Public discourse plays a critical role in shaping trust, legitimacy, and governance dynamics within decentralized Web3 ecosystems. However, existing studies often examine Web3 discourse through isolated lenses such as sentiment or topic modeling, which limits their ability to capture how emotional expression and communicative purpose jointly convey strategic intent. This study proposes a three-stage decision analytics framework that transforms unstructured Web3 discourse into diagnostic signals by jointly modeling industry domain, emotional tone, and communicative purpose. The analysis draws on 10,840 user-generated posts collected from X, Reddit, YouTube, and the ENS DAO forum, using a human-in-the-loop annotation process combined with transformer-based text classification models. The framework is evaluated using a domain-adapted language model and a general-purpose baseline, with robustness assessed through five-fold cross-validation. The results indicate that curiosity and optimism frequently align with promotional intent in infrastructure and application-oriented domains, whereas skepticism and concern are more prevalent in governance-related discourse. These findings demonstrate that emotional tone and communicative intent operate as structured, decision-relevant signals rather than incidental sentiment. The proposed framework supports systematic, diagnostic monitoring of narrative dynamics as decision support, enabling organizations, platform operators, and governance stakeholders to identify emerging legitimacy risks and shifts in community trust within decentralized environments.
The exponential growth of digital data has intensified reliance on cloud storage, yet conventional centralized architectures remain persistently vulnerable to unauthorized access, data tampering, and privacy violations. This paper presents a novel blockchain-driven approach for decentralized cloud storage that addresses these concerns through a multi-layered security mechanism. The proposed system fragments a user’s file into multiple independent blocks, encrypts each block using the AES-256 algorithm with PBKDF2-derived keys, and distributes them across distinct nodes of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The corresponding IPFS hash addresses are then recorded on an Ethereum-based blockchain through a Solidity smart contract, ensuring immutability and tamper-resistance of the entire storage index. During file retrieval, the system queries the blockchain to collect all block hash addresses, fetches encrypted blocks from IPFS, reassembles them in the correct sequence, and delivers the decrypted output to the user. The implementation is built using Python, Django, Web3.py, and the Truffle/Ganache development environment, and has been functionally verified across all core user-facing modules.
Intherapidlyevolvingdigitallandscape,freelancing platforms face significant challenges due to a lack of transparency,trust,andcentralizedcontrol.Thispaperpresents the design and implementation of a blockchain-powered web- based project management system integrated with a visual data dashboard. The proposed system leverages Ethereum smart contractstoensuresecure,tamper-proofuserregistration,project posting, bidding,assignment, work submission, payment release, and rating. The backend is developed using Django, while blockchain integration is achieved via Web3.py, enabling secure and transparent interactions. The platform provides real-time analyticsonusers,jobstatus,fundmovement,andratingsthrough a dashboard. The solution enhances trust, transparency,and de- centralization,provingeffectiveforfreelanceprojectecosystems
This study aimed to examine the role of blockchain technology in transforming digital marketing within the emerging Web3 environment, with a specific focus on its impact on consumer trust and marketing efficiency. The research primarily investigated the relationship between blockchain technology as the independent variable and digital marketing transformation as the dependent variable, while also considering consumer trust and marketing efficiency as key outcome variables. A quantitative research design was adopted, and data were collected from 250 respondents, including digital platform users and marketing professionals, using a structured questionnaire based on a 5-point Likert scale. Statistical analyses, including reliability, correlation, and regression, were conducted to test the proposed hypotheses and evaluate the relationships among variables. 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In approximately the year 2000, the author conceived and partially implemented a multi-layered community economic system centered on Shibuya, Tokyo. The system integrated real-time human broadcasting, local media production, a unified community coupon currency, youth-driven cultural monitoring, and digital education — years before the terminology of DAO, Web3, UGC, or creator economy existed. This paper documents that original conception, analyzes its structural architecture, and demonstrates its direct lineage to the author's current work: the Hikari Currency ecosystem and the ECHO AI Artist platform.
