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TBC Research & Development

Our department collaborates with companies and institutions in the domains of finance, cryptography, and distributed systems technology to publish research, build on-chain protocols, and improve existing systems.

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Research Statistics

3
Research wings: C&DS + QDF + GT
8
C&DS researchers initiated (WS 25/26)
2
Active C&DS collaborations: TNAS + zkSecurity
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Breakthroughs in all active collaborations (see explore pages)

What We Do

Publish in academic conferences/journals

Peer-reviewed, publication-quality work.

Develop new protocols to deploy on-chain

Advancing the state of decentralized technology.

Enhance existing protocols

e.g. with results in corporate whitepapers.

Organization Structure

Our R&D Department is organized into three specialized research wings

C&DS

Cryptography & Distributed Systems

Our work in the Cryptography & Distributed Systems Research Wing maps directly to real-world constraints in security and performance. Our projects are selected for practical impact in today's systems, with publication-quality rigor—not only improving existing systems, but offering pen-and-paper mathematical bounds, proofs, and security guarantees for our contributions.

Collaboration teams: TNAS, zkSecurity

QDF

Quantitative Decentralized Finance

Our work in the Quantitative Decentralized Finance Research Wing applies quantitative finance and mechanism design to strengthen blue-chip onchain markets. We focus on improving protocol efficiency and robustness via mathematical analysis of liquidity dynamics, architectural contaminations, and risk management techniques under latency and capital constraints.

Collaboration teams: To be announced

GT

Governance Theory

Our work in the Governance Theory Research Wing is forward-looking and aims to offer advanced models and solutions to distributed decision-making and representative ratification systems. Figuring out how to accurately, efficiently, and securely vote on behalf of diverse opinions with AI smart-contract based delegation protocols is our priority.

Collaboration teams: IF Lab University of Oregon

Join Our Research Team

We're looking for passionate researchers in cryptography, distributed systems, quantitative finance, and governance theory

  • • Collaborative research environment
  • • Access to cutting-edge projects
  • • Industry partnerships and mentorship
  • • Writing and proof culture
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