Research Pulse 81 rollup

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SCRF #ResearchPulse Issue 81 is now live. Dig into a curated weekly list of notable #web3research.

This week's topics include:

📌 DeFi Incident Autopsy 📌 Revealing Backdoor Threats 📌 Benchmarking L1s

Of special interest… https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/t/2008

(2/6) Documenting security incidents in DeFi is crucial: “SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Incidents” by @lzhou1110, @XihanXiong, @ErnstbergerJens, @schaliasosvons, Zhipeng Wang, Ye Wang, @KaihuaQIN, Roger Wattenhofer, @dawnsongtweets, and @HatforceSec 

(3/6)  How critical functions can be exploited: “Pied-Piper: Revealing the Backdoor Threats in Ethereum ERC Token Contracts” by @fuchenma525, Meng Ren, Lerong Ouyang, Yuanliang Chen, Juan Zhu, Ting Chen, Yingli Zheng, Xiao Dai, Yu Jiang, and Jiaguang Sun

(4/6) Introducing a new #LightningNetwork routing algorithm called “Auto-Tune: Efficient Autonomous Routing for Payment Channel Networks by Hsiang-Jen Hong, Sang-Yoon Chang, and Xiaobo Zhou that focuses on routing fees.

(5/6) Finally, an evaluation framework that enables layer 1s to be properly benchmarked: 

“Gromit: Benchmarking the Performance and Scalability of Blockchain Systems” by Bulat Nasrulin, @devos50, Georgy Ishmaev, and Johan Pouwelse 

(6/6) Add your voice to the conversation. @SCRForum is looking for #web3 research from a range of contributors. Review and apply for our grants program today: https://github.com/smartcontractresearchforum/docs/blob/main/en/grants_general_contributors.md

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Each week, the Smart Contract Research Forum releases the Research Pulse, a list of new and exceptional blockchain research curated by our Research Lead, Lucas Nuzzi. In this issue, our 81st, we look at four papers. 

The first is “SoK: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Incidents,” by Liyi Zhou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liyi-zhou-a64731111/), Xihan Xiong, Jens Ernstberger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-ernstberger-96b0ba14a/), Stefanos Chaliasos, Zhipeng Wang, Ye Wang, Kaihua Qin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaihua-qin-072118112/), Roger Wattenhofer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-wattenhofer-4466731/), Dawn Song (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-song-51586033/), and Arthur Gervais (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthurgervais/). This is a comprehensive analysis of DeFi security incidents that compiles a substantial amount of information on them. 

“Auto-Tune: Efficient Autonomous Routing for Payment Channel Networks” by Hsiang-Jen Hong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsiang-jen-hong-b45390170/), Sang-Yoon Chang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sang-yoon-chang-93556123/), and Xiaobo Zhou (https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaobo-zhou-0ab59218/) introduces a new routing algorithm called Auto-Tune, which features an interesting set of improvements over the status-quo solution, the Flash algorithm, especially as it relates to routing fees.

“Pied-Piper: Revealing the Backdoor Threats in Ethereum ERC Token Contracts” by Fuchen Ma, Meng Ren, Lerong Ouyang, Yuanliang Chen, Juan Zhu, Ting Chen, Yingli Zheng, Xiao Dai, Yu Jiang, and Jiaguang Sun, evaluates critical functions, specifically in ERC contracts, and provides insights into when these functions are exploited.

Finally, our last paper, “Gromit: Benchmarking the Performance and Scalability of Blockchain Systems” by Bulat Nasrulin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bulat-nasrulin-0800b886/), Martin de Vos (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martijn-de-vos-34563941), Georgy Ishmaev (https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgy-ishmaev-883586186/), and Johan Pouwelse (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peer2peer/) provides a much-needed evaluation framework that enables layer 1s to be properly benchmarked.

Add your voice to the conversation. @SCRForum is looking for #web3 research from a range of contributors. Review and apply for our grants program today: https://github.com/smartcontractresearchforum/docs/blob/main/en/grants_general_contributors.md

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https://www.smartcontractresearch.org/t/2008

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