The Role of Transformer Models in Advancing Blockchain Technology: A Systematic Survey

T Liu, Y Wang, J Sun, Y Tian, Y Huang, T Xue… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
As blockchain technology rapidly evolves, the demand for enhanced efficiency, security, and
scalability grows. Transformer models, as powerful deep learning architectures, have shown …

A Survey on Security Analysis Methods of Smart Contracts

H Zhu, L Yang, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart contracts have gained extensive adoption across diverse industries, including
finance, supply chain, and the Internet of Things. Nevertheless, the surge in security …

PonziLens+: Visualizing Bytecode Actions for Smart Ponzi Scheme Identification

X Wen, TD Nguyen, S Ruan, Q Shen… - … on Visualization and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the prevalence of smart contracts, smart Ponzi schemes have become a common fraud
on blockchain and have caused significant financial loss to cryptocurrency investors in the …

A Survey of Source Code Representations for Machine Learning-Based Cybersecurity Tasks

B Casey, J Santos, G Perry - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.10646, 2024 - arxiv.org
Machine learning techniques for cybersecurity-related software engineering tasks are
becoming increasingly popular. The representation of source code is a key portion of the …

ReenRepair: Automatic and semantic equivalent repair of reentrancy in smart contracts

R Huang, Q Shen, Y Wang, Y Wu, Z Wu, X Luo… - Journal of Systems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reentrancy, the most notorious vulnerability in smart contracts, has attracted extensive
attention. To eliminate reentrancy before deploying contracts, there is a need to locate and …

Do Automated Fixes Truly Mitigate Smart Contract Exploits?

S Bobadilla, M **, M Monperrus - arxiv preprint arxiv:2501.04600, 2025 - arxiv.org
Automated Program Repair (APR) for smart contract security promises to automatically
mitigate smart contract vulnerabilities responsible for billions in financial losses. However …

The Sword of Damocles: Upgradeable Smart Contract in Ethereum

Y Huang, X Wu, Q Wang, Z Qian, X Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Although smart contracts are immutable once they are deployed, the reality is that they need
upgrades to fix bugs or add new features. Nowadays, there are a few upgrade methods in …

Ethereum transaction replay platform based on state-wise account input data

Y Huang, R Wang, X Chen, C Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An increasing number of investors are active on Ethereum, resulting in numerous
transactions. These historical transactions can be applied to complete contract testing. For …

DISL: Fueling Research with A Large Dataset of Solidity Smart Contracts

G Morello, M Eshghie, S Bobadilla… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The DISL dataset features a collection of $514,506 $ unique Solidity files that have been
deployed to Ethereum mainnet. It caters to the need for a large and diverse dataset of real …

Fixing Smart Contract Vulnerabilities: A Comparative Analysis of Literature and Developer's Practices

F Salzano, S Scalabrino, R Oliveto… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Smart Contracts are programs running logic in the Blockchain network by executing
operations through immutable transactions. The Blockchain network validates such …