This summer, members of the Blockchain Technology Lab contributed to the Science of Blockchain Conference (SBC) 2025, an international forum on the latest research in blockchain science and engineering. From the Lab, Aggelos Kiayias, Christina Ovezik, Yu Shen, and Lukas Aumayr were each involved in the programme, presenting and contributing …
The Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI) initiative continues to gain momentum. On September 17th, 2024, the EDI team held an in-person workshop hosted by the Scottish Government, bringing together representatives from the Bank of England, the Blockchain & Digital Trust Taskforce, and the British Blockchain Association. The session featured a presentation …
We are excited to announce the spin-out of the Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI)—a major step in bringing decentralisation-based resilience assessment to security-critical domains beyond blockchain. The EDI project, developed at the University of Edinburgh, is at the forefront of measuring decentralisation in blockchain networks. Now, as a spin-out, we are …
Measuring Blockchain Decentralization with EDI The Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI), developed by the Blockchain Technology Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, is an initiative aimed at defining and measuring the decentralization of blockchain systems. By incorporating metrics from diverse fields such as economics and network science, EDI …
About EDI The Edinburgh Decentralisation Index is an initiative by the Blockchain Technology Lab at the University of Edinburgh to establish transparent, measurable decentralisation metrics for blockchain networks. Part of our mission is to reduce reliance on third-party data sources by independently gathering data through full-node setups. This approach enables …
Professor Aggelos Kiayias, Director of the Blockchain Technology Lab at the University of Edinburgh, has received the 2024 BCS Lovelace Medal, one of the most distinguished honours in computing, for his impactful contributions to cybersecurity and cryptography. Named after Ada Lovelace – the 19th-century mathematician considered the first computer programmer …
The Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI) project takes a deep dive into what decentralisation means in the context of blockchain systems. In earlier blog posts, we introduced the tool developed for the consensus layer and the dashboard that showcases some of our initial results, where more layers are gradually being added. …
We are thrilled to announce the next step in the evolution of the Edinburgh Decentralisation Index (EDI), a project dedicated to providing comprehensive insights into the decentralisation of various blockchains. Our platform is built on transparency and collaboration, and as we continue to develop, we’re inviting contributions from the broader …
The Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust Research Showcase 2024 brought together a diverse group of researchers, students, industry professionals, and government representatives to discuss the latest trends and research in cybersecurity, data privacy, and trustworthy systems. With around 50 participants, the event featured a series of informative talks and engaging …
The QSig (Quantum Signatures) workshop, hosted by Prof. Aggelos Kiayias and Justin Drake, took place at the School of Informatics on January 26th, 2024. The event gathered over 50 attendees from academia and industry, including notable figures from the Ethereum community, the Cardano community, Input Output Global (IOG), NTT Research, …
