Christof Torres

Assistant Professor at IST/University of Lisbon

[UZH Blockchain Center @uzh_blockchain]

📣 Lecture Series FS25 at UZH Blockchain Center
We are excited to invite you to our next lecture in the UZH Blockchain Center series, featuring Dr Christof Ferreira Torres @ChristofTorres

[The Latest in Defi Research @thelatestindefi]

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Thank you to @ChristofTorres @William33203632 @awmacp @BharathVedarth1 @0xAlphaist @ballsyalchemist @sui414 @MicheleFabi90 @Mengqian__ @marcofrancisc Adam Bouabda Akis Kattis Bruno Mazorra Yiyun Zheng for submitting!

[Burak Öz @boez95]

Here is our latest paper - Pandora’s Box: Cross-Chain Arbitrages in the Realm of Blockchain Interoperability

Co-authors: @ChristofTorres, @j9ebele,@rezabfil,@0xBrMazoRoig

Link: https://t.co/2kXPtN1Y6p

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[The Latest in Defi Research @thelatestindefi]

TL;DR's Research Fellows tackle the most pressing problems in DeFi research. Congratulations to the 18 TLDR Fellows selected for the 2024-25 cohort! We all gathered to kick off the fellowship this weekend in NYC. Meet them in the thread below:

[Antonio Ken Iannillo @AKIannillo]

Coming soon a project in collaboration with @Quantstamp, but first, we are looking for a motivated PhD student #cybersecurity #ethereum #defi #testing #blockchain #PhDposition

[SnT @SnT_uni_lu]

Our Doctoral researcher @ChristofTorres is working with @spuerkeess to address the security of #blockchain based services.

Find out more about the partnership here ➡️https://t.co/l5d9W32Qmy

#PoweringFintech #DLT

[Antonio Ken Iannillo @AKIannillo]

Our latest research on #fuzzing, targeting #smartcontracts 😎 @ChristofTorres @RaduState #CyberSecurity

[Christof Torres @ChristofTorres]

We found 15 smart contract lotteries that were victims of insertion frontrunning attacks (also known as block stuffing) over the past 5 years🚨An attacker made with a single attack a profit of over 700K USD 💵 https://t.co/4ClSZMppfg #DeFi #Ethereum

[Christof Torres @ChristofTorres]

Almost 200K attacks with an accumulated profit of 18.41M USD 💰Check out our latest paper on studying the 3 different types of frontrunning attacks on the Ethereum blockchain: https://t.co/4ClSZMppfg #DeFi #Ethereum @ramirocamino @RaduState @SnT_uni_lu @uni_lu

[Luxembourg House of Financial Technology @The_LHoFT]

📄 Frontrunner Jones and the Raiders of the Dark Forest: An Empirical Study of Frontrunning on the #Ethereum Blockchain 🏃

Paper by @christoftorres, @ramirocamino and @radustate.
Supported by @Ripple #UBRI:
👉 https://t.co/JjHCzNgfu3
#Fintech #Blockchain #Cybersecurity #DLT

[Radu State @RaduState]

Just finished our paper https://t.co/NpEg3qSu34 on data driven analysis of Front Running Attacks on the Ethereum network. Many thanks to @Ripple's #UBRI for the support.

[Christof Torres @ChristofTorres]

Thousands of traders are being frontrunned 🏃‍♂️ every day on DEXs, thereby losing millions of dollars!💰Here is a little sneak peak of our results! Stay tuned for even more cool stuff... #DeFi #Ethereum @RaduState @ramirocamino @SnT_uni_lu @uni_lu

[Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) @FnrLux]

#SpotlightOnYoungResearchers: Can we trust current #blockchain technology to securely automate important processes in the #financial sector? Industrial Fellow @ChristofTorres wants to answer this question:
https://t.co/dR4D9iugkR @SnT_uni_lu @spuerkeess
#ResearchLuxembourg

[SnT @SnT_uni_lu]

We're celebrating 2 industrial fellowships grants! Well done François Robinet and Cristof Ferreira Torres 👏 Interested in joining a driven research team? Come work with @RaduState and his team: https://t.co/7Vqh4SGyRr @FnrLux @uni_lu

[Christof Torres @ChristofTorres]

#Twitition #WeWantAnOpeniOS http://t.co/aFKmLxqQ

[Christof Torres @ChristofTorres]

#weWantAnOpenIOS