Program

 
Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2026

Thirtieth International Conference
2–6 March 2026
St. Kitts Marriott Resort
St. Kitts

Please note, this program is provisional and subject to change.

All events take place in the Royal Ballroom unless otherwise indicated.
Sunday, March 1, 2026

16:00–18:00 Registration Reception
Location: Ocean View Terrace
Monday, March 2, 2026

08:30–09:00 Registration

09:00–09:15 Opening Remarks

09:15–10:15
Keynote

Asta Li
Co-Founder and CTO, Privy

10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–12:00
Session 1: DeFi & AMMs

Short Paper: Transfer algorithm for on-chain one-hop routing. Ruichao Jiang (Derivation Technology Ltd.), Zirong Li (Derivation Technology Ltd.), Long Wen (Derivation Technology Ltd.)

Where Does MEV Really Come From? Revisiting CEX–DEX Arbitrage on Ethereum. Bence Ladóczki (BME & HUN-REN Information Systems Research Group), Miklós Rásonyi (HUN-REN Rényi Institute of Mathematics & Eötvös Loránd University), János Tapolcai (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

A Theoretical Approach to Stablecoin Design via Price Windows: Stability and Reserve Depletion. Katherine Molinet (University of Edinburgh), Aris Filos-Ratsikas (University of Edinburgh)

Latency Advantages in Common-Value Auctions. Ciamac C. Moallemi (Columbia University), Mallesh M. Pai (Rice University), Dan Robinson (Paradigm)

A Trilemma in AMM Mechanism Design. Yuhao Li (Columbia University), Elaine Shi (Carnegie Mellon University), Mengqian Zhang (Yale University)


12:00–13:30 Lunch
Location: La Cucina Restaurant

13:30–14:45
Session 2: Consensus & Smart Contracts

Large-scale Blockchain Prototyping on a Single Machine. Suyan Qu (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

On Cryptographic Cheap Talk with Smart Contracts. Pavel Hubacek (Charles University & Czech Academy of Sciences), Michelle Yeo (Nanyang Technological University & Aarhus University)

Bribers, Bribers on The Chain, Is Resisting All in Vain? Trustless Consensus Manipulation Through Bribing Contracts. Bence Soóki-Tóth (Eötvös Loránd University & Aarhus University), István András Seres (Eötvös Loránd University), Kamilla Kara (Eötvös Loránd University), Ábel Nagy (Eötvös Loránd University), Balázs Pejó (CrySyS Lab, Budapest University of Technology and Economics & HUN-REN-BME Information Systems Research Group), Gergely Biczók (CrySyS Lab, Budapest University of Technology and Economics & HUN-REN-BME Information Systems Research Group)

Minimizing the Use of the Honest Majority in YOSO MPC with Guaranteed Output Delivery. Rishabh Bhadauria, James Hsin-yu Chiang (ETH Zurich), Divya Ravi (University of Amsterdam), Jure Sternad (Aarhus University), Sophia Yakoubov (Aarhus University)

SoK: Approximate Agreement. Diana Ghinea (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts), Chen-Da Liu-Zhang (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts & Web3 Foundation)


14:45–15:15 Break

15:15–16:30
Session 3: PoS & Block Production

On the (Un)biasability of Existing Verifiable Random Functions. Davide Carnemolla (University of Catania), Dario Catalano (University of Catania), Valentina Frasca (University of Catania), Emanuele Giunta (ETH Zurich)

Short Paper: On Stabilizing the Staking Rate, Dynamically Distributed Inflation and Delay Induced Oscillations. Carlo Brunetta, Amit Chaudhary (University of Warwick), Stefano Galatolo (University of Pisa), Massimiliano Sala (University of Trento)

The Free Option Problem of ePBS. Bruno Mazorra (Flashbots), Burak Öz (Flashbots), Christoph Schlegel (Flashbots), Fei Wu (King's College London)

