As predicted, now that the summer is officially over the pace of whitepapers is picking up! Here are four new additions to the #CryptoArchives:
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github.com/multicoincapit…
First, @LefKok, @dahlia_malkhi, @ittaia and Sasha Spiegelmann implemented a fully asynchronous DKG based on a novel "eventually perfect" common coin abstraction. 1/8
eprint.iacr.org/2019/1015.pdf
It's amazing how many new DKG constructions have come out in 2019. You'll find them in our Cryptographic Primitives -> Other section:
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Second, @danrobinson produced The Yield Protocol. His yToken construction allows users to mint and trade synthetic fixed term assets. The market discount applied to these yTokens can infer "interest rates", from which a yield curve can be constructed. 3/8
research.paradigm.xyz/Yield.pdf
I placed this in our Cryptoeconomics -> Tokenomics section... but should I have a standalone DeFi section? What additional papers would you recommend adding, if I were to do so?
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Third, @SaarTochner, @Avivz78 and @schmiste78 released "Hijacking Routes in Payment Channel Networks" describing how a Denial-of-Service attack on Lightning Network nodes could be used to disrupt payments.
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arxiv.org/pdf/1909.06890…
This paper, of course, goes in my largest and favorite section: Vulnerabilities, Bugs, and Hacks -> Attack Vectors. I am constantly amazed by the range of different attacks the community comes up with, am I missing your favorite one?
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Last, but certainly not least, is Halo from @ebfull, @str4d, and @feministPLT. This Recursive Proof Composition without a Trusted Setup can be used to greatly reduce blockchain storage requirements, and to increase the trust-minimization of zk-SNARKs.
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eprint.iacr.org/2019/1021.pdf
As always, please feel free to reach out if you know of a paper or a blog post that should be included! The #CryptoArchives is meant to belong to the community, we accept pull requests from any and all contributors.
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