RB

11 November 2024. Just released the first part of our 3 part series, Distributed Ledger Interoperability Security (PART 1/3). The series distills my recent thesis into an easy to read, accessible summary.
25 October 2024. I'm very honoured to have been awarded "Best INESC-ID Ph.D. student" due to my contributions to the theory and practice of blockchain interoperability.
2 October 2024. Thrilled that our article, A Brief History of Blockchain Interoperability, is featured on the cover of the October issue of Communications of the ACM. A huge milestone for our work at BIG Era Chair!
1 October 2024. We published the first version of our paper XChainWatcher (Hepheastus v2).

24 September 2024. I defended my PhD thesis in Técnico Lisboa with highest grade! You can read the thesis here.
10 June 2024. Our paper "Do You Need a Distributed Ledger Technology Interoperability Solution?" was the most read paper in ACM DLT in 2023!
15 March 2024. Our paper SoK: Security and Privacy of Blockchain Interoperability has been accepted for publication at the IEEE S&P!

11 November 2023. I will be out of office for a 1 month backpacking travel in Southeast Asia. See you soon!
10 November 2023. The drafts for our new papers SoK: Security and Privacy of Blockchain Interoperability and Harmonia: Securing Cross-Chain Applications Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs are almost ready to be published as preprints. Stay tuned!