Evolution of automated weakness detection in Ethereum bytecode: a comprehensive study

Blockchain programs (also known as smart contracts) manage valuable assets like cryptocurrencies and tokens, and implement protocols in domains like decentralized finance (DeFi) and supply-chain management. These types of applications require a high level of security that is hard to achieve due to the transparency of public blockchains....

Assessing the Impact of Tokenized Financial Assets on Blockchain for Start-Up Fundraising and the Significance of Decentralized Governance

This research investigates the potential impact of blockchain based start-up crowdfunding. The emergence of blockchain and cryptocurrencies paved the way for a more decentralized finance system which offers alternative funding opportunities for start-ups. The scope of the research is to analyze the benefits and drawbacks of blockchain based...

Proof of Delivery Smart Contract for Performance Measurements

The growth of the enterprise blockchain research supporting supply chain management calls for investigations of their impact and mindfulness of their design, use cases, and pilots. With a blockchain design for the Proof of Delivery (PoD) process management, this paper contributes to learning about performance measurement and the transaction...

What drives cryptocurrency market dynamics?: Analysing external variable influence on cryptocurrency prices

Since the introduction of Blockchain technologies in Bitcoin (Nakamoto & Bitcoin, 2008), there has been over a decade of innovation and growth. The cryptocurrency markets have formed their own ecosystem and followings. On Wednesday 12 th May, 2021, cryptocurrencies reached their highest total market capitalisation yet, at $ 2.5 trillion ...

An evaluation of the reentrancy vulnerability on GoQuorum-based smartcontracts

Within the context of the Ethereum blockchain protocol, reentrancy is a well-known and well-researched smart contract vulnerability. However, when considering GoQuorum, an Ethereum soft fork, barely any research discussing smart contract vulnerabilities exists. This report aims to partly fill this research gap by evaluating the reentrancy smart...

Investigating Arbitrageurs and Oracle Manipulators in Ethereum

Smart contracts on Ethereum enable billions of dollars of value to be transacted in a decentralised, transparent and trustless environment. However, adversaries lie await in the Dark Forest, waiting to exploit any and all smart contract vulnerabilities in order to extract profits from unsuspecting victims in this new financial system. As the...

Privacy-Preserving Techniques in Blockchain-Based Food Supply Chain

The following paper aims to investigate what and how are the main privacy-preserving methods applied in the blockchain-based supply chain industry scenario, with a primary focus on the food sector. Recent developments, such as the exordium of cryptocurrencies to increment efficiency, are withal addressed. Overviews of key use cases in industry...

Mitigation of Transaction Manipulation Attacks in UniSwap

Front-running is the illegal practice of obtaining information unavailable to the general public with regards to upcoming transactions and performing actions based on this knowledge as to gain profit. This type of attack has been an issue since the introduction of the first stock market and it is not a surprise it has spread into blockchain...

Your Smart Contracts Are Not Secure: Investigating Arbitrageurs and Oracle Manipulators in Ethereum

Smart contracts on Ethereum enable billions of dollars to be transacted in a decentralized, transparent and trustless environment. However, adversaries lie await in the Dark Forest, waiting to exploit any and all smart contract vulnerabilities in order to extract profits from unsuspecting victims in this new financial system. As the...

An Empirical Study into the Success of Listed Smart Contracts in Ethereum

Since it takes time and effort to put a new product or service on the market, one would like to predict whether it will be a success. In general this is not possible, but it is possible to follow best practices in order to maximize the chance of success. A smart contract is intended to encode business logic and is therefore at the heart of...