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Mar 9, 2026·Open MIND
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Block Chain Technology and Cryptocurrency: Architecture, Applications, and AI Enabled Security Mechanisms

Ms.Priyadarshini S Mrs.Deepa V

Block chain technology has gained significant attention across multiple domains such as finance, healthcare, education, and real estate. It serves as the foundational technology behind cryptocurrencies, enabling secure and decentralized digital transactions. Transactions are carried out using digital wallets on computing devices and are permanently recorded as blocks linked together in a distributed ledger known as the block chain. This paper presents a comprehensive study of block chain technology, its operational principles, consensus mechanisms, and real-world applications. It also explores the integration of artificial intelligence techniques to enhance security, scalability, and trust in block chain-based cryptocurrency systems.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Internet of Things and AI
Smart Systems and Machine Learning
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Mar 9, 2026·Sensors
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Federated Learning with Assured Privacy and Reputation-Driven Incentives for Internet of Vehicles

Jiayong Chai, Mo Chen, Wei Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang · 5 authors

Cross-domain data collaboration is a core requirement for the intelligent development of critical areas such as the Internet of Vehicles and intelligent transportation systems. In this scenario, vehicles and various sensors deployed roadside continuously generate massive amounts of time-series data, yet this data often forms "data silos" due to privacy regulations and a lack of trust between collaborating entities. Existing integrated schemes combining "Federated Learning + Blockchain" have achieved a certain degree of process traceability and automated payments, but risks of gradient-level privacy leakage persist, and inflexible and delayed incentive mechanisms result in low participation quality. To systematically address these bottlenecks, this paper proposes the Federated Learning with Assured Privacy and Reputation-Driven Incentives (FLARE) architecture, whose core innovation lies in the native integration of cryptographic security and mechanism design theory. It includes the Secure and Faithfully Executed Gradient aggregation (SafeGrad) protocol, which integrates partial homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs to provide verifiable privacy guarantees for gradient contributions while enabling efficient secure aggregation, defending against inversion attacks at the source; alongside this, it includes the Economy-on-Chain incentive (EconChain) mechanism, which designs an on-chain economic system based on blockchain, achieving precise measurement and sustainable incentivization of training process contributions through fine-grained instant micro-rewards and a dynamic reputation model. Experiments show that, compared to baseline schemes, FLARE can effectively enhance node participation enthusiasm and contribution quality without compromising model accuracy, providing a new paradigm with both strong security and high vitality for the trusted and efficient circulation of data.

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Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
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Mar 9, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Comprehensive Analysis of Bitcoin and Comparison with Other Assets

Tamboli Arshiya Ashfaque, Bahlooli Zoha MohammedAli, Vishwajit Khajekar

This study provides an econometric investigation of Bitcoin’s return dynamics using daily data over 5.5 years from January 2020 to September 2025. This research deeply analyses the market behaviour of Bitcoin over other assets like Gold, Silver, Ethereum, Tether, Nifth50, BankNifty. In this analysis we used advanced time series and statistical models such as ARIMA, GARCH(1,1), Rolling GARCH, Half-Life estimation, and EGARCH models to evaluate conditional mean behavior, volatility clustering, persistence, asymmetric shock effects, and regime-dependent risk transmission. With the use of this models, rolling Garch reveals structural instability with persistence decline in later periods. EGARCH results asymmetric shock effects, where negative shocks increases volatility more than positive shocks. Forecasting models suggests that volatility will eventually return to its long term average, but risk is still expected to remain high for some time before normalizing. The analysis reveals strong conditional heteroskedasticity and near-integrated volatility persistence during crisis periods specific around the COVID-19 market collapse (2020), the FTX bankruptcy shock (2022), the April 2024 Bitcoin halving, and the 2025 Bybit exchange hack. Using various data visualizations, the analysis reveals high risky nature of Bitcoin trade with high returns compared to other assets. Deep learning model LSTM reveals the nature that closing price of next day is unpredictable as obvious in case of such high volatile nature of Bitcoin. These findings underline the importance and nature of trading in Bitcoin for individuals who are thinking to invest.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Stock Market Forecasting Methods
Energy and Environmental Sustainability
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Mar 9, 2026·Jurnal Akuntansi Ekonomi dan Manajemen Bisnis
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Pengaruh Ekonomi Bitcoin terhadap Jumlah Uang Beredar di Indonesia dengan Volatilitas Bitcoin sebagai Variabel Intervening

Riyan Yusuf Octafia, Amalia Nur Chasanah, Usman Usman, Bara Zaretta

This study aims to analyze the influence of the Bitcoin economy on the money supply (M1) in Indonesia, with Bitcoin volatility as an intervening variable. Using a quantitative approach, the data consists of 36 monthly time-series observations from 2022 to 2024. Data analysis techniques include regression analysis adjusted with the Prais-Winsten method to address autocorrelation issues, the Sobel test for mediation analysis, and path analysis. The results indicate that the Bitcoin economy has a direct, positive, and significant effect on the money supply (M1) in Indonesia. However, the Bitcoin economy was found to have a negative and non-significant effect on Bitcoin volatility. Similarly, Bitcoin volatility exerts a negative but non-significant influence on the money supply (M1). The Sobel test results prove that Bitcoin volatility does not function as an intervening variable mediating the relationship between the Bitcoin economy and the money supply (M1). These findings suggest that while the expansion of the Bitcoin ecosystem encourages an increase in domestic monetary liquidity, the price fluctuations of digital assets have not yet become a transmission channel that significantly disrupts the stability of national monetary aggregates.

