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Effective-Balance Design in Ethereum Proof-of-Stake
Bolin Zhang, Xuechao Wang
Proof-of-Stake (PoS) systems offer a scalable and energy-efficient alternative to Proof-of-Work (PoW). The economic security of PoS relies critically on incentivizing broad and mea…
From PBS to ePBS: the Microstructure of Block Building
Jingyu Liu, Bolin Zhang, Lin William Cong +2
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade introduces enshrined proposer-builder separation (ePBS), replacing relay-centric PBS with direct builder bids to proposers. We study how this shift c…
OptChain: Achieving Optimal Throughput of Permissionless Blockchains
Chunjiang Che, Songze Li, Xuechao Wang
We introduce \textit{OptChain}, a permissionless blockchain state machine replication (SMR) protocol that achieves optimal throughput. We first establish a theoretical upper bound…
The Price of Interoperability: Exploring Cross-Chain Bridges and Their Economic Consequences
Yiyue Cao, Mingzhe Zheng, Lin William Cong +2
Modern blockchain ecosystems comprise many heterogeneous networks, creating a growing need for interoperability. Cross-chain bridges provide the core infrastructure for this intero…