3 papers
cs.CR2026
The Masks We (Think We) Wear: Privacy Threats of Browser-Extension Wallets in the Web3 Ecosystem
Weihong Wang, Yana Dimova, Victor Vansteenkiste +2
Cryptocurrency wallets are the primary interface for managing pseudonymous blockchain addresses, viewing balances, and interacting with Web3 applications. Although users typically…
cs.CR2025
Depermissioning Web3: a Permissionless Accountable RPC Protocol for Blockchain Networks
Weihong Wang, Tom Van Cutsem
In blockchain networks, so-called "full nodes" serve data to and relay transactions from clients through an RPC interface. This serving layer enables integration of "Web3" data, st…
cs.DC2024
A Scalable State Sharing Protocol for Low-Resource Validator Nodes in Blockchain Networks
Ruben Hias, Weihong Wang, Jan Vanhoof +1
The perpetual growth of data stored on popular blockchains such as Ethereum leads to significant scalability challenges and substantial storage costs for operators of full nodes. I…