Lux Skills Reference
Lux Papers Academic and Technical Whitepapers
The Lux papers repository (github.com/luxfi/papers) contains 35+ LaTeX research papers and technical specifications covering the full breadth of the Lux Network: consensus protocols, post-quantum cryptography, DeFi protocols, governance frameworks, privacy systems, cross-chain communication, and application-specific chains. Also includes a dedicated FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) sub-directory with four specialized papers. All papers are authored in LaTeX with BibTeX references.
Item Value Repo github.com/luxfi/papersLocal ~/work/lux/papers/Format LaTeX (.tex), BibTeX (.bib), PDF License See LICENSE
File Title Topic lux-consensus.tex(Lux Consensus) Core Snow consensus family: safety and liveness proofs lux-fpc-consensus.tex(FPC Consensus) Fast Probabilistic Consensus variant lux-quantum-consensus.texLux Quantum Consensus: Post-Quantum Secure Multi-Consensus Architecture Quantum-resistant consensus with multiple engines lux-quasar-consensus.texQuasar: Quantum-Secure Multi-Engine Consensus with Dual-Certificate Finality Dual-certificate finality with quantum security
File Title Topic lux-ethfalcon-post-quantum.texETHFALCON: EVM-Optimized Post-Quantum Signatures Lattice-based signatures optimized for EVM execution lux-universal-threshold-signatures.texUniversal Threshold Signatures: Multi-Chain Cryptographic Infrastructure with Post-Quantum Security Threshold signature schemes across chains lux-ntt-transform.tex(NTT Transform) Number Theoretic Transform for post-quantum operations
File Title Topic lux-bridge.texLux Bridge: Zero-Knowledge Cross-Chain Communication with Sub-Second Finality ZK bridge protocol with fast finality lux-interchain-transfers.tex(Interchain Transfers) Cross-chain asset transfer protocol lux-warp-messaging.tex(Warp Messaging) Cross-subnet message passing
File Title Topic lux-achain-attestation.texA-Chain: Unified Trusted Execution Environment Attestation for Decentralized AI Compute TEE attestation for AI compute lux-gchain-graphql.texG-Chain: Unified GraphQL Query Engine with Decentralized Indexing for Multi-Chain State Decentralized GraphQL indexing chain lux-mchain-mpc.texM-Chain: Decentralized Multi-Party Computation Custody with Quantum-Safe Threshold Signatures MPC custody with quantum safety lux-zchain.texLux Z-Chain: Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts with Zero-Knowledge Proofs Private smart contract execution
File Title Topic lux-lightspeed-dex.texLux Lightspeed DEX: High-Frequency Trading at the Speed of Light High-frequency DEX design lux-credit-lending.texLux Credit: Zero-Interest Self-Repaying Lending Protocol with 90% LTV and Cross-Chain Collateral Self-repaying lending protocol lux-liquid-staking.tex(Liquid Staking) Liquid staking derivatives lux-perpetuals-derivatives.tex(Perpetuals and Derivatives) On-chain perpetual futures lux-restaking.texRestaking Protocol for Lux Network Security Extension Restaking for extended security lux-market-nft.tex(NFT Market) NFT marketplace protocol
File Title Topic lux-governance-dao.texLux Governance: Unified DAO Framework for Multi-Ecosystem Coordination DAO governance framework lux-dao-governance-framework.tex(DAO Governance Framework) Extended governance specification lux-id-did-specification.tex(Lux ID DID Specification) Decentralized Identifier standard lux-id-iam.tex(Lux ID IAM) Identity and Access Management protocol
File Title Topic lux-economics.texAppchain Economics: Incentive Design for Application-Specific Chains Economic model for app chains lux-tokenomics.tex(Tokenomics) Token distribution and supply model lux-validator-economics.tex(Validator Economics) Validator reward and slashing mechanics
File Title Topic lux-data-availability.tex(Data Availability) DA layer design lux-state-sync.tex(State Sync) Fast state synchronization protocol lux-verkle-trees.tex(Verkle Trees) Verkle tree state commitments lux-fraud-proofs.tex(Fraud Proofs) Fraud proof system for rollups lux-evm-precompiles.tex(EVM Precompiles) Custom EVM precompiled contracts lux-oracle-infrastructure.tex(Oracle Infrastructure) Decentralized oracle design
File Title Topic lux-privacy-pool.tex(Privacy Pool) Privacy-preserving transaction pool lux-tee-computing-mesh.tex(TEE Computing Mesh) Trusted Execution Environment compute network
Located in ~/work/lux/papers/fhe/ with four sub-directories, each containing main.tex, main.pdf, and references.bib:
Directory Topic fhe/fhevm/FHE Virtual Machine -- encrypted smart contract execution fhe/fhecrdt/FHE CRDTs -- conflict-free replicated data types with homomorphic encryption fhe/voting/FHE Voting -- privacy-preserving on-chain voting fhe/ml-privacy/FHE ML Privacy -- machine learning with encrypted data
fhe/shared/ contains common LaTeX macros and BibTeX entries shared across all FHE papers.
File Purpose AUTHORSHIP_STANDARD.mdPaper authorship guidelines LUX_ID_SUMMARY.mdSummary of Lux ID specifications lux-dao-paper-summary.mdDAO governance paper summary LLM.mdAI assistant guidance for the repo
The papers span seven major research domains:
Consensus (4 papers): Snow family, FPC, quantum-secure consensus, Quasar dual-certificateCryptography (3 papers): Post-quantum signatures (ETHFALCON), threshold signatures, NTTCross-Chain (3 papers): ZK bridge, interchain transfers, warp messagingApp Chains (4 papers): A-Chain (TEE/AI), G-Chain (GraphQL), M-Chain (MPC), Z-Chain (ZK privacy)DeFi (6 papers): DEX, lending, liquid staking, perpetuals, restaking, NFT marketGovernance/Identity (4 papers): DAO framework, DID specification, IAMInfrastructure (8 papers): DA, state sync, verkle trees, fraud proofs, precompiles, oracles, privacy pools, TEE meshFHE (4 papers): FHEVM, CRDTs, voting, ML privacy
cd ~/work/lux/papers # Build a specific paper pdflatex lux-consensus.tex bibtex lux-consensus pdflatex lux-consensus.tex pdflatex lux-consensus.tex # Build FHE papers cd fhe/fhevm pdflatex main.tex bibtex main pdflatex main.tex pdflatex main.tex # Build all FHE papers cd fhe && make
Post-quantum readiness : Multiple papers address quantum resistance (ETHFALCON, Quasar, universal threshold sigs, quantum consensus)Multi-chain architecture : Papers define how subnets/L2s interact (warp messaging, interchain transfers, bridge)Application-specific chains : Dedicated chain designs for specific workloads (AI compute, MPC custody, privacy, GraphQL)Privacy : Z-Chain ZK proofs, privacy pools, FHE for computation privacyEconomic sustainability : Tokenomics, validator economics, appchain incentive design
Repo Purpose github.com/luxfi/nodeNode implementation of consensus protocols github.com/luxfi/evmEVM execution engine (precompiles paper) github.com/luxfi/bridgeBridge implementation (bridge paper) github.com/luxfi/cryptoCryptographic library (ETHFALCON, threshold sigs) github.com/luxfi/docsDocumentation referencing these papers