This working paper examines a structural shift in search behaviour affecting crypto and Web3 brands: the divergence between AI-summarised retrieval (zero-click) and deep-intent click-through traffic. Drawing on published zero-click search data and observed AI citation patterns, it identifies why high-volume content strategies are failing in AI-mediated search environments and outlines three asset classes - statistics hubs, original industry research, and high-utility tools - that generate the editorial backlink profiles AI models use to select citation sources. The paper defines the concept of "authority infrastructure" as a capital investment in linkable assets with compounding residual value, contrasting this with recurring spend on keyword-optimised content with no durable equity. Intended for crypto protocol marketing teams, Web3 founders, and DeFi growth leads evaluating content strategy for AI search visibility. Published by David Wood, CryptoContent.dev.
Konduri S P S Narayana Murthy, Tirumala Anand Kumar, R.Nivedha, B Balasaigayathri
In this paper, I introduce a decentralized freelancing site that combines blockchain-based smart-contract escrow with AI-based matching of talents to improve the level of trust, transparency, and efficiency in digital labor markets. Conventional freelancing models make use of centralized middlemen, which introduce vulnerability to the system in the form of payment conflicts, recommendations of jobs, manipulation of data and single point failure. The suggested system will resolve these concerns by implementing an unchanging Ethereum smart-contract escrow, which automates the processes of hiring, funds locking, and milestone payments without the involvement of third parties. The hybrid backend application with FastAPI, the SQLite data store, and the Web3 interaction provides the security of the requests processing and the state of the contract retrieval in real-time. Also, there is an AI ranking module with TF-IDF vectorization and cosine similarity that offers personalized matching of freelancers and jobs based on skill-relevant and experience characteristics. An up-to-date React/Tailwind frontend provides an easy user flow of posting jobs, hiring freelancers, depositing escrow funds, and approving task completion. Experimental analysis using live contract deployment shows that the transparency of transactions is more optimal, the probability of dispute is lower, and the accuracy of the matching is much higher. This site is an example of how the next-generation decentralized freelance ecosystems can be practiced.
Framed by research as part of the ongoing project ‘Archiving Community: Social Infrastructure and Small-Scale, Online Radio Stations’ (University of Glasgow, National Library of Scotland and University of Westminster), this 15 minute lecture-performance adopted a creative sound-essay format, spoken live over a soundscape developed collaboratively with artist Excel DJ. Using the name of the record label GLARC (Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council) as a starting point, this talk considered ‘institutional’ constructs and the imaginaries surrounding permanence, location and the infrastructure surrounding music labels and libraries. Spanning texts on community archiving, the digital commons and considering changing ideas around participation, access and listening (particularly around web2/web3), it brought together diverse and sometimes contradictory ideas on time, space and the archive, exploring how institutions are formed, and the peculiar feedback-loops involved with copying, collecting and circulating iterative DIY ecosystems.
Blockchain technology is often discussed as if it emerged from nowhere, yet its architectural DNA traces directly to the decentralized computing principles James~N. Gray articulated in 1986. This paper maps the conceptual lineage from Gray's requestor/server model to modern blockchain architectures, showing how his emphasis on modularity, autonomy, data integrity, and standardized communication anticipated the design of systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and, more recently, the Web3 movement and Layer-2 scaling architectures. We examine consensus mechanisms, cryptographic foundations, rollup-based Layer-2 protocols, and cross-chain interoperability through this historical lens, identify persistent challenges in scalability and modularity, and outline future directions toward Web4: an intelligent, decentralized internet integrating blockchain, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things.
Web3 authentication stacks largely inherit ECDSA centric single-signature workflows that limit security and efficiency, while custody of identity data often remains application controlled rather than self-sovereign. We present S-Auth, an authentication layer that combines BIP340 Schnorr signatures with Decentralized Identifiers (DID), Verifiable Credentials (VC), and Content addressing (CID). The proposed solution utilizes Schnorr digital signatures, which have demonstrated improved security and efficiency over traditional schemes. The contributions of this work are as follows. Firstly, we apply the BIP340 standard to Schnorr digital signatures, bolstering security against various attacks including strong unforgeability under chosen message attack (SUF-CMA), non-malleability, linearity, related-key at tacks, hash collision, fault injection, nonce exfiltration, resource exhaustion, and domain separation. Secondly, we leverage the linearity property of Schnorr signatures to enable multi-signature aggregation and batch verification, addressing the inefficiency of existing schemes that rely on single signatures and thereby also enhancing privacy. Third, we combine the blockchain with DID, VC, and IPFS to provide a secure and self-sovereign identity that can be authenticated. Experiments comparing ECDSA, Ed25519, Schnorr, and BIP340 show that S-Auth reduces signature artifacts via aggregation, improves verifier throughput with batching, and decreases anchoring overhead while preserving user-controlled identity. S-Auth provides a self-sovereign, efficient, and secure authentication mechanism suitable for Web3 environments.
