4 papers
OreProof: Verifiable Provenance with Limited Disclosure for Critical-Minerals Supply Chains Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Oleksandr Hrabar, Hossein Arshadi Soufiani, Henry M. Kim +3
Critical-minerals supply chains face a structural tension: regulators and buyers demand verifiable provenance, yet upstream actors are hesitant to disclose supplier identities, ass…
A Tunable Incentive Mechanism for Binary Aggregation Without Verification
Chien-Chih Chen, Wojciech Golab
Binary aggregation without verifiable ground truth arises when agents' reports must be aggregated without access to gold-standard labels. This paper studies a tunable reward--penal…
Credit Limits beyond Full Collateralization in Decentralized Micropayments: Incentive Conditions
Chien-Chih Chen, Wojciech Golab
In decentralized non-custodial micropayments, the central challenge is not whether payments can be executed directly, but under what conditions such systems can offer credit limits…
Systematizing Blockchain Research Themes and Design Patterns: Insights from the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI)
Chien-Chih Chen, Yitian Wang, Emma Nasseri +2
The rapid expansion of blockchain and digital asset ecosystems has intensified the challenge of translating academic research into deployable systems and regulatory frameworks. Whi…