Blockchain Research

State Optimization

Account-based blockchains such as Ethereum suffer from severe scalability and synchronization overhead due to continuously growing state data.

This research focuses on efficient blockchain state management, including:

  1. Active-account Maintenance
  2. Reduction of Historical State Overhead
  3. Optimized Database Structures for Scalable Blockchain Storage Systems

 

Active-account Maintenance (Ethanos)

 

Security and Privacy

Blockchain systems require strong guarantees for security, privacy, and trustworthiness in both on-chain and off-chain environments.

This research covers several topics, including:

  1. AI-based Smart Contract Vulnerability Analysis (BugSweeper)
  2. Zero-knowledge Proof Systems
  3. Encrypted Mempool Protocols for Transaction Privacy
  4. Secure Off-chain Payment Protocols Based on Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)

 

AI-based Smart Contract Vulnerability Analysis (BugSweeper)