In a significant development for blockchain technology, Circle Research and Stanford’s Applied Cryptography Group have unveiled two groundbreaking open-source projects. These initiatives aim to address the persistent challenges of on-chain theft and the limitations of current blockchain-based financial systems.The CEO of Circle, Jeremy Allaire, announced the launch of these projects, emphasizing their potential to revolutionize the security and versatility of blockchain transactions. The announcement highlights the alarming amount of money lost to illicit theft and attacks on blockchain platforms, reaching nearly $10 billion from 2021 to 2023.The first project introduced is the Recoverable Token standard, which proposes a mechanism for revoking transfers through various configurations. This standard can be adapted for commerce and decentralized finance scenarios, and Circle provides detailed information about it on their blog, as well as in a whitepaper and GitHub repository.In parallel, Circle and Stanford presented a model for “R-Pools” at a recent conference. R-Pools serve as an insurance and liquidity solution for Recoverable Tokens, allowing token holders to redeem through an insurance pool.The announcement emphasizes the importance of addressing security risks in blockchain transactions. While traditional card network transactions offer reversibility and fraud protection, these features were previously missing in blockchain transactions. Circle believes that the open and programmable nature of digital currencies on blockchain networks will foster solutions to these issues, extending beyond retail payments.With the launch of these open-source projects, Circle anticipates a surge in the development of safer and more reliable on-chain financial products and services on a global scale. However, the crypto community has offered mixed reactions to these products, with some arguing that the incapacity to reverse transactions is a key feature of the asset class rather than something that requires fixing.

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Companies	Stripe, Stanford’s Applied Cryptography Group, Circle Research, ACM-CCS conference
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