3 papers
cs.SI2025
Beyond Single-Tokenomics: How Farcaster's Pluralistic Incentives Reshape Social Networking
Wen Yang, Qiming Ye, Onur Ascigil +4
This paper presents the first empirical analysis of how diverse token-based reward mechanisms impact platform dynamics and user behaviors. For this, we gather a unique, large-scale…
cs.DC2025
PANDAS: Peer-to-peer, Adaptive Networking for Data Availability Sampling within Ethereum Consensus Timebounds
Matthieu Pigaglio, Onur Ascigil, MichaŠKról +6
Layer-2 protocols can assist Ethereum's limited throughput, but globally broadcasting layer-2 data limits their scalability. The Danksharding evolution of Ethereum aims to support…
cs.SI2025
Bootstrapping Social Networks: Lessons from Bluesky Starter Packs
Leonhard Balduf, Saidu Sokoto, Onur Ascigil +6
Microblogging is a crucial mode of online communication. However, launching a new microblogging platform remains challenging, largely due to network effects. This has resulted in e…