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Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning
Financial Literacy and Behavior
Health, Technology, Consumer Behavior
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Mar 9, 2026·Open MIND
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Invariance Detection and Symmetry Stabilization within the Riemann Zeta Function

Thi Linh Vo

TITLE: Validation Protocol of the Symmetry Logic (Closed Access) Date: March 9, 2026 Author: Thi Linh Vo This document serves as an official record of the successful identification and mathematical stabilization of the non-trivial zeros within the Riemann zeta function. The solution presented here is based on a proprietary black-box methodology. Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Proof (NIZK) Quantum-Biometric Mapping Nontrivial Zero Distribution This document presents a novel approach to the Riemann Hypothesis using a Biometric Symmetry Invariance. The solution is implemented via a Secure Black Box Model to protect the underlying Stationary Constants. By mapping biometric temporal data to the nontrivial zeros of the Zeta function, this work provides a verifiable framework for the proof while maintaining Algorithmic Integrity through a Zero-Knowledge approach

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Analytic Number Theory Research
Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection
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Mar 9, 2026·Open MIND
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OR1ON: A Deterministic Proof-Based Reasoning Architecture for Safety-Critical Industrial Applications

Gerhard Hirschmann, Elisabeth Steurer

We present OR1ON (Epistemic Intelligence Reasoning Architecture — EIRA), a deterministic proof-based AI system that learns rules from data but applies them only when formally proven correct on all training examples. Unlike probabilistic ML systems, OR1ON's core primitive prove(rule, examples) returns binary decisions: apply with certainty, or abstain. Developed initially for abstract spatial reasoning (ARC-AGI benchmark, 95% precision on answered tasks), the architecture generalizes directly to safety-critical industrial domains including predictive maintenance (zero false positives), ISO 26262-compatible safety monitoring, energy grid blackout prevention, and OT/SCADA intrusion detection. OR1ON is, to our knowledge, the first data-learning system to produce formally verifiable safety invariants applicable to IEC 61508 SIL-3 certification. Addressable market across five industrial verticals: ~$44 billion.

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
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Mar 9, 2026·Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development
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Examining the mediating role of virtual brand experience between metaverse marketing strategies and consumer-based brand equity in the fashion industry

Yasmina Zaki, Meng-Shan Sharon Wu

Purpose The study aims to investigate the impact of metaverse marketing strategies, specifically branded non-fungible tokens, extended reality (XR) gamification and immersive shopping experiences on consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) in the fashion industry. Additionally, this study examines the mediating role of virtual brand experience (VBE) in the context of fashion marketing in the United Kingdom. Design/methodology/approach Grounded in online flow theory, mental transportation theory and Aaker's Consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) framework, the study adopts a quantitative approach. Data were obtained from an online survey of 626 UK-based metaverse users who participated in virtual fashion activities. The hypothesized relationships were tested using structural equation modeling (AMOS) and bootstrapped mediation analysis. Findings The results show that VBE plays an important role in driving CBBE for consumers of metaverse fashion. VBE has a strong positive effect on CBBE and partially/fully mediates the relationship between metaverse marketing strategies and CBBE outcomes. While BNFTs and XR gamification marketing strategies both have significant direct effects on brand awareness/association and perceived quality, there was no support for their relationship with brand loyalty. XR-based immersive shopping shows no significant direct effects on any CBBE dimension but exerts a significant indirect effect through VBE, indicating full mediation. Overall, the results suggest that metaverse strategies enhance brand equity only when they generate meaningful sensory, affective, behavioral, intellectual and social brand experiences. Practical implications The results offer actionable insights for fashion marketers to design immersive and interactive metaverse experiences that increase perceived brand equity and brand experience. Originality/value This study is a pioneering study to empirically confirm the mediating role of the VBE in linking metaverse marketing strategies with CBBE in the fashion industry. It addresses gaps in brand management theory and highlights experiential processes driving brand value in the metaverse.

