| Amplification Messaging for Short-Term Slot Finality and Improved Reorg-Tolerance | Hammurabi Mendes, Ph.D.; Jonad Pulaj, Ph.D. at Davidson College | Proposal of a slashable quorum system for enhanced consensus finality. |
| Battle of the Bots: Miner Extractable Value and Efficient Settlement | Prof. Alfred Lehar; Prof. Christine Parlou at the University of Calgary | Model of the effects of private settlement on arbitrage. |
| Coded Transaction Broadcasting for High-throughput Blockchains | Prof. Mohammad Alizadeh; Lei Yang, Ph.D. student at MIT | A mechanism for efficient transaction broadcasting in high-throughput blockchains. |
| Combining Accountability and Game Theory to Strengthen Blockchain Security | Prof. Vincent Gramoli at the University of Sydney | Introduction of Zero-Loss Blockchain (ZLB) to tolerate adversaries. |
| Cross chain authenticated queries | Dr. Damiano Di Francesco Maesa at the University of Pisa & University of Cambridge | Research on cross-chain communication through authenticated query protocols. |
| (Danksharding + PBS) Builder centralization: Is it really safe? | Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D. candidate; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Seoul National University | Study on builder centralization risks in Ethereum. |
| DETER 2.0: Understanding Ethereum Mempool DoS Security via Stateful Fuzzing | Prof. Yuzhe Tang; Kai Li, Ph.D. student; Jiaqi Chen, Ph.D. student; Yibo Wang, Ph.D. student at Syracuse University | A study on Ethereum security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies. |
| Efficient Private Information Retrieval for Ethereum Light Clients | Prof. Xun Yi; Prof. Son Hoang Dau; Nhat Quang Cao, Ph.D. student; Prof. Chen Feng at RMIT University | Development of a parallel private retrieval scheme for Ethereum light clients. |
| Equilibrium staking rewards: Implications for PoS blockchain security | Prof. Talis Putnins; Tra Nguyen, Ph.D. candidate; Lecky Lao, Ph.D. candidate | A study on how external factors affect staking rewards and blockchain security. |
| Feasibility Study of Pipelining in Ethereum Virtual Machine Architecture | Gopal Ojha | Research on Ethereum Virtual Machine performance enhancement through pipelining. |
| Formal Modeling and Verification of Validator Voluntarily Exit in Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain | Hamra Afzaal; Muhammad Umar Janjua; Muhammad Imran at Information Technology University of Punjab | Formal verification of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain validator exit process. |
| FORVES (FORmally VErified block optimizationS) | Prof. Elvira Albert; Prof. Samir Genaim; Prof. Enrique Martin-Martin at University Complutense of Madrid | Formal verification of block optimizations on Ethereum smart contracts. |
| Governance Based On Preferences, Incentives, and Information | Prof. Bo Waggoner at the University of Colorado, Boulder | Study on public projects decision-making mechanisms. |
| Mechanism Design and Empirical Analysis of MEV Prevention Mechanisms | Prof. Agostino Capponi at Columbia University | Improvement of private pools to reduce inefficiencies in public blockchains. |
| MEV protection through delayed execution with time-locked puzzles | Mohammad Jahanara at DeFi Lab at University of British Columbia | Proposal of a multiparty delay encryption method to mitigate MEV. |
| Monetary Policy in the Age of Cryptocurrencies | Prof. Thai Nguyen; Prof. Tra Pham; Dr. Binh Nguyen Thanh; Dr. Linh Nguyen Thi My; Dr. Tuan Chu; Dr. Seng Kok; Dr. Phong Nguyen at RMIT Vietnam | Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies as legal tender on the economy. |
| Optimal Design of Miner Extractable Value Auctions | Dr. Peyman Khezr; Dr. Vijay Mohan at RMIT University | Study on auction designs and their effects on MEV. |
| PoS Ethereum Agent-Based Model | Prof. Claudio J. Tessone; Nicolò Vallarano, Ph.D. at University of Zurich | Development of a simulation model for Ethereum's PoS protocol. |
| Privacy-enhanced and efficient P2P routing algorithms for the Ethereum network | István András Seres, Ph.D. student; Domokos Kelen, Ph.D. student; Ferenc Béres, Ph.D. student; András A. Benczúr, Ph.D | Simulator for evaluating privacy-enhanced routing algorithms in Ethereum. |
| REVOKE: Consensus-layer mitigations for validator ransomware attacks | Dr. Dan O'Keeffe; Dr. Darren Hurley-Smith; Alpesh Bhudia, Ph.D. candidate at Royal Holloway University of London | Paper on ransomware attacks on Ethereum validators. |
| Tikuna: an Ethereum blockchain network security monitoring system | Dr. Andres Gomez Ramirez, Ph.D.; Loui Al Sardy, Ph.D. candidate by Sistemas Edenia Internacional | Tool for detecting potential attacks on the Ethereum blockchain network. |
| Time series analysis for transaction fee market | Huisu Jang; YunYoung Lee, Ph.D.; Seongwan Park; Seungju Lee; Woojin Jeong at Soongsil University and Seoul National University | Strategy to minimize Ethereum transaction fees through time series analysis. |
| The Cost of Sybils, Credible Commitments, and False-Name Proof Mechanisms | Bruno Mazorra; Nicolás Della Penna at Pompeu Fabra University | Study on Sybil-proof mechanisms and reward sharing in blockchain networks. |
| The influence of transaction costs on economic activity on the Ethereum network | Dr. Lennart Ante at Blockchain Research Lab | Study on the effects of gas fees on economic activity in the Ethereum ecosystem. |
| The Market for Music Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Price, Volume, and Risk | Danling Jiang, Ph.D.; Keli Xiao, Ph.D.; Lolita Nazarov, B.S.; Haixiang (Diego) Zhu, MS at Stony Brook Foundation | Study on how investor composition affects the music NFTs market. |
| Trustworthy Formal Verification for Ethereum Smart Contracts via Machine-Checkable Proof Certificates | Prof. Grigore Rosu; Xiaohong Chenm, Ph.D. student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Research on reducing trust base for Ethereum smart contract verification. |
| Understanding Waiting Time in Transaction Fee Mechanisms | Prof. Luyao Zhang, Ph.D.; Prof. Fan Zhang, Ph.D.; Research Fellow: Tianyu Wu | Study on the interaction of waiting time and gas fees in Ethereum transactions. |
| ZK-SNARKs as a Service | Prof. Abhishek Jain at Johns Hopkins University | Research on zk-SNARKs and the scalability of zero-knowledge proof generation. |
