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20192026
most citedSoK of Used Cryptography in Blockchain

151 citations · 200 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cs.CR2026

Adaptive Quantum-Safe Cryptography for 6G Vehicular Networks via Context-Aware Optimization

Poushali Sengupta, Mayank Raikwar, Sabita Maharjan +2

Powerful quantum computers in the future may be able to break the security used for communication between vehicles and other devices (Vehicle-to-Everything, or V2X). New security m…

cs.CR2025

zkToken: Empowering Holders to Limit Revocation Checks for Verifiable Credentials

Praveensankar Manimaran, Mayank Raikwar, Thiago Garrett +3

Systems managing Verifiable Credentials are becoming increasingly popular. Unfortunately, their support for revoking previously issued credentials allows verifiers to effectively m…

cs.CR2025

A Review on Privacy in DAG-Based DLTs

Mayank Raikwar

Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) have emerged as a promising solution to the scalability issues inherent in traditional blockchains. Howeve…

cs.CR2025

An LLM Framework For Cryptography Over Chat Channels

Danilo Gligoroski, Mayank Raikwar, Sonu Kumar Jha

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed communication, yet their role in secure messaging remains underexplored, especially in surveillance-heavy envir…

cs.DC2024★ 16 cited

SoK: DAG-based Consensus Protocols

Mayank Raikwar, Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Müller

This paper is a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) on Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based consensus protocols, analyzing their performance and trade-offs within the framework of con…

cs.DC2024

Slipstream: Ebb-and-Flow Consensus on a DAG with Fast Confirmation for UTXO Transactions

Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Muller, Mayank Raikwar

This paper introduces Slipstream, a Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) protocol where nodes concurrently propose blocks to be added to a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) and aim to agree…

cs.CR2023

Fairness Notions in DAG-based DLTs

Mayank Raikwar, Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Müller

This paper investigates the issue of fairness in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), specifically focusing on the shortcomings observed in current blockchain systems due to Miner…

cs.CR2022★ 1 cited

SoK: Decentralized Randomness Beacon Protocols

Mayank Raikwar, Danilo Gligoroski

The scientific interest in the area of Decentralized Randomness Beacon (DRB) protocols has been thriving recently. Partially that interest is due to the success of the disruptive t…

cs.CR2022

DoS Attacks on Blockchain Ecosystem

Mayank Raikwar, Danilo Gligoroski

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are a growing threat in network services. The frequency and intensity of DoS attacks are rapidly increasing day by day. The immense financial potent…

cs.DC2020★ 32 cited

Trends in Development of Databases and Blockchain

Mayank Raikwar, Danilo Gligoroski, Goran Velinov

This work is about the mutual influence between two technologies: Databases and Blockchain. It addresses two questions: 1. How the database technology has influenced the developmen…

cs.CR2019★ 151 cited

SoK of Used Cryptography in Blockchain

Mayank Raikwar, Danilo Gligoroski, Katina Kralevska

The underlying fundaments of blockchain are cryptography and cryptographic concepts that provide reliable and secure decentralized solutions. Although many recent papers study the…