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