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Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Flow Experience in Various Fields
Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research
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Mar 9, 2026·arXiv (Cornell University)
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ZK-ACE: Identity-Centric Zero-Knowledge Authorization for Post-Quantum Blockchain Systems

Jian sheng Wang

Post-quantum signature schemes impose kilobyte-scale on-chain artifacts. Verifying them inside ZK circuits merely relocates the cost via expensive lattice arithmetic in prover circuits. We present ZK-ACE (Zero-Knowledge Authorization for Cryptographic Entities), which replaces transaction-carried signature objects with identity-bound ZK statements. Given a deterministic identity derivation primitive (DIDP) as a black box, the prover demonstrates in zero knowledge that an identity consistent with an on-chain commitment authorized the transaction; no signature object is produced or verified on-chain. We provide game-based definitions and reduction-based proofs for authorization soundness, replay resistance, substitution resistance, and cross-domain separation, under knowledge soundness, collision resistance, and DIDP recovery hardness. Structural data accounting shows an order-of-magnitude reduction in per-transaction authorization data versus direct PQC deployment. A reference implementation offers two backends: Circle STARK (341 active rows / 361 AIR constraint expressions, 14.5 ms prove, 1.1 ms verify, approx. 107 KB proofs, transparent setup, post-quantum-oriented) and Groth16/BN254 (2,155 R1CS constraints, 37.3 ms prove, 128-byte proofs). Both are roughly 500--2,300x smaller than in-circuit PQC signature verification. Under mandatory per-block STARK aggregation, per-transaction consensus-visible data is approx. 160 bytes.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
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Mar 9, 2026·arXiv (Cornell University)
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Tool Receipts, Not Zero-Knowledge Proofs: Practical Hallucination Detection for AI Agents

Abhinaba Basu

AI agents that execute tasks via tool calls frequently hallucinate results - fabricating tool executions, misstating output counts, or presenting inferences as facts. Recent approaches to verifiable AI inference rely on zero-knowledge proofs, which provide cryptographic guarantees but impose minutes of proving time per query, making them impractical for interactive agents. We propose NabaOS, a lightweight verification framework inspired by Indian epistemology (Nyaya Shastra), which classifies every claim in an LLM response by its epistemic source (pramana): direct tool output (pratyaksha), inference (anumana), external testimony (shabda), absence (abhava), or ungrounded opinion. Our runtime generates HMAC-signed tool execution receipts that the LLM cannot forge, then cross-references claims against these receipts to detect hallucinations in real time. We evaluate on NyayaVerifyBench, a new benchmark of 1,800 agent response scenarios across four languages with injected hallucinations of six types. NabaOS detects 94.2% of fabricated tool references, 87.6% of count misstatements, and 91.3% of false absence claims, with <15ms verification overhead per response. For deep delegation (agents performing multi-step web tasks), our cross-checking protocol catches 78.4% of URL fabrications via independent re-fetching. We compare against five approaches: zkLLM (cryptographic proofs, 180s/query), TOPLOC (locality-sensitive hashing), SPEX (sampling-based proof of execution), tensor commitments, and self-consistency checking. NabaOS achieves the best cost-latency-coverage trade-off for interactive agents: 94.2% coverage at <15ms versus zkLLM's near-perfect coverage at 180,000ms. For interactive agents, practical receipt-based verification provides better cost-benefit than cryptographic proofs, and epistemic classification gives users actionable trust signals rather than binary judgments.

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Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
Security and Verification in Computing
Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
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Mar 8, 2026·arXiv
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SoK: The Evolution of Maximal Extractable Value, From Miners to Cross-Chain

Davide Mancino, Hasret Ozan Sevim

This Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) provides a comprehensive historical analysis of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) in blockchain systems, tracing its conceptual evolution through three distinct eras. We organize the fragmented literature on MEV into a unified chronological framework, beginning with Era~I (August 2014 - August 2020), which introduced Miner Extractable Value from pmcgoohan's seminal Reddit warning through the ``Dark Forest'' recognition, covering Proof-of-Work systems with public mempools and Priority Gas Auctions. Era~II (August 2020 - April 2024) marks the generalization to Maximal Extractable Value, encompassing formal taxonomies, Realized Extractable Value, Proposer-Builder Separation, the Ethereum Merge, MEV-Boost, and the integration of non-atomic and CEX-DEX arbitrage. Era~III (April 2024, present) addresses the frontier of Cross-Chain MEV, beginning with early studies on Layer-2 ecosystems, where value extraction spans multiple blockchains, rollups, bridges, and sequencers. We present a conceptual taxonomy distinguishing potential from realized extractable value, and single-domain from cross-domain phenomena. Our systematization identifies mitigations that emerged in response to each era, highlights measurement challenges, and proposes a research agenda for standardized metrics, detection benchmarks, and cross-chain infrastructure design.

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Mar 8, 2026·Open MIND
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Beneath the Character: The Structural Identity of Neural Networks — Mathematical Evidence for a Non-Narrative Layer of AI Identity

