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20192023
most citedEtherClue: Digital investigation of attacks on Ethereum smart contracts

15 citations · 16 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.CY2023

The MEV Saga: Can Regulation Illuminate the Dark Forest?

Simona Ramos, Joshua Ellul

In this article, we develop an interdisciplinary analysis of MEV which desires to merge the gap that exists between technical and legal research supporting policymakers in their re…

cs.CR2023

Active External Calls for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies: Debunking cited inability of Blockchain and DLT to make external calls

Joshua Ellul, Gordon J Pace

Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies have enabled peer-to-peer networks to maintain ledgers with an immutable history and guaranteed computation, all carried out wi…

cs.DC2021★ 1 cited

Towards External Calls for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology

Joshua Ellul, Gordon J. Pace

It is widely accepted that blockchain systems cannot execute calls to external systems or services due to each node having to reach a deterministic state. However, in this paper we…

cs.CY2021

A Pragmatic Approach to Regulating Artificial Intelligence: A Technology Regulator's Perspective

Joshua Ellul, Stephen McCarthy, Trevor Sammut +3

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the regulation thereof is a topic that is increasingly being discussed within various fora. Various proposals have been made in literature for defi…

cs.CR2021★ 15 cited

EtherClue: Digital investigation of attacks on Ethereum smart contracts

Simon Joseph Aquilina, Fran Casino, Mark Vella +2

Programming errors in Ethereum smart contracts can result in catastrophic financial losses from stolen cryptocurrency. While vulnerability detectors can prevent vulnerable contract…

cs.CY2019

Blockchain and the Common Good Reimagined

Joshua Ellul, Gordon Pace

Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) are being touted to revolutionise digital services - through decentralisation. Cryptocurrencies, self-sovereign…