Mingfei Zhang

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Cybersecurity at the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Shandong University, where I also received my undergraduate degree. I am jointly advised by Prof. Xiaoyun Wang and Prof. Sisi Duan. My interests are Blockchain, Consensus, and Incentive Mechanisms.

Publications

2026

A Liveness Attack to Ethereum PoS with No Additional Cost

Mingfei Zhang, Rujia Li, Xueqian Lu, and Sisi Duan

S&P 2026

Risk-free Selfish Mining in Hybrid Predictability Model. A Case Study on Polkadot's NPoS

Mingfei Zhang, Rujia Li, Xinyu Lei and Sisi Duan

WWW 2026

BunnyFinder: Finding Incentive Flaws for Ethereum Consensus

Rujia Li, Mingfei Zhang, Xueqian Lu, Wenbo Xu, Ying Yan, Sisi Duan

NDSS 2026

2025

Available Attestation: Towards a Reorg-Resilient Solution for Ethereum Proof-of-Stake

Mingfei Zhang, Rujia Li, Xueqian Lu, and Sisi Duan.

USENIX Security 2025

The proposal now is one of headliner EIPs for Ethereum Glamsterdam upgrade.

2024

Vision Paper: Do We Need Standardization of Blockchain Consensus?

Zhaoxin Yang, Xiao Sui, Mingfei Zhang, Rujia Li, Sisi Duan.

SSR 2024

Max Attestation Matters: Making Honest Parties Lose Their Incentives in Ethereum PoS

Mingfei Zhang, Rujia Li, and Sisi Duan.

USENIX Security 2024