Measuring Polkadot: The Impact of Tor and a VPN on Polkadot's Performance and Security

Begun in 2020, Polkadot is one of the largest blockchains in market capitalization and development. However, privacy on the Polkadot network has yet to be one of the key focus points. Especially unlinkability between the user’s IP address and Polkadot address is essential. Without this unlinkability, users are vulnerable to targeted ads,...

Real Time Threat Detection Through Network Analysis

Intermax Cloudsourcing B.V. designs, implements and manages critical IT-infrastructures for Dutch clients from the medical, public and financial sectors. The information that passes over these IT-infrastructures is highly confidential and privacy-sensitive, therefore it is essential that these infrastructures are secure. To improve the security...

Assessing the future of heat supply in Amsterdam using an energy justice framework

Heat services are essential to the Dutch society. Currently, earthquakes in Groningen and CO2-emission reduction goals accelerate the heat transition. This research explores the effects of this transition using an energy justice framework, answering the following research question: “What is the impact of the transition from natural gas heat...