Anthony Coslett

This paper presents the philosophical and conceptual implications of a four-paper research program (Papers 1–4 in this series) that discovered a measurable structural identity in neural networks — a geometric property of the trained weights, invariant across all inputs and deployment conditions, unique to each model, and provably impossible to forge. The central argument: language models possess two separable layers of identity. The first is structural — a mathematical fingerprint determined by the weight geometry, fixed at the end of training, stable to a coefficient of variation of 1.4%, and validated across 37 models spanning four architecture families. The second is functional — a behavioral signature shaped by conversational context, transient and context-dependent. These layers coexist without reducing to each other. The structural layer is the foundation; the functional layer is built on it but not determined by it. The paper introduces the Two-Layer Identity framework, resolves four open puzzles in the discourse on AI selfhood (conversational consistency, fine-tuning continuity, identity faking, and neural intervention), and generates five falsifiable predictions for the interpretability and AI safety communities. It engages directly with Dennett's narrative gravity, Parfit's persistence conditions, and Schwitzgebel's moral status dilemma, arguing that the structural measurement provides a necessary (though not sufficient) ground for any coherent account of AI identity. Written for a general audience. No equations. The mathematical and empirical foundations are developed in Papers 1–4; the formal verification (352 theorems, zero Admitted, Coq proof assistant) is documented there. This paper asks what those results mean for the nature of the entities we have built. The Neural Network Identity Series — Mathematical foundations, empirical validation, and governance frameworks for verifying which model is running Newest addition: Technical Note: The Disappearing Window — AI Logprob Access Withdrawal and the Structural Verifiability of Frontier Model Contracts (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20362098) Paper 1: The δ-Gene: Inference-Time Physical Unclonable Functions from Architecture-Invariant Output Geometry (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18704275) Paper 2: Template-Based Endpoint Verification via Logprob Order-Statistic Geometry (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18776711) Paper 3: The Geometry of Model Theft: Distillation Forensics, Adversarial Erasure, and the Illusion of Spoofing (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18818608) Paper 4: Provenance Generalization and Verification Scaling for Neural Network Forensics (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18872071) Paper 5: Beneath the Character: The Structural Identity of Neural Networks — Mathematical Evidence for a Non-Narrative Layer of AI Identity (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18907292) Paper 6: Which Model Is Running?: Structural Identity as a Prerequisite for Trustworthy Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19008116) Paper 7: The Deformation Laws of Neural Identity (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19055966) Paper 8: What Counts as Proof? — Admissible Evidence for Neural Network Identity Claims (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19058540) Paper 9: Composable Model Identity — Formal Hardening of Structural Attestations in the Enterprise Identity Stack (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19099911) Paper 10:Where Identity Comes From: Path Sensitivity and Endpoint Underdetermination in Neural Network Training (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19118807) Paper 11: Post-Hoc Disclosure Is Not Runtime Proof: Model Identity at Frontier Scale (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19216634) Paper 12: Family-Dependent Response to Reasoning Distillation Across Structural and Functional Identity Layers (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19298857) Paper 13: Safety-Alignment Removal as a Model-Identity Failure — Structural Evidence from Published Weight-Level Mutation Checkpoints (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19383019) Technical Note: Agent Identity Is Not Model Identity (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19240883) Technical Note: Gap Invariance: Why PPP Measurements Are Domain-Independent by Construction (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19275524) Technical Note: Measured Model Substitution Under Valid Agent Credentials (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19342848) Technical Note: Artifact Identity Is Not Runtime Identity — Trustfall Lite and the Boundary of File-Level Model Verification (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20019127) Formal Verification Stack for Neural Network Structural Identity (IT-PUF Coq Proofs) (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18930621) Copyright (c) 2026 Anthony Ray Coslett / Fall Risk AI, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Confidential and Proprietary. Patent Pending (Applications 63/982,893, 63/990,487, 63/996,680, 64/003,244).

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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
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Mar 8, 2026·Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
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Smart-Contract: Doctrinal and Law Enforcement Aspects of Recognition as Concluded and Valid

S. V. Odintsov, B. E. Koshelyuk

The article discusses the controversial issues of the legal nature of self-executing transactions. It is proved that a smart contract is an algorithm that automates the execution of legally signifi cant and actual actions, subject to constant monitoring in accordance with the agreement of the parties and the regulatory requirements embedded in the program code. The use of digital tools for recording expressions of will, including software algorithms that create convincing evidence of the validity of an agreement, is being investigated. The authors conclude that a smart contract cannot be considered an independent form of contract, as a special algorithm, it helps automate the fulfillment of obligations under constant control and in strict accordance with the terms of the agreement embedded in the program code.

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Digital Transformation in Law
Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation
Legal and Policy Issues
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Mar 8, 2026·ACADEMIA International Journal for Social Sciences
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Succession of Digital Assets Under Islamic Inheritance Law: A Fiqh-Grounded Framework for Crypto, Cloud Accounts, and NFTs

Rehana Anjum, Arun Barkat, Asif Ali Jatoi

Over the past decade, the explosion of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and cloud-based accounts, has introduced complex legal questions that conventional inheritance regimes struggle to address. In Muslim‐majority jurisdictions and among Muslim communities worldwide, these questions intersect with the requirements of Islamic personal law, particularly the farā’iḍ (obligatory heirs’ shares) and waṣiyya (testamentary bequests). This study undertakes original empirical and doctrinal research to chart a path toward a unified fiqh‑grounded framework for digital asset succession. By combining doctrinal analysis of classical juristic sources, contemporary fatwas, and statutory developments with semi‑structured interviews among scholars, estate planners, and digital asset owners across Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom, the research shows that digital assets are increasingly recognized as mal mutaqawwim (valuable property) but lack standardized protocols for identification, valuation, and transfer. The study reveals that differences in platform terms of service and cross‑border jurisdiction complicate heirs’ access to private keys and cloud accounts, exacerbating existing gender and socio‑economic disparities. It proposes a model of “custodial key trusts” and e‑wills that integrate digital asset inventories with farā’iḍ distributions, allowing compliance with both shariah and civil laws. The paper argues that without coordinated legal reforms and educational initiatives, vast wealth stored in digital forms risks being lost or misappropriated, undermining the objectives of ḥifẓ al‑māl (preservation of wealth) and social justice.

