The Arwen Trading Protocols (Full Version)

Ethan Heilman; Sebastien Lipmann; Sharon Goldberg

Paper 2020/024

The Arwen Trading Protocols (Full Version)

Ethan Heilman, Sebastien Lipmann, and Sharon Goldberg

Abstract

The Arwen Trading Protocols are layer-two blockchain protocols for traders to securely trade cryptocurrencies at a centralized exchange, without ceding custody of their coins to the exchange. Before trading begins, traders deposit their coins in an on-blockchain escrow where the agent of escrow is the blockchain itself. Each trade is backed by the coins locked in escrow. Each trade is fast, because it happens off-blockchain, and secure, because atomic swaps prevent even a hacked exchange from taking custody of a trader’s coins. Arwen is designed to work even with the "lowest common denominator" of blockchains—namely Bitcoin-derived coins without SegWit support. As a result, Arwen supports essentially all "Bitcoin-derived" coins e.g., BTC, LTC, BCH, ZEC, as well as Ethereum. Our protocols support Limit and RFQ order types, we implemented our RFQ protocol and are available for use at arwen.io.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Major revision. Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2020
Keywords: fair exchange cryptographic protocols cryptocurrencies
Contact author(s): ethan @ arwen io
History: 2020-01-09: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2020/024
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2020/024,
      author = {Ethan Heilman and Sebastien Lipmann and Sharon Goldberg},
      title = {The Arwen Trading Protocols (Full Version)},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2020/024},
      year = {2020},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/024}
}