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7 papers

cs.CR2026

Adaptive Quantum-Safe Cryptography for 6G Vehicular Networks via Context-Aware Optimization

Poushali Sengupta, Mayank Raikwar, Sabita Maharjan +2

Powerful quantum computers in the future may be able to break the security used for communication between vehicles and other devices (Vehicle-to-Everything, or V2X). New security m…

cs.CR2025

zkToken: Empowering Holders to Limit Revocation Checks for Verifiable Credentials

Praveensankar Manimaran, Mayank Raikwar, Thiago Garrett +3

Systems managing Verifiable Credentials are becoming increasingly popular. Unfortunately, their support for revoking previously issued credentials allows verifiers to effectively m…

cs.DC2025

SoK: DAG-based Consensus Protocols

Mayank Raikwar, Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Müller

This paper is a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) on Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based consensus protocols, analyzing their performance and trade-offs within the framework of con…

cs.DC2025

Slipstream: Ebb-and-Flow Consensus on a DAG with Fast Confirmation for UTXO Transactions

Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Muller, Mayank Raikwar

This paper introduces Slipstream, a Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) protocol where nodes concurrently propose blocks to be added to a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) and aim to agree…

cs.CR2025

A Review on Privacy in DAG-Based DLTs

Mayank Raikwar

Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) have emerged as a promising solution to the scalability issues inherent in traditional blockchains. Howeve…

cs.CR2025

Fairness Notions in DAG-based DLTs

Mayank Raikwar, Nikita Polyanskii, Sebastian Müller

This paper investigates the issue of fairness in Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), specifically focusing on the shortcomings observed in current blockchain systems due to Miner…