Arti Patle, Shubham Bora, Gaurav Salunke, Suyash Biradar
In the current cyber digital era, financial fraud has evolved into a sophisticated threat that often bypasses conventional detection systems. Fraudsters exploit fake accounts and unregulated payment gateways, making it challenging for legacy systems to keep up. To address these modern threats, Mule Trace offers an intelligent and real-time fraud detection framework. It extends its capabilities by integrating blockchain technology, specifically Ethereum, for logging suspicious activities, ensuring transparency and immutability of flagged data. Utilizing machine learning models such as Isolation Forest and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs), Mule Trace is capable of identifying irregularities in financial transactions with improved accuracy and minimal false positives. The platform operates in real time through a Web3.js interface, removing reliance on centralized systems and enhancing system resilience. Coupled with a React.js dashboard, users can visualize transactions, detect anomalies, and respond promptly to threats. Mule Trace thus provides a robust, scalable solution for modern financial institutions to combat illicit financial behaviors.
This paper explores the potential of using modern smartwatches, particularly the Apple Watch, as an additional device for signing transactions and interacting with the blockchain. Modern crypto applications on smart-watches are limited to a read-only paradigm. The reason is a lack of security, specifically the absence of biometric verification for each transaction. When creating a classic Externally Owned Account wallet on the smartwatch side, these vulnerabilities carry a high risk of losing all of the user's funds. To solve this problem, an architecture based on the ERC-4337 standard was proposed. The proposed solution includes creating a wallet based on the kernel architecture, which allows setting access for additional keys to use funds, but within specific limitations. Consequently, one account can have several keys that can access funds. One key is the root key and has no restrictions. The established keys are called delegated and may have different restrictions. The root key can install a new delegated key or delete a previously established delegated key at any time. These delegated keys are used on the smartwatch to enable signing transactions according to the allowed rules. The main novelty of the proposed solution lies in its architecture, which enables smartwatches to be used as autonomous Web3 clients without compromising the root key, while strictly adhering to restrictions on executable operations and prioritizing security.
This work proposes TLS2VC, a decentralized WebProof framework that distributes trust across multiple Notaries. Notaries attest to TLS session authenticity—server identity and encrypted transcript integrity—without accessing plaintext, then issue Verifiable Credentials (VCs) that Verifiers can validate. To prevent concentration of malicious Notaries, we employ verifiable random selection via Verifiable Random Function (VRF) combined with threshold signatures. We provide probabilistic security analysis showing that honest Notaries are included with high probability, and derive formulas to compute the minimum number of Notaries k required for a target security level. A lightweight prototype demonstrates practical feasibility, enabling reuse of existing web information as trusted credentials in Web3 and self-sovereign identity environments.
