Research Interests
- Decentralized cryptographic currencies
Positions
| since 2022 | Software Engineer, Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics GmbH, Vienna, Austria |
| 09/2017 – 09/2022 | Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 09/2008 – 06/2012 | Software Developer, Hypo Landesbank Vorarlberg, Bregenz, Austria |
Education
| 2017 – 2022 | Ph.D. studies in Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2015 – 2017 | M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2012 – 2015 | B.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
Publications
- Makridis, C.A., Fröwis, M.A., Sridhar, K., and Böhme, R. The Rise of Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchanges: Evaluating the Role of Airdrops and Governance Tokens. Journal of Corporate Finance, 79, 102358 (April 2023). [Publisher]
- Fröwis, M. and Böhme, R. Detecting Privileged Parties on Ethereum. In 7th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts, associated with Financial Cryptography and Data Security. 2023. [Preprint]
- Fröwis, M. and Böhme, R. Not All Code are Create2 Equal. In 6th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts, associated with Financial Cryptography and Data Security. 2022. [Preprint] [Video]
- Fröwis, M., Gottschalk, T., Haslhofer, B., Rückert, C., and Pesch, P. Safeguarding the Evidential Value of Forensic Cryptocurrency Investigations. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, (2020), 200902. [PDF]
- Fröwis, M. and Böhme, R. The Operational Cost of Ethereum Airdrops. In C. Pérez-Solà, G. Navarro-Arribas, A. Biryukov and Garcı́a-Alfaro Joaquı́n, eds., Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (ESORICS 2019 Workshops). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11737, Springer, 2019, pp. 255–270. [PDF]
- Fröwis, M., Fuchs, A., and Böhme, R. Detecting Token Systems on Ethereum. In I. Goldberg and T. Moore, eds., Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11598, Springer, 2019, pp. 93–112. [PDF]
- Fröwis, M. and Böhme, R. In Code We Trust? Measuring the Control Flow Immutability of All Smart Contracts Deployed on Ethereum. In J. Garcia-Alfaro, G. Navarro-Arribas, H. Hartenstein and Herrera-Joancomartı́ Jordi, eds., Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology, ESORICS 2017 International Workshops. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 10436, Springer, Cham, 2017, pp. 357–372. [PDF]