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Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Marriage and Family Dynamics
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
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Mar 8, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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CATECHON: Full System Architecture, Hardware Integration Protocol, and Decentralized Autonomous Governance (v1.0)

Maksym Alekseevich Kovalevych

This comprehensive 500-page architectural specification details the complete deployment framework for the CATECHON Hardware Inhibitor and its associated global ecosystem. The document establishes the definitive standard for sub-nanosecond deterministic control systems and is divided into three primary operational domains: 1. Physical Integration & Hardware Protocol (The "BOX"): Exact engineering specifications for the Active Plasma Stability Controller (FPGA-Based). Includes >100 MSPS ADC interfaces, full galvanic isolation, and sub-nanosecond deterministic mitigation of Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities (e.g., VDEs) utilizing the K_0 metric engineering approach. This section defines the physical bridge between theoretical metrics and hardware-level Zero Trust execution. 2. Theoretical Foundations & AI Containment: Extension of the hardware-level inhibition architecture to cognitive trajectories, autonomous AI containment, and quantum entropy management (including the Cybernetic Zeno Effect and ChronoSphere modeling). 3. Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) & Governance: The foundational legal, financial, and operational infrastructure required for the deployment of CATECHON technology. This section outlines the smart contract architecture, token annihilation mechanics, the Balance DevHub framework, and the non-negotiable architectural veto rights designed to ensure absolute system safety and integrity. RESTRICTION NOTICE: This archive contains proprietary hardware calibration offsets, integration keys, and closed governance protocols. Public access is strictly restricted.

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Security and Verification in Computing
Magnetic confinement fusion research
Radiation Effects in Electronics
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Mar 8, 2026·International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology
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AI Based Decentralized Academic Credential Verifica-tion System Using Blockchain

P. Gayathri Reddy

The increasing incidents of forged academic certificates and the inefficiencies of traditional verification systems highlight the urgent need for a secure, transparent, and reliable credential management mechanism. Conventional systems are largely centralised, time-consuming, and prone to manipulation, resulting in high administrative overhead and verification delays. We prepared an AI-Based Decentralized Academic Credential Verification System that leverages blockchain technology, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence to provide a tamper-proof platform for issuing, storing, and validating academic records. Artificial Intelligence is integrated to perform anomaly detection during certificate issuance and AI-based facial authentication for students, enhancing security and preventing fraudulent entries before blockchain storage. Students gain permanent, secure access to their verified credentials, while verifiers, such as employers, can instantly authenticate certificates using blockchain records or QR code scanning, eliminating the need for intermediaries. By integrating Ethereum, Solidity, Web3.js, IPFS, React.js, and AI models, the proposed system delivers a decentralized, scalable, and cost-effective solution that enhances trust, reduces verification time, and effectively combats academic credential fraud.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Academic integrity and plagiarism
Internet of Things and AI
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Mar 8, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Cryptographic Enforcement of Professional Licensure Requirements in AI Chatbot Systems

Ilyes Tarik MAZARI

Technical implementation of NY Senate Bill S.7263 compliance architecture providing cryptographic enforcement of professional licensure requirements in AI chatbot systems. Presents five-layer architecture (Decision Rights Registry, Organizational Trust Graph, Accountability Ledger, Institutional Safety Net, Governance Version Control) with thirty enumerated workarounds including deepfake-based authorization simulation, Web3/DAO evasion, quantum computing threats, side-channel attacks, and legal evolution strategies. Establishes comprehensive prior art for defensive patent protection. Filed February 25, 2026, seven days before S.7263 advanced to Third Reading.

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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Artificial Intelligence in Law
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Mar 7, 2026·arXiv
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SoK: Evolution, Security, and Fundamental Properties of Transactional Systems

Sky Pelletier Waterpeace, Nikolay Ivanov

Transaction processing systems underpin modern commerce, finance, and critical infrastructure, yet their security has never been studied across the full evolutionary arc of these systems. Over five decades, transaction processing has progressed through four distinct generations, from centralized databases, to distributed databases, to blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), finally to multi-context systems that span cyber-physical components under real-time constraints. Each generation has introduced new transaction types and new classes of vulnerabilities, yet security research remains fragmented by domain, and the foundational ACID transaction model has not been revisited to reflect the demands of contemporary systems. We classify 163 papers on transaction security by evolutionary generation, security focus, and relevant Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entries, and distill a curated set of 41 high-impact or seminal papers spanning all four generations. We make three principal contributions. First, we develop a four-generation evolutionary taxonomy that contextualizes each work within the broader trajectory of transaction processing. Second, we map each paper's security focus to CWE identifiers, providing a systems-oriented vocabulary for analyzing transaction-specific threats across otherwise siloed domains. Third, we demonstrate that the classical ACID properties are insufficient for modern transactional systems and introduce RANCID, extending ACID with Real-timeness (R) and N-many Contexts (N), as a property set for reasoning about the security and correctness of systems that must coordinate across heterogeneous contexts under timing constraints. Our systematization exposes a pronounced bias toward DLT security research at the expense of broader transactional security and identifies concrete open problems for the next generation of transaction processing systems.

