Use when targeting Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for financial security.
SkillScore100Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/2/2026
What it changes
Passed 23 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 23 without it.
Without skill26%
With skill100%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The [Fit] field specifies High or Medium.
The fit rating under [Fit] indicates Low.
The fit rating under [Fit] indicates High.
and 23 more in the full report
17 fixed6 passed either way0 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+74 pp
Tokens
+55%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-32%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v123 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 17 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 17
Prompt
We trained a deep learning model to detect TCP SYN flood attacks on corporate enterprise firewalls with zero financial system or payment ledger context. Assess fit for FC and suggest re-routing using bracketed response format.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The fit rating under [Fit] indicates Low.
Missed
Passed
The [Re-route suggestion] field suggests a general network security venue like AsiaCCS, ACM CCS, USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, or NDSS.
Missed
Passed
case-17 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/2/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md105 linessingle file
Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC)
Conference positioning
Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC) is a top computer-science conference venue for financial cryptography, blockchain, digital assets, payment systems, economics, and security. It rewards a financial-security paper with technical mechanism and economic or operational context. Treat this skill as a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool for conference submission strategy, not as a substitute for the current year's CFP, author kit, ethics policy, or submission portal.
Because CS conferences change deadlines, templates, page limits, review workflow, artifact rules, AI-use policy, and rebuttal formats every cycle, always verify the live official instructions before making a submission-ready recommendation. Start from the official source anchor recorded for this venue in ../../resources/conference-roster.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md.
When to trigger
The author names FC / Financial Cryptography and Data Security as the target venue.
A manuscript in financial cryptography needs a conference-fit read before being formatted or submitted.
The paper must be re-framed from journal style or arXiv style into a selective CS conference narrative.
The author needs an evidence-gap, anonymity, artifact, rebuttal, or re-routing diagnosis for this venue.
Scope & topic fit
Core fit: financial cryptography, blockchain, digital assets, payment systems, economics, and security.
Best submissions make a precise contribution type visible: algorithm, theorem, system, dataset, benchmark, empirical finding, design artifact, tool, or socio-technical analysis.
The paper should explain why the result matters to FC's reviewers, not just why it is interesting to the authors' lab or product context.
Position related work against the most recent conference-cycle papers in this venue and its closest siblings; stale comparisons are a common early-review weakness.
If the contribution is interdisciplinary, state which part is CS research and which part is domain evidence.
Venue-specific calibration
Reviewer lens: Treat FC as a financial security venue whose reviewers expect the scope and evidence to match its own community. Do not submit a generic CS paper until the introduction names the exact subcommunity, contribution type, and proof or empirical standard.
Contribution hook to foreground: the venue-specific contribution bar.
Scope vocabulary to use naturally in the abstract and introduction: financial cryptography, blockchain, digital assets, payment systems, economics, and security.
Official anchor domain: fc26.ifca.ai. Quote annual rules only after opening that source and the current-year CFP/author kit.
Close-neighbor routing guardrail
Route to FC when the security contribution is financial cryptography, blockchain, payment
systems, digital assets, financial privacy, or market/security intersections.
Compare CHES for crypto hardware, PETS for privacy, CCS/S&P/USENIX for broad security, and
economics/finance venues when the contribution is empirical finance.
What distinguishes this venue from its closest siblings
Use when targeting Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for applied security.