Lukas Aumayr

Lukas Aumayr.

Blockchain researcher @ University of Edinburgh and Common Prefix,
working on security & privacy with focus on blockchain,
scalability, protocol analysis, and applied cryptography.

Passionate about trust minimization, dezentralization, DeFi,
neural networks, crypto/stock price analysis, and computer graphics

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Publications

Blitz: Secure Multi-Hop Payments Without Two-Phase Commits

Lukas Aumayr, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Aniket Kate, Matteo Maffei
30th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 21), 2021
Bitcoin-Compatible Virtual Channels

Lukas Aumayr, Oguzhan Ersoy, Andreas Erwig, Sebastian Faust, Kristina Hostáková, Matteo Maffei, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Siavash Riahi
42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2021
Generalized Channels from Limited Blockchain Scripts and Adaptor Signatures

Lukas Aumayr, Oguzhan Ersoy, Andreas Erwig, Sebastian Faust, Kristina Hostáková, Matteo Maffei, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Siavash Riahi
Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT, 2021
Sleepy Channels: Bitcoin-Compatible Bi-directional Payment Channels without Watchtowers

Lukas Aumayr, Sri AravindaKrishnan Thyagarajan, Giulio Malavolta, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Matteo Maffei
29th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2022
Thora: Atomic And Privacy-Preserving Multi-Channel Updates

Lukas Aumayr, Kasra Abbaszadeh, Matteo Maffei
29th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2022
Breaking and Fixing Virtual Channels: Domino Attack and Donner

Lukas Aumayr, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Aniket Kate, Matteo Maffei
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2023
Glimpse: On-Demand, Cross-Chain Communication for Efficient DeFi Applications on Bitcoin-based Blockchains

Giulia Scaffino, Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Matteo Maffei
USENIX Security Symposium, 2023
Optimizing Virtual Payment Channel Establishment in the Face of On-Path Adversaries

Lukas Aumayr, Esra Ceylan, Yannik Kopyciok, Matteo Maffei, Pedro Moreno-Sanchez, Iosif Salem, Stefan Schmid.
IFIP Networking, 2024
Securing Lightning Channels against Rational Miners

Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Matteo Maffei, Subhra Mazumdar.
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2024
Alba: The Dawn of Scalable Bridges for Blockchains

Giulia Scaffino, Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Mahsa Bastankhah, Matteo Maffei.
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2025
X-Transfer: Enabling and Optimizing Cross-PCN Transactions

Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Iosif Salem, Stefan Schmid, Michelle Yeo.
Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), 2025
Blink: An Optimal Proof of Proof-of-Work

Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Matteo Maffei, Giulia Scaffino, Dionysis Zindros.
Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC), 2025
BitVM: Quasi-Turing Complete Computation on Bitcoin

Lukas Aumayr, Zeta Avarikioti, Robin Linus, Matteo Maffei, Andrea Pelosi, Christos Stefo, Alexei Zamyatin.
Preprint, 2024

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Projects

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Work experience

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Education

until 03/2024: PhD 09/2019 - 03/2024: PhD

Computer Science @ TU Wien
Topic: Security, Privacy, Cryptocurrencies

Computer Science @ TU Wien
Topic: Security, Privacy, Cryptocurrencies

Computer Science @ TU Wien
Topic: Security, Privacy, Cryptocurrencies
until 06/2019: MSc 10/2016 - 06/2019: Master of Science (Dipl.-Ing.)

Software Engineering & Internet Computing @ TU Wien
Thesis: Automated Prognosis of the Development of Cryptocurrency Prices
GPA: 3.88/4.0 (US), 1.12 (EU)

Software Eng. & Internet Computing @ TU Wien
Thesis: Autom. Prognosis of the Dev. of Crypto. Prices
GPA: 3.88/4.0 (US), 1.12 (EU)

Software Eng. @ TU Wien
T: Autom. Progn. o.t. Dev. o. Crypto. Prices
GPA: 3.88/4.0 (US), 1.12 (EU)
until 09/2016: BSc 10/2013 - 09/2016: Bachelor of Science

Software & Information Engineering @ TU Wien
Thesis: Virtual Reality Avatars for the TU Jumpcube
GPA: 3.89/4.0 (US), 1.11 (EU)

Software & Information Eng. @ TU Wien
Thesis: VR Avatars for the TU Jumpcube
GPA: 3.89/4.0 (US), 1.11 (EU)

Software Eng. @ TU Wien
T: VR Avatars for the TU Jumpcube
GPA: 3.89/4.0 (US), 1.11 (EU)
until 06/2012: School 09/2008 - 06/2012: High School

Computer and natural sciences @ BRG/BORG St. Pölten
High school diploma with distinction

Focus on computer and natural sciences @ BRG/BORG St. Pölten
High school diploma with distinction

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Skills

Cryptocurrencies

Scalability; layer 2; offchain protocols; Lightning Network; smart contracts; DeFi; privacy

Security & Privacy

Cryptography; protocol design; cryptanalysis; proofs; formal verification

Machine learning

Deep neural networks; RNN; LSTM; CNN, GRU; Tensorflow; Keras; pattern recognition

Software Engineering

distributed; microservice architecture; web development; project management; smart contract programming

Financial Analysis

Technical, Fundamental, Sentiment Analysis; data science; mathematics/statistics; signal processing

VR and 3D computer graphics

Game development; Unity; Unreal Engine; Cinema 4D; ZBrush; Photoshop; HTC Vive; Occulus Rift; OpenCV; Point Cloud Library

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lukas.aumayr(at)gmail.com

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