users on Mobile Instant Messengers
Gabriel K. Gegenhuber, Maximilian Günther, Markus Maier +4
With over 3 billion users globally, mobile instant messaging apps have become indispensable for both personal and professional communication. Besides plain messaging, many services…
A Deep Dive into Bitcoin Mining Pools: An Empirical Analysis of Mining Shares
Matteo Romiti, Aljosha Judmayer, Alexei Zamyatin +1
Miners play a key role in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin: they invest substantial computational resources in processing transactions and minting new currency units. It is well kn…