Adrià Torralba-Agell

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain).
PhD Candidate - Applied Cryptography on Blockchain and Layer 2.

I am a PhD Student at the K-riptography and Information Security for Open Networks (KISON) research group at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). I hold a double BSc on Mathematics and Computer Science by the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). I also have a MSc on Fundamental Principles of Data Science by UB aswell.

My research interests are on cryptography and blockchain. In particular, I am interested on blockchain security assumptions, and on the use of Zero-Knowledge Proofs to scale blockchains.

news

Oct 22, 2024 I will be presenting “Unmasking the Illusion: The Shortcomings of ‘Zero-Knowledge’ Rollups in Achieving Privacy” at RECSI 2024 on October 24th at León! :speaking_head:
Oct 01, 2024 Our paper “Analysing and Benchmarking ZK-Rollups” will be presented at zkSummit 12 on October 8th at Lisbon! :speaking_head:
Sep 16, 2024 Stay tuned for further news!

selected publications

  1. AFT’24
    Analyzing and Benchmarking ZK-Rollups
    Stefanos Chaliasos, Itamar Reif, Adrià Torralba-Agell, Jens Ernstberger, Assimakis Kattis, and Benjamin Livshits
    In Advances in Financial Technologies, 2024
  2. SecurityAnalysis’23
    (Under Journal Review) A Taxonomy of Security Analysis of Blockchain Layer 2 Scalability Solutions and Future Directions
    Adrià Torralba-Agell, and Cristina Pérez-Solà
    2024
  3. RECSI’24
    Unmasking the Unmasking the Illusion: The Shortcomings of “Zero-Knowledge" Rollups in Achieving Privacy
    Adrià Torralba-Agell, Cristina Pérez-Solà, Ghazaleh Keshavarzkalhori, David Megías, and Jordi Herrera-Joancomartí
    In RECSI, 2024