Routing Attacks in Ethereum PoS: A Systematic Exploration. Constantine Doumanidis (Princeton University), Maria Apostolaki (Princeton University)

Beyond Winner-Take-All Procurement Auctions. Pranav Garimidi (a16z crypto), Michael Neuder (Princeton University), Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University & a16z crypto)


18:30–20:30 Welcome Reception and Poster Session
Location: North Pool
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

09:00–10:15
Session 4: Incentives & Decentralization

Incentive-Compatible Recovery from Manipulated Signals, with Applications to Decentralized Physical Infrastructure. Jason Milionis (Columbia University & Category Labs), Jens Ernstberger (Technical University of Munich), Joseph Bonneau (New York University), Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard University & a16z crypto), Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University & a16z crypto)

Incentivizing Geographic Diversity for Decentralized Systems. Marc Roeschlin (IOG), Evangelos Markakis (Athens University of Economics and Business & IOG), Raghav Bhaskar (IOG), Aggelos Kiayias (University of Edinburgh & IOG)

V3rified: Revelation vs Non-Revelation Mechanisms for Decentralized Verifiable Computation. Athina Terzoglou (Purdue University), Tiantian Gong (Yale University), Aniket Kate (Purdue University & Supra Research), Alexandros Psomas (Purdue University)

Rationally Analyzing Shelby: Proving Incentive Compatibility in a Decentralized Storage Network. Michael Crystal (Stanford University), Guy Goren (Aptos Labs), Scott Duke Kominers (Harvard University & a16z crypto),

Does Your Blockchain Need Multidimensional Transaction Fees?. Nir Lavee (Tel Aviv University & Starkware Labs), Noam Nisan (Starkware Labs & Hebrew University), Mallesh M. Pai (Rice University & Tempo Labs), Max Resnick (Anza Labs)


10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–11:45
Session 5: Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Secure MSM Outsourcing Computation for Zero-knowledge Proof Generation. Wujie Xiong (Kent State University), Arefeh Rahaei (Kent State University), Sangwon Shin (Korea University), Xinxin Fan (IoTeX), Taeweon Suh (Korea University), Veronika Kuchta (Florida Atlantic University), Francesco Sica (Florida Atlantic University), Weidong Shi (University of Houston), Lei Xu (Kent State University)

Plaintext-Scale Fair Data Exchange. Majid Khabbazian (University of Alberta)

SoK: Lookup Table Arguments. Hossein Hafezi (New York University), Gaspard Anthoine (IMDEA Software & Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Matteo Campanelli (Offchain Labs), Dario Fiore (IMDEA Software)

Short Paper: The Last Challenge Attack on Fiat-Shamir in KZG-based SNARKs. Oana Ciobotaru, Maxim Peter (OpenZeppelin), Vesselin Velichkov (OpenZeppelin)


12:00–13:30 Lunch
Location: La Cucina Restaurant

14:00–18:00 Excursion
(departure from lobby)

21:00–22:00 General Meeting
Location: Royal Ballroom

22:00–00:00 Rump Session
Location: Royal Ballroom
Session Chair: TBD
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

09:00–10:15
Session 6: Threshold & Encryption

Collusion-Safe Proxy Re-Encryption. Haotian Yin (School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Jie Zhang (School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Wanxin Li (School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Yuji Dong (School of Internet of Things, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Eng Gee Lim (School of Advanced Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), Dominik Wojtczak (University of Liverpool)

How To Make Delegated Payments on Bitcoin: A Question for the AI Agentic Future. Jay Taylor (University of Sydney), Paul Gerhart (TU Wein), Sri AravindaKrishnan Thyagarajan (University of Sydney)

Adaptively Secure Threshold ElGamal Decryption from DDH. Sourav Das (Category Labs), Ling Ren (UIUC), Ziling Yang (UIUC)

L for the Price of One: On the Benefits of Using more than t+1 Parties in Threshold Signing. Daniel Escudero (JP Morgan AI Research & JP Morgan AlgoCRYPT CoE), Yashvanth Kondi (Silence Laboratories), Yifan Song (Tsinghua University), Hernan Dario Vanegas Madrigal (HashCloak Inc.)

