3 papers
cs.PL2025
Precise Static Identification of Ethereum Storage Variables (Extended Version)
Sifis Lagouvardos, Yannis Bollanos, Michael Debono +2
Smart contracts are small programs that run autonomously on the blockchain, using it as their persistent memory. The predominant platform for smart contracts is the Ethereum VM (EV…
cs.CR2025
Program Analysis for High-Value Smart Contract Vulnerabilities: Techniques and Insights
Yannis Smaragdakis, Neville Grech, Sifis Lagouvardos +4
A widespread belief in the blockchain security community is that automated techniques are only good for detecting shallow bugs, typically of small value. In this paper, we present…
cs.PL2025
The Incredible Shrinking Context... in a Decompiler Near You
Sifis Lagouvardos, Yannis Bollanos, Neville Grech +1
Decompilation of binary code has arisen as a highly-important application in the space of Ethereum VM (EVM) smart contracts. Major new decompilers appear nearly every year and atta…