Hi, my name is Bosul Mun. I’m currently pursuing a master’s degree in computer science at Seoul National University. My research interest is blockchain consensus, security and applied cryptography.
I love Ethereum—the world's biggest playground, Nintendo, Vocaloids.
(Under review) Impact of EIP-4844 on Ethereum: Consensus Security, Ethereum Usage, Rollup Transaction Dynamics, and Blob Gas Fee Markets
As a co-first author, analyzed the impact of EIP-4844 on consensus security.
First Place, Ethereum Data Challenge | $30,000
Conducted an analysis of Ethereum's EIP-4844 and its impact on consensus security, gas fees, and Ethereum utilization.
Master's Research Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) | $8,400
Awarded funding to conduct research on the Zero-Tunneling Middlebox
Zero-Tunneling Middlebox: Using a zero-knowledge proof and case-randomization to prevent DNS tunneling attacks.
Bronze Prize, ICT Mentoring Contest 2021
Awarded by the Korea Information and Communications Promotion Association (KICA)
Recognized for developing a walking-assistance robot for visually impaired individuals
[KOR] "Monolithic vs Modular - The Future of Blockchain Architecture" (Moderator)
[KOR] "Reflections on Running a Blockchain Paper Reading Group" (Speaker)
Ethereum PSE Core Contribution Program 2024
Participated in an 8-week study with the Privacy and Scaling Explorations (PSE) team at the Ethereum Foundation
Focused on basic zero-knowledge proofs by reviewing foundational papers such as Groth16 and PLONK.
Decipher (Blockchain academy at Seoul National University) 2023 - 2025
Dev/Edu Lead: Managed the recruitment and education of new members on foundational blockchain concepts.
PET-SecondBrain: Developed a wiki about Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PET) and the cryptographic primitives.
Ethereum Account Abstraction (ERC-4337) Implementation: Contributed to the implementation of ERC-4337 features such as key recovery, session keys, and bundler. Contributed to the development of a bundler using Rust.
Session Presentations: Delivered presentations on advanced blockchain topics such as encrypted mempools, shared sequencers, SUAVE, and LayerZero.
Coordinated various events, including a guest lecture by Gavin Wood and the Modular Harmony.
Introduction to Security and Blockchain (2025-1)
Algorithms (2024-2)
Computer programming (2024-1)
Practical Applications of Blockchain (2023-2, 2024-1, 2024-2)