In recent years, blockchain has gained widespread attention as an emerging technology for
decentralization, transparency, and immutability in advancing online activities over public …

We introduce the first practical protocols for fully decentralized sealed-bid auctions using
timed commitments. Timed commitments ensure that the auction is finalized fairly even if all …

Abstract Machine‐as‐a‐Service (MaaS) is an emerging service model for industrial
appliances. With MaaS, machines are rented instead of being acquired, and their lifecycle is …

Auctions, a long-standing method of trading goods and services, are a promising use case
for decentralized finance. However, due to the inherent transparency property of …

Blockchain smart-contracts can be used as service mappers, connecting a contractor with
the service provider best fitting desired service requirements (eg, price or quality of service) …

This work introduces Cryptobazaar, a novel scalable, private, and decentralized sealed-bid
auction protocol. In particular, our protocol protects the privacy of losing bidders by …

Blockchain auction plays an important role in the price discovery of digital assets (eg NFTs).
However, despite their importance, implementing auctions directly on blockchains such as …

Pervasive Edge Computing (PEC), a recent addition to the edge computing paradigm,
leverages the computing resources of end-user devices to execute computation tasks in …

Many decentralized services have recently emerged on top of blockchain, offering benefits
like privacy, and allowing any node in the network to share its resources. In order to be a …

The circular economy aims to reduce the consumption of resources and energy by exploiting
multiple use-cycles of components and materials. The creation of new circular businesses …