This papers aims to provide an understandable survey of 'stablecoins'---cryptocurrencies designed to have lower volatility than Bitcoin or Ether. We distil the stability mechanisms into a set of primitives and precisely analyze why they are thought to adjust exchange rates, what assumptions they...

In this paper, we present Velocity, a decentralized market deployed on Ethereum for trading a custom type of derivative option. To enable the smart contract to work, we also implement a price fetching tool called PriceGeth. We present this as a case study, noting challenges in development of the...

In this paper, we examine the recent trend towards in-browser mining of cryptocurrencies; in particular, the mining of Monero through Coinhive and similar codebases. In this model, a user visiting a website will download a JavaScript code that executes client-side in her browser, mines a...

Presently, auditing firms are hesitant to accept mandates from companies that hold a significant amount of cryptoassets, primarily because the blockchain sector introduces novel, technically sophisticated and risky propositions that auditors are unequipped to handle. Abrupt recusals by auditors...

Presently, auditing firms are hesitant to accept mandates from companies that hold a significant amount of cryptoassets, primarily because the blockchain sector introduces novel, technically sophisticated and risky propositions that auditors are unequipped to handle. Abrupt recusals by auditors...