Joseph Sprute, Emanuel Alexiou, His Holiness Dalai Lama
ERES Institute for New Age Cybernetics: Complete Architecture (Sprute, 2026) This document presents the complete architecture of the ERES Institute for New Age Cybernetics as a single consolidated reference, viewed through the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens — sovereign identity as both the origin and destination of every architectural decision. Three dimensions integrate under this lens: the cognitive-cybernetic master equation, the six Key Development Areas constituting the civilizational lattice, and the protocol-layer mapping positioning this lattice against the internet's three-tier stack (TCP, HTTPS, WEB3). IPIDITIS is the inward recognition — the living individual's irreducible selfhood. IDIPITIS is the outward credential — sovereign identity verified and extended into the system. The lens between them is the architecture itself: every layer exists to protect, verify, and empower what stands on both sides. The master equation — AnswerQuestion.IT.MyWay (Hue-Man Cognition) = Action-Reaction / Cause-Effect == $IT — decomposes as $IT = GEAR × DERR + ERES, where GEAR (Global Earth Applications Recorder) provides planetary state-capture, DERR (Diagnostic Equipment for Relational References) provides Kirlianography-based bio-electric diagnostics across Communities of Interest, and ERES (Empirical Realtime Education System) provides non-punitive remediation. Through the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens: GEAR records the sovereign individual's contributions without extraction, DERR diagnoses bio-electric state without compromising sovereignty, and ERES remediates without punishment — because the individual on both sides of the lens is never the problem to be solved but the purpose to be served. The multiplication-then-addition structure mirrors the foundational equation C = R × P / M: recording and diagnostics must couple as an integrated product before remediation can operate. The six Key Development Areas — SaleBuilders, GunnySack, CyberRAVE, SECUIR, VERTECA, ERES — constitute a bidirectional lattice (top-down design, bottom-up construction) mapping structurally onto TCP (Layers 1–2: reliable transport of validated bundled services), HTTPS (Layers 3–4: secure verified circular exchange across 72 domains), and WEB3 (Layers 5–6: decentralized sovereign governance). Each layer carries a Human Performance Enhancement (HPE) dual-reading: a DESCENT deficiency the species remediates (Reactive → Flat → Linear → Veiled → Yieldless → Untested) and an ASCENT capacity the species builds (Validation → Coordination → Transparency → Circularity → Dimensionality → Sentience). The DESCENT is what happens when the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens is broken — when sovereign identity is extracted, veiled, or flattened. The ASCENT is what happens when the lens holds — when every layer protects the individual looking through it. The architecture is organized under the SPT triad (Security · Privacy · Trust), delivered through BEE infrastructure (THOW, HFVN, FDRV, GSSG) via GAIA Storm Party SOMT, and measured by the BEST/SOUND/GOOD standard — where BEST measures bio-electric state, SOUND measures governance quality, and GOOD is the engineering specification for their convergence. SPT is the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens at protocol scale: Security ensures the lens doesn't shatter (energy-sustained, crisis-resilient), Privacy ensures the lens belongs to the individual (state verified without extraction, sovereign disclosure), and Trust ensures what passes through the lens is true (semantically authenticated, resonance-validated). The end-state is Solid-State Smart-City Civilization and a species ready for deepspace travel. Companion paper: SPT × VLSA: Novel Contributions and Scale Proof (Sprute, 2026), presenting five original contributions to protocol theory with 91-test scale validation (100% pass rate) from THOW to interstellar spacecraft. For Reader Assimilation: This Complete Architecture is the consolidated expression of the ERES Trilogy, whose three volumes operate in the same multiplicative-then-additive structure as the master equation: "One Good" × "Security Clearance" + "Data Integrity." Book 1, One Good (UBIMIA), establishes the economic-ethical resource base — what the civilization has to work with. Book 2, Security Clearance (IDIPITIS-NBERS), establishes verified participant integrity — the diagnostic purpose that gives resource meaning. These two must couple as an integrated product: economic capacity without verified integrity is undiagnosable, and integrity without economic ground is inoperable. Book 3, Data Integrity (FAVORS-CBGMODD-GAIA-SOMT), operates on top of that product as the remediation layer — ensuring that what is recorded and diagnosed is truthful, traceable, and generationally durable. The Trilogy IS the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens in book form: One Good sees the individual inward (IPIDITIS — what do you need?), Security Clearance verifies the individual outward (IDIPITIS — who are you, credentialed?), and Data Integrity ensures the passage between them is uncorrupted. This document, the companion SPT × VLSA paper, and the ERES-TCL v1.0 license instrument are outputs of the ERES THESES — the continuous body of independent research conducted since February 2012, from Bella Vista (Beautiful View), Arkansas: 777 SELF-$ELF Governed. In Full Technical Detail These two companion papers — ERES Institute: Complete Architecture (Doc A) and SPT × VLSA: Novel Contributions and Scale Proof (Doc B) — constitute the primary reference pair for the ERES Institute for New Age Cybernetics, viewed through the IPIDITIS-IDIPITIS lens: sovereign identity as both origin and destination of every architectural decision. Doc A presents the master equation — AnswerQuestion.IT.MyWay (Hue-Man Cognition) = Action-Reaction / Cause-Effect == $IT, decomposed as $IT = GEAR × DERR + ERES — and the six Key Development Areas (SaleBuilders, GunnySack, CyberRAVE, SECUIR, VERTECA, ERES) constituting a bidirectional civilizational lattice mapped structurally onto TCP (Layers 1–2), HTTPS (Layers 3–4), and WEB3 (Layers 5–6). Each layer carries a dual HPE reading: DESCENT deficiencies (Reactive → Flat → Linear → Veiled → Yieldless → Untested) and ASCENT capacities (Validation → Coordination → Transparency → Circularity → Dimensionality → Sentience). The architecture is organized under the SPT triad, delivered through BEE infrastructure (THOW, HFVN, FDRV, GSSG), and measured by BEST/SOUND/GOOD. Doc B presents five original contributions to civilizational protocol theory mapped onto the SPT triad. Under Security: the Energy–Security Dependency (TLS security bounded by energy sustainability, resolved through SECUIR circular energy) and Emergency Retransmission (GunnySack Storm Party establishing architectural identity between peacetime and crisis delivery). Under Privacy: State-Aware Identity (ARI psycho-physiological coherence in the authentication handshake via BERA/FAVORS with zero-knowledge sovereign disclosure). Under Trust: Semantic Authentication (CyberRAVE 72 × 3 × 3 = 648 semantic coordinates per exchange) and Proof-of-Resonance (Meritcoin consensus through bio-electric coherence — "It's not mining, it's tuning"). The VLSA scale test validated all five contributions plus the complete 6KDA architecture across seven scale levels (S0 Personal THOW through S6 Interstellar Spacecraft): 91/91 tests, 100% pass rate. Central finding: the architecture is fractal. FDRV IS the interstellar vessel at maximum scale. This document describes a complete system for how human civilization can organize itself — from a single small home on wheels all the way up to a spacecraft that could carry people between stars. The core idea is simple: everything starts with the individual. The system has three jobs. First, record what people contribute and what resources exist. Second, diagnose the health and state of people and their environment using measurable bio-electric signals — the same frequencies that connect human brainwaves to the Earth's natural electromagnetic field. Third, educate and correct problems in real time, without punishment. These three jobs must happen in order: you cannot fix what you have not first recorded and understood. The system is built in six layers, from ground-level commerce and tested infrastructure, through bundled community services, transparent ratings across seventy-two industry domains, circular renewable energy, immersive digital environments, all the way up to real-time learning at the species level. Each layer maps onto the same internet architecture that already runs the world — reliable delivery, secure exchange, and decentralized self-governance — but adds what the internet currently lacks: security that does not expire when the power runs out, privacy where the individual controls what is shared and no authority can extract it, and trust where the system verifies not just who is speaking but whether what they are saying is true and whether the speaker is in a fit state to say it. The whole architecture was tested across seven scales and passed every test. The same pattern that works in a thirty-square-meter tiny home works on a generation ship. The author presents this as the output of fourteen years of independent research, grounded in one principle: don't hurt yourself, don't hurt others, build for generations to come. Published under CARE Commons Attribution License v2.1 (CCAL). ERES Institute is not constituted as a business.
