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7 papers
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…
Unlocking the Forecasting Economy: A Suite of Datasets for the Full Lifecycle of Prediction Market: [Experiments \& Analysis]
Huaiyu Jia, Luofeng Zhou, Wentao Zhang +3
Prediction markets are markets for trading claims on universal future events (e.g., presidential elections). Fueled by a meteoric surge with over $50 billion trading volume, they…
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…
Inequality in the Age of Pseudonymity
Aviv Yaish, Nir Chemaya, Dahlia Malkhi +1
Inequality measures such as the Gini coefficient are used to inform and motivate policymaking, and are increasingly applied to digital platforms. We analyze how measures fare in ps…
Trust Dynamics in Cryptocurrency Markets: Centralized vs. Decentralized Exchanges
Xintong Wu, Wanlin Deng, Yutong Quan +2
Trust mechanisms diverge between centralized and decentralized exchanges, representing distinct sociotechnical governance paradigms. However, quantifying trust dynamics and their r…
A Dataset of Uniswap daily transaction indices by network
Nir Chemaya, Lin William Cong, Emma Jorgensen +2
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is reshaping traditional finance by enabling direct transactions without intermediaries, creating a rich source of open financial data. Layer 2 (L2) so…
Is Decentralized Finance Actually Decentralized? An Interdisciplinary Framework Integrating Network Theory, Agent-Based Simulation, and Longitudinal Evidence from Aave, GHO Issuance, and Cross-Chain Expansion
Ziqiao Ao, Lin William Cong, Gergely Horvath +1
Decentralized finance (DeFi) can broaden access while leaving activity, network position, and infrastructure concentrated. We develop a four-dimensional framework for participation…