CIS Seminar: ” Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges”
Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAbstract: Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are often heralded as the keys to a new era of financial transparency and fairness. Decentralized exchanges (DEXes), in particular, run directly on blockchains. They manage custody of traded assets, preventing theft by exchange operators, and provide a globally visible and accessible trading platform that seems egalitarian. Our research, though, has revealed that DEXes […]