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Do you have or will soon have a Ph.D. in distributed computing (PODC-DISC), cryptography (IACR), or [secure, distributed] computer systems (USENIX Security, ACM SIGOPS) and interested in cutting-edge research? Then join us as postdoc at Uni Bern: crypto.unibe.ch/jobs/

The official call for expressions of interest for a tenure-track assistant professorship TU Wien is out. Application deadline December 15. Applicants in security and privacy are encouraged to contact me! tuwien.at/forschung/vien…

Upcoming BIU winter school on Blockchain Technologies - you don’t want to miss this one!!!

📣📣Princeton University invites applications for a faculty position at the junior or senior level! Fields of interest include #blockchains, #cryptocurrencies, their applications, and the #decentralization of trust and power in society through technology: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

Our Christmas dinner tradition is back! Lots of fun, food, and drinks for S&P TU Wien TU Wien

Extremely thankful to @WWTF for funding two research projects on the foundations of blockchain technologies TU Wien , one with Maria Christakis (leader) and Laura Kóvacs on smart contract verification and one with Zeta Avarikioti (leader) and Lefteris Kokoris-Kogias ISTAustria on Layer-2 protocols!

Glimpse, our new protocol for secure cross-chain token transfers, made with love S&P TU Wien TU Wien @PantosIO , to appear USENIX Security ‘23. SpyCoDe research FWF. Joint work with Giulia Scaffino Lukas Aumayr Zeta Avarikioti tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/new…

Hello, World! We are Common Prefix, the prerequisite for chain safety. We do blockchains, and stand between theory and practice. commonprefix.com 1/6

Looking for a PhD position in blockchains? Time to join our Security & Privacy group at TU Wien! Apply here: tools.spycode.at/recruiting/cal… Matteo Maffei S&P TU Wien

We're thrilled to be sponsoring this year's Financial Cryptography conference: fc24.ifca.ai Most of our team is out here in Curaçao - come say hi!

Our very own Dionysis Zindros presenting "Light Clients for Lazy Blockchains," a paper describing how to construct a light client for "optimistic" chains like @CelestiaOrg. A collective effort alongside @ErtemTas, David Tse, and Lei Yang Σ:. 1/2

Apostolos (tzinas) presenting "On-Chain Timestamps Are Accurate" at FC'24. This joint work with Dionysis Zindros and Srivatsan Sridhar proves that timestamps of blockchain blocks do not deviate from real-world time, even in adversarially-produced blocks. 1/2

Decentralization is the fundamental concept underpinning all blockchain systems. But what does this mean and how do we measure it? Christina (Christina Ovezik) explains in her talk at FC'24, presenting joint work with Aggelos Kiayias & CP's @dimitKarakostas: arxiv.org/pdf/2211.01291…

PoW vs PoS: Can wealth truly replace work in securing blockchains? Let's dive into why Proof-of-Work may be the key to more robust and secure blockchain systems. 1/5

We're looking to onboard Senior Software Engineers with blockchain experience: commonprefix.notion.site/Opening-Senior… If you think you're a good fit, please email your CV, GitHub handle, and transcript (if you graduated within the past 5 years) to [email protected].

Excited to share our work on BitVM bridges: A novel trust-minimized protocol to bridge Bitcoins to second layers. Huge thanks to Lukas Aumayr, alexei, Andrea Pelosi, Zeta Avarikioti, and Matteo Maffei for their amazing contributions 🧡 bitvm.org/bitvm_bridge.p…

BitVM2 and BitVM Bridge: TLDR Today we released the BitVM2 tech and bridge paper! Huge thanks to brilliant яobin linus Lukas Aumayr Andrea Pelosi Zeta Avarikioti Matteo Maffei TLDR: - BitVM2 is a major improvement over previous BitVM versions. - BitVM Bridge is now the most

🚨 New Partners 🚨 We are also excited to welcome new names to our already amazing partner lineup: 🪩 Compass Labs 🤝 Wormhole 🤝 Big Brain Holdings 🤝 Consensys Mesh 🤝 Maven 11 🤝 Decentralized Intelligence AG 🤝 Geometry Research 🤝 Common Prefix 🤝 Extropy.io 🤝 MystenLabs.sui

If you’re attending the NDSS Symposium next week, catch CP’s Giulia Scaffino presenting “Alba: The Dawn of Scalable Bridges for Blockchains” during the Blockchain Security 2 session on Feb 27th. 🕰️11:00am 📍Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel. 1/3

From concept to reality! After a year of working on the formalization and security of BitVM with S&P TU Wien and Common Prefix, it’s now being deployed by BOB and the BitVM/acc group. Excited to see this take shape!