SPT × VLSA: Novel Contributions and Scale Proof (Sprute, 2026) This paper presents five original contributions to civilizational protocol theory organized under the SPT triad (Security · Privacy · Trust) and validates them through the ERES VLSA (Very-Large System Architecture) scale test — 91 tests, 100% pass rate, spanning seven orders of magnitude from a personal THOW (~30m²) to an interstellar generation ship. The five contributions map the ERES Institute's 6 Key Development Areas onto the internet's three-tier protocol stack (TCP/HTTPS/WEB3), addressing gaps no existing standard resolves. Under Security: the Energy–Security Dependency identifies every TLS session's security as bounded by its energy supply's sustainability, resolved through SECUIR circular energy; Emergency Retransmission establishes architectural identity between peacetime and crisis delivery via GunnySack Storm Party. Under Privacy: State-Aware Identity introduces psycho-physiological coherence (ARI) into the authentication handshake with zero-knowledge sovereign disclosure through BERA/FAVORS. Under Trust: Semantic Authentication verifies the meaning of exchanges across CyberRAVE's 72-domain × 3-dimension × 3-codex evaluation space (648 semantic coordinates); Proof-of-Resonance introduces a third consensus class where bio-electric coherence — not computational expenditure — validates transactions through Meritcoin ("It's not mining — it's tuning"). The central finding is fractal scale invariance: FDRV at maximum scale IS the interstellar vessel, and the THOW is its test article. A worked medical exchange example demonstrates all five contributions operating simultaneously on a single transaction. Companion to ERES Institute: Complete Architecture (Sprute, 2026). Published under CCAL v2.1.
The centralization of digital content creation and credentialing platforms has resulted in opaque monetization structures, monopolistic data silos, and a persistent absence of verifiable user sovereignty over intellectual contributions. This paper introduces Metaplay, a decentralized content marketplace architecture engineered to disintermediate the content creation and talent development lifecycle. Leveraging a modular blockchain framework, Metaplay utilizes Zero-Knowledge Rollups (zkEVM) for high-throughput, low-latency execution, and EIP-4844 blob-carrying transactions to minimize data availability costs. We introduce a privacy-preserving credentialing mechanism utilizing Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) and zk-SNARKs, enabling non-transferable, cryptographically verifiable proof of skill acquisition without compromising user privacy. Platform moderation employs a Decentralized Autonomous Organization with Identity-Gated Quadratic Voting to mitigate plutocratic governance capture. A dual-token incentive model (PLAY utility token and CRED reputation token) aligns creator economic incentives with verifiable content quality. Comparative benchmarks demonstrate transaction cost reductions exceeding 95% relative to Ethereum Layer-1 baselines.
Cloud storage systems have become an essential component of modern data management, enabling users to store and access data remotely. However, traditional cloud storage architectures rely on centralized servers, which introduce critical challenges such as single-point failure, redundant data storage, high storage costs, and security vulnerabilities. In earlier systems, data was stored in centralized data centers where duplicate files were often saved multiple times, leading to inefficient utilization of storage resources. Although basic deduplication techniques were used, they frequently compromised data confidentiality and lacked transparency in metadata management. Moreover, failure of the central server could result in permanent data loss. To overcome these limitations, this research system integrates blockchain technology, InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), Convergent Encryption (CE), and heuristic-based chunking techniques to create a secure and decentralized storage framework, hereafter named Blockchain-enabled Heuristic Optimized Deduplication Model (BHODM). In this system, files are divided into optimized chunks using a heuristic method based on file size. Each chunk undergoes CE, where the encryption key is derived from the hash of the data itself, enabling secure deduplication without exposing plaintext information. Duplicate chunks are identified using hash comparison, ensuring that only unique data is stored. The encrypted chunks are stored in IPFS, a decentralized peer-to-peer storage network that eliminates reliance on a single server. Metadata such as file names, block numbers, and hash values are securely stored in an Ethereum blockchain smart contract, ensuring immutability and transparency. The system is implemented using Django for the web application, Web3 for blockchain interaction, IPFS Application Program Interface (API) for distributed storage, and Advanced Encryption Standard in Counter Mode (AES-CTR) encryption for security. By combining decentralized storage, blockchainbased metadata management, and secure deduplication, the proposed model effectively reduces storage overhead, enhances data integrity, and mitigates single-point failures. The system is further evaluated using storage utilization and computation time analysis, demonstrating improved efficiency compared to traditional approaches
