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ZKP Security Tools and Verification: Coverage, Effectiveness, Adoption, and Challenges
Arman Kolozyan, Tom Sorger, Alexander Hicks +1
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have become a core technology for privacy and verifiable computing. They are used to secure blockchains that handle billions of dollars and identity ap…
SoK: Log Based Transparency Enhancing Technologies
Alexander Hicks
This paper systematizes log based Transparency Enhancing Technologies. Based on work on transparency from multiple disciplines we outline the purpose, usefulness, and pitfalls of t…
SoK: Tools for Game Theoretic Models of Security for Cryptocurrencies
Sarah Azouvi, Alexander Hicks
Cryptocurrencies have garnered much attention in recent years, both from the academic community and industry. One interesting aspect of cryptocurrencies is their explicit considera…
Incentivising Privacy in Cryptocurrencies
Sarah Azouvi, Haaroon Yousaf, Alexander Hicks
Privacy was one of the key points mentioned in Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper, and one of the selling points of Bitcoin in its early stages. In hindsight, however, de-anonymising Bi…