6 papers
BugMagnifier: TON Transaction Simulator for Revealing Smart Contract Vulnerabilities
Yury Yanovich, Victoria Kovalevskaya, Maksim Egorov +6
The Open Network (TON) blockchain employs an asynchronous execution model that introduces unique security challenges for smart contracts. A primary concern is race conditions arisi…
Characterizing Path-Independent Fees: A Route to Zero Impermanent Loss in CPMMs
Andrey Voronin, Roman Vlasov, Vladimir Gorgadze +2
Constant Product Market Makers use fees that are typically fixed proportions of trade size. When these fees are automatically reinvested into the pool, as in Uniswap~V2 and some de…
From Impermanent Loss to Sustainable Gain: Quantifying Profitability Zones for Liquidity Providers on DEX
Ignat Melnikov, Roman Vlasov, Vladimir Gorgadze +2
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a rapidly evolving segment of blockchain technology that enables a transformative approach to financial services through Web3 applications. By lever…
From Paradigm Shift to Audit Rift: Empirical Analysis and Validation of Security Audit Methodologies for Asynchronous Smart Contract Systems
Yury Yanovich, Sergey Sobolev, Yash Madhwal +6
The Open Network (TON) is a high-performance blockchain platform designed for scalability and efficiency, leveraging an asynchronous execution model and a multi-layered architectur…
The Bidding Games: Reinforcement Learning for MEV Extraction on Polygon Blockchain
Andrei Seoev, Leonid Gremyachikh, Anastasiia Smirnova +8
In blockchain networks, the strategic ordering of transactions within blocks has emerged as a significant source of profit extraction, known as Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). The…
Unpacking Maximum Extractable Value on Polygon: A Study on Atomic Arbitrage
Daniil Vostrikov, Yash Madhwal, Andrey Seoev +4
The evolution of blockchain technology, from its origins as a decentralized ledger for cryptocurrencies to its broader applications in areas like decentralized finance (DeFi), has…