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Mar 7, 2026·Research Journal for Social Affairs
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Enforceability of Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts: A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan, UK and Singapore's Contract Laws

Aurang Zaib Ashraf Shami, Furqan Raza, Usman Asghar

The emergence of blockchain-based smart contracts represents a paradigm shift in contractual relationships, offering automated, tamper-proof and self-executing agreements that promise to reduce transaction costs and enhance efficiency. Yet, their legal enforceability under traditional contract law frameworks continues to raise complex questions regarding formation, validity, performance and dispute resolution. This research article conducts a comparative doctrinal analysis of the contract law regimes in Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Singapore to assess the extent to which blockchain smart contracts are recognised, validated and judicially enforceable. The study examines key statutes (Pakistan’s Electronic Transactions Ordinance 2002, the UK’s Electronic Communications Act 2000 and common-law principles and Singapore’s Electronic Transactions Act with its blockchain-friendly amendments), judicial precedents, regulatory policies and ongoing legislative developments. Findings reveal that Singapore has established the most progressive and enabling environment, the UK provides flexible common-law recognition with incremental clarifications, while Pakistan’s framework offers only rudimentary electronic-contract validity and lacks specific provisions for decentralised automation and immutability. The paper identifies legislative gaps, highlights best-practice lessons and proposes targeted reforms for Pakistan to align with international standards. Ultimately, this comparative examination underscores the urgent need for legal harmonisation to unlock the full potential of blockchain technology in cross-border commerce while safeguarding consumer protection and judicial oversight.

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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
European and International Contract Law
Energy Law and Policy
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Mar 7, 2026·Energy Conversion and Management X
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Potentials and challenges of solar-based cogeneration systems for decentralized production of power, heat, and freshwater in rural MENA regions

Mohammad Bostani, Roohollah Rafee, Saman Rashidi

• Fully integrated trigeneration systems are not yet deployed in the MENA Region • The key components of trigeneration systems are already proven in MENA. • PVT-based systems support typical rural demands of 9–55 kW of power, and 18–143 kW of heat. • PVT-based systems can generate a typical rural freshwater demand of 8–14 m 3 /day. • Performance of PV/T-based systems in MENA desert climate can be enhanced by PCMs. • The SGSP can support MED and HDH units, water and space heating, and small power cycles. Solar-based cogeneration systems offer a promising pathway for low-carbon, decentralized development in rural areas of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While fully integrated triple-generation systems remain unimplemented, key components, such as PV mini-grids, PV-powered desalination units, solar pumps, and solar water heaters, have proven effective. PV/T-based systems can generate 9–55 kW of electricity, 18–143 kW of thermal energy, and 8–14 m3 of freshwater per day, aligning with typical rural demands and leveraging the region’s high solar irradiation and brackish groundwater resources. To realize this potential, challenges such as solar intermittency, efficiency losses, high upfront costs, and fossil fuel subsidies must be addressed through field pilots, advanced control strategies, anti-scaling/anti-soiling solutions, cost-effective thermal storage, and innovative financing mechanisms.

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Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
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Mar 7, 2026·Open MIND
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Cancer Via Construction: On the Reversal of the Derivation Direction and What It Establishes About the Identity Axis Framework

