3 papers
cs.DC2025
OptiLog: Assigning Roles in Byzantine Consensus
Hanish Gogada, Christian Berger, Leander Jehl +2
Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) protocols play an important role in blockchains. As the deployment of such systems extends to wide-area networks, the scalability of BFT protocols be…
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.GT2025
Balancing incentives in committee-based blockchains
Arian Baloochestani, Leander Jehl
Blockchain protocols incentivize participation through monetary rewards, assuming rational actors behave honestly to maximize their gains. However, attackers may attempt to harm ot…