Updatable Public-Key Encryption from Class Groups: New Constructions with Better Efficiency. Harish Karthikeyan (JPMorgan AI Research & JPMorgan AlgoCRYPT CoE), Antigoni Polychroniadou (JPMorgan AI Research & JPMorgan AlgoCRYPT CoE)


10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–11:30
Session 7: Post-Quantum Cryptography

Post-Quantum Readiness in EdDSA Chains. Foteini Baldimtsi (George Mason University & Mysten Labs), Konstantinos Chalkias (Mysten Labs), Arnab Roy (Mysten Labs), Mahdi Sedaghat (KU Leuven & Soundness)

Revisiting Post-quantum Robustly Reusable Fuzzy Extractors. Somnath Panja (University of Calgary), Reihaneh Safavi-Naini (University of Calgary)

Efficient Partially Blind Signatures from Isogenies. Dung Hoang Duong (University of Wollongong), Chunpeng Ge (Shandong University), Xuan Thanh Khuc (University of Wollongong), Willy Susilo (University of Wollongong)


11:30–12:00
Session 8: Nonce and Key Reuse

Short Paper: Oops!. . . I Did It Again. I Reused my Nonce. Vincent Jacquot (University of Liège - Montefiore Institute), Benoit Donnet (University of Liège - Montefiore Institute)

Reuse of Public Keys Across UTXO and Account-Based Cryptocurrencies. Rainer Stütz (CSH), Nicholas Stifter (SBA Research), Melitta Dragaschnig (AIT), Bernhard Haslhofer (CSH), Aljosha Judmayer (University of Vienna)


12:00–13:30 Lunch
Location: La Cucina Restaurant

14:00–15:00
Session 9: AI and ML Security

AI Agent Smart Contract Exploit Generation. Arthur Gervais (University College London & Decentralized Intelligence AG & UC Berkeley RDI), Liyi Zhou (University of Sydney & Decentralized Intelligence AG & UC Berkeley RDI)

Real AI Agents with Fake Memories: Fatal Context Manipulation Attacks on Web3 Agents. Atharv Singh Patlan (Princeton University), Peiyao Sheng (Sentient Foundation), S. Ashwin Hebbar (Princeton University), Prateek Mittal (Princeton University), Pramod Viswanath (Princeton University & Sentient Foundation)

STAR: Stylized and Transferable Adversarial Robustness. Qing Luo (Hainan University), Yili Wang (Hainan University), Zhi Chen (Hainan University), Xiangwen Xiao (Hainan University), Cheng Zeng (Hainan University), Xiaoyi Zhou (Hainan University)

LLMs as verification oracles for Solidity. Massimo Bartoletti (University of Cagliari), Livio Pompianu (University of Cagliari), Enrico Lipparini (University of Cagliari)


18:30–21:30 BBQ
Location: Beach
Thursday, March 5, 2026

09:15–10:15
Session 10: Privacy & Trust

Making the Memorable Unguessable: PII-Enhanced Password and Honeyword Generation for Usable Security. Hannah Ammah Serwaah Adjei (Ontario Tech University), Miguel Vargas Martin (Ontario Tech University)

Compliance as a Trust Metric. Wenbo Wu (University of Southampton), George Konstantinidis (University of Southampton)

Kite: How to Delegate Voting Power Privately. Kamilla Nazirkhanova (Stanford University), Vrushank Gunjur (Stanford University), X. Pilli Cruz-De Jesus (Stanford University), Dan Boneh (Stanford University)

Efficient Privacy-Preserving Blueprints for Threshold Comparison. Pratyush Ranjan Tiwari (Eternis Labs), Harry Eldridge (Johns Hopkins University), Matthew Green (Johns Hopkins University)


10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–11:45
Session 11: Consensus — Fast Finality