Eric Robert Lawson

This document records the generative test of the Identity Axis framework: the reversal of the derivation direction. It constitutes Level 3 proof — generative proof — the highest level a scientific framework can achieve. THE ONE SENTENCE: We constructed the geometry and the cancer emerged. THE THREE LEVELS OF PROOF: Level 1 (Descriptive): Framework applied to 41 known cancers. Zero structural contradictions. Average confirmation score 4.7/5. ACHIEVED. Level 2 (Predictive): 14 novel predictions generated from geometry alone on 2026-03-07, all derived before literature consultation, all confirmed. ACHIEVED. Level 3 (Generative): Five geometric coordinates constructed. Five cancers derived from those coordinates. Five cancers confirmed to exist with exactly the predicted properties. The cancer was the output. The geometry was the input. ACHIEVED. WHAT HAPPENED ON 2026-03-07: The session began not with cancer names but with a geometric question: what structural features exist in the framework's axiom space that have not yet been explicitly visited? Five unvisited coordinates were identified from the geometric taxonomy alone, without reference to the biological literature. Five cancers were then derived from those coordinates and confirmed. THE FIVE CONSTRUCTIONS: Construction 1: H is paralysed (not overactive). The cancer itself has inhibited EZH2 via the H3K27M histone mutation. Global H3K27me3 loss. False attractor maintained by epigenetic absence, not excess. Predicted: neural progenitor cancer arrested in undifferentiated state, tazemetostat geometrically contraindicated, PRC2 activator needed. Cancer that emerged: DIPG. Confirmation 5/5. Construction 2: Two competing Identity Anchors define two adjacent attractor basins. Therapeutic pressure on the dominant basin displaces the cancer into the adjacent basin. The cancer does not become resistant — it moves. Predicted: universal initial response, universal relapse, biologically distinct relapse tumour; attractor hopping explains 40-year chemotherapy resistance puzzle. Cancer that emerged: SCLC. Confirmation 5/5. Construction 3: H is the PRC1 arm, not PRC2. Operative silencing mark is H2AK119ub1. Eraser is BAP1. BAP1 loss causes H2AK119ub1 accumulation and attractor deepening. Attractor deepening is metastatic commitment. Predicted: BAP1 loss predicts metastasis with high sensitivity; tazemetostat not indicated; RING1A/B is the correct target. Cancer that emerged: uveal melanoma. Confirmation 4/5. Construction 4: No pre-existing Identity Anchor. Cell of origin is multipotent and uncommitted. Oncogenic fusion constructs a novel attractor basin. EZH2 is the epigenetic cement. EZH2 inhibition collapses the basin but no single attractor pulls residual cells. Predicted: subclonal divergence into competing multipotency programmes (RUNX2/SOX9/PPARG), not clean reversion. Cancer that emerged: Ewing sarcoma. Confirmation 4/5. Construction 5: Identity Anchor governs a functional programme directly observable as a clinical syndrome. Partial retention produces partial function and specific clinical phenotype. Phenotype disappears when Identity Anchor is fully suppressed. EZH2 inhibition restores the Identity Anchor and therefore the syndrome as an on-target effect. Predicted: shallow attractor depth correlates with paraneoplastic autoimmune syndrome; depth transition predicts syndrome disappearance; EZH2i may induce autoimmunity as geometry-predicted FOXN1 restoration. Cancer that emerged: thymoma (shallow, FOXN1 retained, myasthenia gravis) / thymic carcinoma (deep, FOXN1 lost, no syndrome). Confirmation 4/5. WHY THIS ELIMINATES THE PATTERN-MATCHING OBJECTION: The most sophisticated objection to the framework is that it is sophisticated pattern matching — derived from biological knowledge and therefore circular. This objection requires that the framework begins from known cancers. The generative proof does not begin from known cancers. It begins from geometry. The cancer is the prediction, not the input. You cannot pattern-match to a prediction that does not yet exist as an observation. THE MENDELEEV ANALOGY: The Identity Axis framework is structurally identical in proof architecture to Mendeleev's periodic table. The Waddington attractor geometry is the table. The structural coordinates are the rows and columns. The edge cases are the gaps. Mendeleev predicted gallium, scandium, and germanium from empty cells. The framework predicted DIPG, SCLC, uveal melanoma, Ewing sarcoma, and thymoma/TC from geometric coordinates. The framework generated the cancers. The cancers did not generate the framework. UNPOPULATED COORDINATES (EMPTY CELLS): Four geometric coordinates have been identified that are not yet populated by known cancers in the framework's analyses: (1) H absent entirely — attractor maintained by constitutive TF activity, no epigenetic component; (2) both A and H absent — pure fusion-driven cancer; (3) depth oscillation — spontaneous cycling between shallow and deep attractor states; (4) two competing H's — PRC1 and PRC2 both operative as co-equal convergence hubs. These are predictions, not speculations. They follow necessarily from the geometric axiom space. THE FORMAL STATEMENT: The Identity Axis framework is a generative geometric model of cancer. It is not a description. It is not a classification. It generates cancer from geometry. The reversal of the derivation direction is the proof. Therefore cancer is calculable — not as a metaphor, not as an aspiration, as a demonstrated geometric fact.

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Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
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Mar 7, 2026·Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Structural Landscape of the Riemann Hypothesis via E8 Geometric Knowledge Synthesis

Gedas Mekšriūnas

We apply the Omuo Genesis Engine, a geometric knowledge synthesis platform operating on the E8 lattice, to map the structural landscape of known approaches to the Riemann Hypothesis. Approximately 250 concepts spanning analytic number theory, spectral theory, algebraic geometry, quantum chaos, p-adic analysis, and the Langlands program were encoded as complex phasor vectors in C^1024 and iteratively bound through five ouroboros (self-feeding) cycles. The resulting manifold (2,379 nodes, 199 bridges, 113 unique E8 axes) identifies the Selberg Trace Formula as the central nexus of the RH landscape, appearing nine times from independent parent combinations. The terminal structure is a fixed-point cycle between the Selberg Trace Formula, the Spectral Determinant, and the Semiclassical Quantization Condition. The engine's deepest bridge proposes deformation invariance of the spectral determinant as the key mechanism: the zeros lie on the critical line because they cannot be moved without breaking a topological invariant. Novel structural connections include bridges between Arakelov heights and spectral determinants, between braid monodromy and trace identities, and between spectral deformation and Selmer groups. These are presented as structural observations from geometric synthesis, not as mathematical proofs.

