Embedded Blockchain Infrastructure Management (eBIM): A RISC-V-Empowered Hardware--Software Co-Design Framework Towards Trustworthy Blockchain

arXiv:2607.07625v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Blockchain systems are shifting from decentralized ledgers for digital assets to general-purpose trust infrastructures for verifiable computation, decentralized physical resources, and automated infrastructure management. However, deploying these systems through third-party Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offerings may introduce dependencies involving operational control, confidentiality, and infrastructure governance. Meanwhile, blockchain execution and verification impose demanding requirements on cryptographic processing, isolation, and reproducibility. RISC-V offers an open, extensible instruction set architecture that enables co-design of software execution environments and domain-specific security hardware.