Latest Updates & Highlights

Events

Highlights from our recent talks, awards, and conference appearances showcasing our research contributions and academic achievements.

July
2026
Publication

Papers Accepted at BCCA 2026, Barcelona

Our research papers were accepted at the 8th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2026) in Barcelona, Spain. The accepted papers include Adding Smart Contract Functionality into the XRPL Network, zkAuth: Privacy-Preserving Identities for Online Services, and TRACE: Tamper-Resilient Authentication with Cross-modal Evidence, showcasing our advances in smart contracts, privacy-preserving authentication, and security.

June
2026
Conference Presentation

Presented at XRPL Blockchain Research Summit, Paris

We presented our applications and research at the XRPL Blockchain Research Summit. We also participated in the Security Working Group, discussing our AppliedCryptoLab's projects on the XRP Ledger, including post-quantum cryptography integration, zkSNARKs and zkSTARKs implementation, and smart contract development.

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May
2026
Launch

InvizCrypt Launched

InvizCrypt, our privacy-first cloud collaboration platform, was officially launched! InvizCrypt enables users to collaborate on sensitive documents while keeping content encrypted and inaccessible to the platform provider. Documents are encrypted on the user's device before reaching the cloud, ensuring true privacy. Starting with secure LaTeX editing for researchers, with plans to extend to document editing and spreadsheets.

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November
2025
Conference Presentation

Presented 3 Research Papers at IEEE ICDLT 2025, Pune

Presented three research papers at the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Ledger Technologies (ICDLT 2025) in Pune: The Zcash Protocol Explained, CarbonChainRL for Dynamic Carbon Trading, and A Blockchain-Native PKI on the XRP Ledger.

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October
2025
Workshop Talk

PQC on XRPL: Cryptography at Work for Blockchain Workshop

Atharva Lele presented at the Cryptography at Work for Blockchain Workshop II organized by XRPL Commons and Prof. Massimiliano Sala, University of Trento. In a focused 30-minute talk, he outlined the journey that made Post-Quantum Cryptography on XRPL feasible, covering design choices, engineering trade-offs, deterministic key generation, signature verification, and the roadmap to hybrid deployments.

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September
2025
Publication

Papers Accepted at IEEE ICDLT 2025, Pune

Our research papers, The Zcash Protocol Explained: A Journey into Privacy-Preserving Cryptography, CarbonChainRL - A Blockchain Oracle-Based Reinforcement Learning System for Dynamic Carbon Trading Markets, and A Blockchain-Native PKI: Secure X.509 Certificate Management on the XRP Ledger, were accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Distributed Ledger Technologies (ICDLT 2025) in Pune, India, highlighting our advances in privacy-preserving cryptography, blockchain oracles, and secure certificate management.

July
2025
Lecture

XRPL Commons Lecture: PQC for XRP

Delivered an invited lecture on Post-Quantum Cryptography for the XRP Ledger at the XRPL Commons event in Paris, sharing insights on quantum-safe blockchain security with the global XRPL community.

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July
2025
Publication

Papers Accepted at BCCA 2025, Croatia

Our research papers on PoW++ and Post-Quantum Cryptography were accepted at the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference (BCCA 2025) in Croatia, highlighting our latest advances in blockchain consensus and quantum-resistant cryptography.

June
2025
Award

UBRI Ripple: PQC Project Wins Project of the Year

Presented our XRP PQC Integration project at the UBRI Ripple event in Singapore and received the Project of the Year award for our pioneering work in quantum-safe blockchain technology.

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May
2025
Conference Demo

zkBallot at Blockchain Ireland Summit 2025

Presented and demoed zkBallot at the Blockchain Ireland Summit 2025, showcasing our zero-knowledge eVoting platform to industry leaders and receiving excellent feedback from the Irish blockchain community.