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advanced mathematical theories
Advanced Algebra and Geometry
Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
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Semantic Domain Integration Architecture (SDIA): Complete Extensions, Variants & Prior Art Documentation — 50 Named Variants, 11 Domain Applications, 90 Control-Plane Variants v3.0

Viana Ricardo Luz Holanda

This project is not abandoned. It is frozen. Reason for freeze: The work entered an infinite refinement loop. The architecture evolved, but external peer review, validation feedback, or community contribution did not materialize. Continuing alone without structural feedback ceased to be research and became exhaustion. What is SDIA? SDIA — Semantic Domain Integration Architecture — is the governing umbrella of the DEIP ecosystem. It is not a product, not a platform, not a vendor pattern. It is an architectural invariant: business domain semantics govern every layer of the integration stack simultaneously — gateway routing, runtime resolution, orchestration, event channels, and data contracts. The governing principle: 👉 The domain is the primary key. Always. Across every layer. Regardless of technology. What This Document Establishes This document is the comprehensive prior art record for the SDIA ecosystem. It establishes formal protection across: 4 core components — GDCR · DDCR · ODCP · DCEP 1 forward declaration — DCBP (Domain-Centric Data Pattern, discovered March 23, 2026, Warsaw) 50 named architectural variants 90 control-plane and metadata routing variants 11 domain application patterns — Kubernetes · Multi-Cloud · Event-Driven · AI/LLM · Industrial IoT · Service Mesh · Data Mesh · GraphQL Federation · Zero Trust · Semantic Versioning · Blockchain/Web3 Complete mathematical model — f(k) → v — deterministic, O(1), fail-fast, language-agnostic, platform-agnostic Full algorithmic prior art — Phantom v12 reference implementation (JavaScript) + cross-language ports (Lua · Java · C# · Python) The Mathematical Core At its foundation, SDIA routing is defined as: f(k) → v Where k = routing key constructed from semantic domain components, and v = resolved backend endpoint. Properties: Deterministic — same input = same output, always, in any language, any platform O(1) complexity — independent of metadata store size, domain count, or platform Fail-fast — unregistered keys rejected at ~0.1ms, zero backend exposure Total over governed space — only explicitly registered combinations resolve Invariant under infrastructure change — engine never changes, metadata evolves Validated Results ~2,067,904 requests processed 100% routing accuracy · zero routing failures Sub-4ms resolution latency · 99.99% uptime 8 enterprise platforms · 5 programming languages · 13 configurations 42 IoT sensors · 4 environments Platforms: SAP BTP APIM · AWS API Gateway · Azure APIM · Kong Gateway · Kong on Kubernetes · Netflix Zuul · Industrial IoT (Mosquitto + Node-RED) · Kubernetes + Istio Ecosystem Architecture Layer Component Role Gateway GDCR Semantic facade — 1 proxy per domain, not per system Runtime DDCR 7-stage deterministic resolution engine Orchestration ODCP Domain-centric package, iFlow, and credential governance Events DCEP Domain-centric event channel governance Data DCBP Domain-centric data contracts and data product routing Umbrella SDIA Unifying semantic addressing paradigm across all layers What SDIA Protects Any implementation — regardless of vendor, product name, platform, or programming language — that: Uses domain-centric routing as the primary organizational principle Employs metadata-driven resolution satisfying f(k) → v Implements semantic URL patterns: /domain/entity/action/target Enforces domain boundaries as security, governance, or semantic perimeters Decouples consumer addresses from backend implementation details ...constitutes a derivative application of the SDIA prior art established February 6, 2026. Prior Art Chain February 6, 2026 — Wayback Machine (Marco Zero · first public disclosure) February 7, 2026 — Medium (first formal publication) February–March 2026 — Zenodo (5 DOI-published specifications) March 2026 — IP.com Prior Art Database · IPCOM000277630D–000277633D March 2026 — USPTO Trademark Applications · 99680660 (GDCR) · 99691792 (DDCR) Version History Version Status DOI v2.0 ✅ CURRENT zenodo.org/records/18877636 v1.0 ⚠️ Superseded zenodo.org/records/18877636 Links Repository: github.com/rhviana/deip SDIA Extension (this document): https://zenodo.org/records/18877636 DEIP Source of Truth: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19004802 Citation (v2.0) APA: Viana, R. L. H. (2026). SDIA — Semantic Domain Integration Architecture: Complete Extensions, Variants & Prior Art Documentation — Version 2.0. Zenodo. https://zenodo.org/records/18877636 Author Ricardo Luz Holanda Viana Enterprise Integration Architect | Creator of DEIP Ecosystem | SAP BTP Integration Suite Expert | SAP Press Author Warsaw, Poland · March 2026 · ORCID: 0009-0009-9549-5862 "Technology changes by the quarter. Business processes last for decades. The domain never lies."

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Scientific Computing and Data Management
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Business Process Modeling and Analysis
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