Philip Daian

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KEVM: A Complete Formal Semantics of the Ethereum Virtual Machine

E. Hildenbrandt, M. Saxena, +8 authors G. Rosu
Computer Science
IEEE 31st Computer Security Foundations Symposium…
9 July 2018

We present KEVM, an executable formal specification of the EVM's bytecode stack-based language built with the K Framework, designed to serve as a solid foundation for further formal analyses. Expand

KEVM: A Complete Semantics of the Ethereum Virtual Machine

E. Hildenbrandt, M. Saxena, +4 authors G. Rosu
Computer Science
1 August 2017

In this work, we present KEVM, the first fully executable formal semantics of the EVM, the bytecode language in which smart contracts are executed. Expand

Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges

Philip Daian, Steven Goldfeder, +5 authors A. Juels
Computer Science
ArXiv
10 April 2019

We document and quantify the widespread and rising deployment of arbitrage bots in blockchain systems, specifically in decentralized exchanges (or "DEXes"). Expand

A formal verification tool for Ethereum VM bytecode

Daejun Park, Yi Zhang, M. Saxena, Philip Daian, G. Rosu
Computer Science
ESEC/SIGSOFT FSE
26 October 2018

We present a formal verification tool for the Ethereum Virtual Machine bytecode that is capable and scalable enough to verify various high-profile, safe-critical smart contracts. Expand

Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning in Decentralized Exchanges, Miner Extractable Value, and Consensus Instability

Philip Daian, Steven Goldfeder, +5 authors A. Juels
Computer Science
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
1 May 2020

We document and quantify the widespread and rising deployment of arbitrage bots in blockchain systems, specifically in decentralized exchanges (DEXes). Expand

Tesseract: Real-Time Cryptocurrency Exchange Using Trusted Hardware

I. Bentov, Yan Ji, +5 authors A. Juels
Computer Science
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
6 November 2019

We propose Tesseract, a secure real-time cryptocurrency exchange service that achieves a best-of-both-worlds design by using a trusted execution environment. Expand

Enter the Hydra: Towards Principled Bug Bounties and Exploit-Resistant Smart Contracts

Lorenz Breidenbach, Philip Daian, Florian Tramèr, A. Juels
Computer Science
IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch.
15 August 2018

We present the Hydra Framework, the first general, principled approach to modeling and administering bug bounties and boosting incentives for hackers to report bugs. Expand

(Short Paper) PieceWork: Generalized Outsourcing Control for Proofs of Work

Philip Daian, Ittay Eyal, A. Juels, Emin Gün Sirer
Computer Science
Financial Cryptography Workshops
3 April 2017

We introduce PieceWork, a generalized scheme for restructuring standard hashbased PoWs that addresses the two drawbacks of existing PoWs described above. Expand

A model for Bitcoin’s security and the declining block subsidy

Hasu James Prestwich, Brandon Curtis, +23 authors R. Auer

We are grateful to Anthony Towns, Arjun Balaji, Brian Venturo, David Vorick, Joe Kendzicky, Lucas Nuzzi, Matthew Hammond, Nic Carter, Philip Daian, Steve Lee, Su Zhu, Tarun Chitra, and Yassine… Expand

RV-Android: Efficient Parametric Android Runtime Verification, a Brief Tutorial

Philip Daian, Yliès Falcone, +4 authors G. Rosu
Computer Science
RV
21 September 2015

RV-Android improves on previous Android monitoring work by replacing the JavaMOP framework with RV-Monitor, a more advanced monitoring library generation tool with core algorithmic improvements. Expand

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