NYU Blockchain Lab

The NYU Blockchain Lab is a research lab committed to pushing our frontier of knowledge in the blockchain and Web 3.0 space. We research technology developments and economic forces that shape blockchain platforms to understand how blockchain technologies and Web 3.0 can bring transparency, inclusivity and democracy to the internet.

We study a broad range of research topics such as the tensions between decentralization and centralization, the tradeoffs in Layer 2 scaling solutions, and decentralized autonomous organizations. Our theoretical perspectives include platform competition, platform governance, platform policy, game theory, and mechanism design.

We regularly attend academic and practitioner's conferences. If you are interested in chatting, please feel free to reach out. We closely collaborate with related research groups across NYU, such as the faculty group NYU Cryptography group at Courant, and student groups such as the NYU Stern Blockchain & Fintech and the Student Club ("Blockchain Lab") organized by Ayesha Kiani.

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Researchers

Hanna Halaburda

Hanna Halaburda

Professor at NYU Stern

Yannis Bakos

Yannis Bakos

Professor at NYU Stern

Guillaume Haeringer

Guillaume Haeringer

Professor at Baruch College and NYU Stern

Daniel Obermeier

Daniel Obermeier

Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics

Raveesh Mayya

Raveesh Mayya

Professor at NYU Stern

Abdoulaye Ndiaye

Abdoulaye Ndiaye

Professor at NYU Stern

Joseph Bonneau

Joseph Bonneau

Professor at Courant Institute, NYU

Benedikt Bünz

Benedikt Bünz

Professor at Courant Institute, NYU

Ayesha Kiani

Ayesha Kiani

Chief Operating Officer at MNNC Group and NYU faculty

Gustavo Grivol

Gustavo Grivol

PhD Student at NYU Stern

Ben Skaar

Ben Skaar

Student at NYU Gallatin and Research Assistant at NYU Stern

Research Talks and Discussions

LLM Analysis on CBDC Adoption in China: Evidences from Social Media

Sylvia Xiaolin Xiao Mar 21, 2025

In this talk Prof. Sylvia Xiaolin Xiao presented her work in progress using LLM to analyze texts of social media related to CBDC adoption.

Blockchain, Antiquities, and Novel Economic Models of Restitution

Amy Whitaker Mar 14, 2025

In this talk Prof. Amy Whitaker discussed designing novel economic and contractual systems using blockchain to help with cases of restitution of art and culture

Agent-based modeling of Execution Tickets

Pascal Stichler Mar 7, 2025

Execution Tickets are currently debated as one of the most promising approaches to streamline incentives at protocol level. We created a holistic overview of potential mechanism designs and implementing an agent-based model to realistically compare different mechanism designs and identify potential drawbacks early on. The agent-based modeling approach is presented together with the results.

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Research

"Parallel Execution Fee Mechanisms"

Abdoulaye Ndiaye (2024)

"Zero Cost" Majority Attacks on Permissionless Proof of Work Blockchains

Joshua S. Gans, Hanna Halaburda (2024)

Beyond Bitcoin Economics of Digital Currencies and Blockchain Technologies

Hanna Halaburda, Miklos Sarvary, Guillaume Haeringer (2024)

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