The rapid adoption of digital healthcare systems has significantly increased the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR), online appointment platforms, and digital prescription management. While these technologies enhance accessibility and operational efficiency, they also introduce critical challenges related to data confidentiality, secure authentication, record integrity, and protection against unauthorized access. Healthcare data contains highly sensitive personal and medical information, making security a primary concern. Ensuring secure communication and verified access between patients and doctors remains a major challenge in maintaining trust and privacy within digital healthcare environments. Many existing healthcare management systems rely on centralized storage models and basic authentication mechanisms, exposing them to risks such as data breaches, impersonation attacks, and unauthorized record modification. Although basic encryption mechanisms may be applied to protect stored data, key management and authentication processes often rely on standard approaches without decentralized verification or advanced cryptographic reinforcement. As a result, centralized architecture creates a single point of failure, increasing vulnerability to unauthorized access, data tampering, and weak identity verification. Limited transparency and auditability further restrict effective monitoring of data usage and system activities. To address these issues, the proposed system introduces Quantum Crypt (QC), a hybrid security approach that integrates blockchain technology with Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) concepts and advanced encryption mechanisms. Medical reports and prescriptions are secured using the Advanced Encryption Standard in Cipher Block Chaining mode (AES-CBC), with encryption keys generated through a quantum-inspired mechanism. Authentication is enhanced through a lattice-inspired model implemented via Qiskit-based quantum circuit simulation to ensure secure key validation between patients and doctors. Blockchain integration using Web3 and smart contracts ensures immutable storage of healthcare records, improving transparency, strengthening data integrity, and enabling controlled access within the digital healthcare ecosystem.
I Putu Wahyu Krisna Permadi, Made Adi Paramartha Putra, Ida Bagus Kresna Sudiatmika
Industri tanaman hias aglonema memiliki nilai ekonomi yang tinggi dan membutuhkan sistem pencatatan varietas yang akurat serta dapat ditelusuri. Namun, pencatatan varietas tanaman saat ini masih didominasi oleh sistem terpusat yang rentan terhadap perubahan data dan kurang transparan. Permasalahan utama yang dihadapi adalah sulitnya menjamin keaslian, asal-usul, dan riwayat distribusi varietas tanaman aglonema secara terpercaya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang dan mengembangkan prototype aplikasi terdesentralisasi (Decentralized Application/DApp) sebagai media pencatatan varietas tanaman aglonema berbasis teknologi blockchain. Metode penelitian dilakukan melalui pengembangan sistem menggunakan jaringan Polygon dengan penerapan smart contract standar ERC-721 untuk merepresentasikan setiap varietas tanaman sebagai aset digital unik (Non-Fungible Token), serta integrasi dompet Web3 sebagai mekanisme autentikasi pengguna. Hasil pengujian terhadap prototype menunjukkan bahwa sistem mampu mencatat data varietas secara permanen, tidak dapat diubah, dan mudah ditelusuri. Selain itu, penggunaan jaringan Polygon memungkinkan proses pencatatan berjalan efisien dengan biaya transaksi yang rendah. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa teknologi blockchain berpotensi meningkatkan transparansi dan keamanan pencatatan varietas tanaman aglonema.
Blockchain technology stands at the forefront of transforming digital communication, addressing entrenched issues like data breaches, privacy erosion, and centralized control. This systematic literature review synthesizes insights from over 50 peer-reviewed articles, industry reports, and case studies published between 2018 and 2025, focusing on blockchain's core principles and their application to secure messaging, decentralized social networks, IoT ecosystems, and telecommunications. Drawing on databases such as Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, and Scopus, we identify key benefits—decentralization for resilience, immutability for integrity, and cryptography for confidentiality—while critically examining barriers like scalability trilemma, regulatory conflicts, and user adoption hurdles. Emerging trends, including zero-knowledge proofs and modular architectures, signal a path toward scalable Web3 paradigms. The review concludes with societal implications for trust-building and data sovereignty, proposing research directions for hybrid models that balance innovation with compliance. This work underscores blockchain's potential to foster a user-empowered, equitable communication landscape.
