01 / The association
Founded in France on 26 April 2026, AFBS is a non-profit association under the French loi 1901, open to researchers, engineers and practitioners who share a simple idea: the security of blockchains and wallets deserves independent, published and verifiable research.
Our purpose
A broad purpose — blockchain and its security — but precise commitments on the way we work.
AFBS’s purpose is to advance knowledge and security in blockchain technologies, crypto-assets and wallets, in the public interest and without seeking profit. In practice:
Statuts: these missions are set out in the founding statuts adopted on 26 April 2026. The adopted text and the declaration receipt will be published on this page.
Scope
What we do — and what we refuse to do — is part of our method.
Values
No conclusion is for sale. No funding conditions a result.
Reproduce, document, review. An intuition is not a finding.
Methods and knowledge shared. Security is better built together.
Protecting people before serving a reputation or a market.
Governance
The association is administered by a sovereign general meeting and an elected board. The executive committee carries out decisions day to day. Terms of office are limited and conflicts of interest are declared.
Coming soon: the full statuts, the internal rules and the minutes of the founding general meeting of 26 April 2026 will be published after declaration with the préfecture.
It approves the statuts, the accounts, the budget and the strategic directions. Every active member has one vote.
Elected by the general meeting, it sets strategy, oversees delivery and safeguards the independence charter.
Chair, treasurer and secretary handle day-to-day management and report to the board.
Founding group
Two founding seats remain open. Names will be announced once the individuals concerned have agreed, before the declaration with the préfecture.
Founder · Research & security
As the originator of the project, Yang Yuhui directs work on wallet vulnerabilities, random number generators and hardware wallets, and coordinates the research programmes as well as relations with researchers. His work includes the reception and analysis of beacon and time-signal stations from several countries, most recently NTSC at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with complete reports. Independent work.
Appointment in progress
Profile sought: a researcher or engineer working on protocols, applied cryptography or cross-chain bridges. Experience of publishing or of responsible disclosure is valued.
Appointment in progress
Profile sought: a hardware engineer or RF/EM specialist, comfortable with microcontrollers, secure elements, near-field probes and firmware analysis. The role covers the RNG/RF laboratory and the quality of evidence.
Do you recognise yourself in these profiles? Write to contact@frblockchain.icu with a short introduction and, if possible, a reference to your work. No commitment is required before the declaration with the préfecture.
Timeline
An indicative timeline, deliberately tight. The legal steps depend on administrative processing times and on the availability of the founding members.
Founding general meeting, adoption of the statuts and election of the executive committee.
CompletedOpening of expressions of interest and consolidation of the research programmes.
Under wayFiling of the dossier, declaration receipt and RNA. Official opening of memberships.
ForthcomingPublication of the first work, launch of the RNG-SCOPE and RF-WALLET programmes, and opening of the working groups.
To be builtPublic monitoring of vulnerabilities, fixes and wallet security practices.
Long-term goalTransparency
The founding texts and general meeting decisions will be published after declaration, in a legible, dated version.
The accounts will be presented each year at the general meeting and published in summary form.
Every board member and every engagement lead will declare their links of interest. A register will be kept.
Frequently asked questions
A question that is not answered here? Write to us; we will reply and add it to this page.
AFBS was founded on 26 April 2026, but its declaration with the préfecture has not yet been filed. The site presents its activities and allows you to express interest; no definitive membership and no payment is requested before the declaration.
Researchers, engineers, lawyers, students, journalists and anyone who shares the association’s purpose, with no condition of nationality or residence. Active members contribute to the work; supporting members provide financial or material support.
The planned model rests on membership fees, grants, patronage and audit engagements. All funding will be governed by the independence charter: no contributor may condition a conclusion or a research area.
The two seats are open. The profiles are defined (research & protocols; hardware, RNG & RF) and names will be announced once the individuals concerned have agreed. We prefer to publish confirmed names rather than premature announcements.
Yes, subject to compatibility with the purpose and the independence charter. Write to contact@frblockchain.icu specifying the nature of the partnership, the timeline and what you expect from the association. Funding conditional on a result is refused.