Majorum: Ebb-and-Flow Consensus with Dynamic Quorums. Francesco D'Amato (Ethereum Foundation), Roberto Saltini (Ethereum Foundation), Thanh-Hai Tran, Yann Vonlanthen (Ethereum Foundation), Luca Zanolini (Ethereum Foundation)

Minimmit: Fast Finality with Even Faster Blocks. Brendan Kobayashi Chou (Commonware), Andrew Lewis-Pye (Commonware & London School of Economics), Patrick O'Grady (Commonware)

Low-Latency Dynamically Available Total Order Broadcast. Sravya Yandamuri (Common Prefix), Nibesh Shrestha (Supra Research), Luca Zanolini (Ethereum Foundation), Kartik Nayak (Duke University)

OmniBA: Round-Efficient BA with Quadratic Communication under Mixed Faults. Simon Holmgaard Kamp (Ruhr University Bochum), Julian Loss (Ruhr University Bochum), Kartik Nayak (Duke University), Kecheng Shi (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security & Saarland University)


11:45–12:00 Closing Remarks

12:00–13:30 Lunch
Location: La Cucina Restaurant

13:30–17:00 Free Afternoon

17:00–20:00 Sunset Catamaran Cruise (for conference registrants and workshop registrants)
(departure from lobby)
Friday, March 6, 2026

08:30–09:00 Workshops Registration
Location: St. Lucia Room

Note: the timing of the lunch and breaks is coordinated among all of the workshops, but some workshops might have further split their sessions. See their individual programs for details. Workshop registrants can attend any of the workshops (or tutorials) and can switch between them as desired.

Note: the workshop room assignments are tentative and might change depending on attendance.


09:00–10:30
Workshops Early Morning Session

Tutorial: Redactable Blockchains
Location: St. Vincent Room

CoDecFin'26: 6th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance
Location: Nevis Room

DeFi'26: 5th Workshop on Decentralized Finance
Location: Antigua Room

Fairness'26: 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances in Fairness in Distributed Applications
Location: Dominica Room

Voting'26: 10th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes
Location: Grenada Room

WTSC'26: 9th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts
Location: St. Kitts Room


10:30–11:00 Break

11:00–12:30
Workshops Late Morning Session

Tutorial: Redactable Blockchains
Location: St. Vincent Room

CoDecFin'26: 6th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance
Location: Nevis Room

DeFi'26: 5th Workshop on Decentralized Finance
Location: Antigua Room

Fairness'26: 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances in Fairness in Distributed Applications
Location: Dominica Room

Voting'26: 10th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes
Location: Grenada Room

WTSC'26: 9th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts
Location: St. Kitts Room


12:30–14:00 Lunch
Location: La Cucina Restaurant

14:00–15:30
Workshops Early Afternoon Session

CAAW'26: 5th International Workshop on Cryptoasset Analytics
Location: St. Vincent Room

CoDecFin'26: 6th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance
Location: Nevis Room

DeFi'26: 5th Workshop on Decentralized Finance
Location: Antigua Room

Fairness'26: 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances in Fairness in Distributed Applications
Location: Dominica Room

Voting'26: 10th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes
Location: Grenada Room

WTSC'26: 9th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts
Location: St. Kitts Room


15:30–16:00 Break

16:00–17:30
Workshops Late Afternoon Session

CAAW'26: 5th International Workshop on Cryptoasset Analytics
Location: St. Vincent Room

CoDecFin'26: 6th Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance
Location: Nevis Room

DeFi'26: 5th Workshop on Decentralized Finance
Location: Antigua Room

Fairness'26: 2nd Workshop on Recent Advances in Fairness in Distributed Applications
Location: Dominica Room

Voting'26: 10th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes
Location: Grenada Room

WTSC'26: 9th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts
Location: St. Kitts Room

 

 

 

This conference is organized annually by the International Financial Cryptography Association.


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