The article carries out a comprehensive theoretical study of the evolutionary transformation of the world financial architecture (SFA) in the context of changes in global technological patterns. The authors analyze the historical retrospective of financial globalization, starting from the moment of laying the foundation of the Bretton Woods system, which determined the hierarchical, dollar-centric structure of international settlements for decades to come. mediated by banking institutions and supranational regulators, at the present stage, is facing a crisis of institutional efficiency caused by the accumulation of global imbalances and the digital divide. Particular attention is paid to conceptually rethinking the transition from the Jamaican monetary system to a new era of “algorithmic order” based on Web3 technologies. It has been established that the key feature of modern transformation is the decentralization of financial relations, where the function of trust is transferred from the institutional level (state and bank guarantees) to the protocol level (distributed ledgers, smart contracts). The authors argue that Web3 does not just modernize payment instruments, but forms a fundamentally new logic of international economic interaction – an ecosystem where capital acquires programmable properties, and cross-border transactions are carried out in real time without the involvement of traditional correspondent networks. The paper details the impact of decentralized finance (DeFi) on the changing role of national currencies and central banks. The thesis that the algorithmization of the financial space requires the development of new approaches to international regulation, since traditional methods of capital control lose their effectiveness in the conditions of anonymous decentralized networks, is substantiated. A forecast is made for the formation of a hybrid architecture of the future, where “fiat” and “algorithmic” orders will coexist through interoperability mechanisms. The article aims to lay a theoretical basis for further study of the mechanisms of adaptation of national economies, in particular Ukraine, to the challenges of global digitalization of finance.
Aiming at the core pain points such as low execution efficiency, high resource consumption, and insufficient dynamic adaptability caused by the "deploy-and-freeze" characteristic of traditional blockchain smart contracts, this paper proposes a dynamic execution optimization scheme for smart contracts based on the Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) algorithm [1]. Specifically, the "group sampling + relative advantage" mechanism, which is the core of the GRPO algorithm, is implemented through two key modules: for the group sampling module, the algorithm first divides the smart contract execution state space into multiple sub-scenarios based on key feature dimensions such as transaction type, data volume, and network congestion degree, then randomly selects 3–5 candidate execution actions from each sub-scenario and forms a candidate action group by fusing actions from different sub-scenarios; for the relative advantage calculation module, instead of adopting the absolute advantage evaluation method of the traditional Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm [2], it introduces a relative advantage function that takes the average execution effect of the candidate action group as the reference benchmark, quantifies the advantage of each candidate action relative to other actions in the group through indicators such as Gas cost saving rate, execution delay reduction rate, and task completion rate, and weights the relative advantage values to determine the optimal execution action. With the GRPO reinforcement learning algorithm as the core driving force, the scheme constructs a three-layer collaborative architecture consisting of an off-chain Artificial Intelligence (AI) decision-making layer, an oracle data layer, and an on-chain contract execution layer. Through real-time state perception, group sampling action generation, and scenario-based reward function design, it realizes the dynamic adaptive adjustment of smart contract execution strategies. Experimental results show that in typical application scenarios such as Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending and supply chain finance, compared with traditional static contracts and optimization schemes based on the mainstream PPO algorithm, this scheme can reduce the average Gas fee by 22%~25%, lower the non-performing loan rate from 3.2% to 1.1%, and control the execution response delay within 500ms, significantly improving the execution efficiency, resource utilization, and dynamic adaptation capability of smart contracts. This research provides a new technical path for solving the problem of dynamic execution of smart contracts and has important theoretical and practical significance for promoting the efficient and trusted operation of the Web3 ecosystem.
This study identifies major approaches in token design for founders in the cryptocurrency/web3/blockchain space. The high failure rate of blockchain companies means that successful long-term performance will depend greatly on well-designed tokens. This study will integrate all prior research to highlight the most important aspects of structured tokenomics, including token utility, governance, and security. The study also contributes to the literature by introducing the Business Model Canvas as a conceptual framework that enables the integration of best practices for token design, drawing on both academic and industry literature. The results indicate significant gaps in the literature. This study offers new and practical insights for founders to enhance stakeholders’ engagement, improve regulatory compliance, and ensure project viability in the volatile cryptocurrency market. Furthermore, this research generates new knowledge that bridges the gap between the theory and practice of tokenomics, laying the groundwork for future research to develop and refine token design strategies.