A survey of distributed consensus protocols for blockchain networks

Y **ao, N Zhang, W Lou, YT Hou - … Communications Surveys & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the inception of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the underlying blockchain technology
have attracted an increasing interest from both academia and industry. Among various core …

A survey on ethereum systems security: Vulnerabilities, attacks, and defenses

H Chen, M Pendleton, L Njilla, S Xu - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2020 - dl.acm.org
Blockchain technology is believed by many to be a game changer in many application
domains. While the first generation of blockchain technology (ie, Blockchain 1.0) is almost …

Blockchain for IoT-based smart cities: Recent advances, requirements, and future challenges

U Majeed, LU Khan, I Yaqoob, SMA Kazmi… - Journal of Network and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A remarkable interest in the Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart cities from both academia
and industry has been observed in recent years. Smart cities can offer various smart …

Exploring the attack surface of blockchain: A comprehensive survey

M Saad, J Spaulding, L Njilla… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we systematically explore the attack surface of the Blockchain technology, with
an emphasis on public Blockchains. Towards this goal, we attribute attack viability in the …

Ouroboros genesis: Composable proof-of-stake blockchains with dynamic availability

C Badertscher, P Gaži, A Kiayias, A Russell… - Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
We present a novel Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol, Ouroboros Genesis, that enables parties
to safely join (or rejoin) the protocol execution using only the genesis block information. Prior …

Sok: Communication across distributed ledgers

A Zamyatin, M Al-Bassam, D Zindros… - … Cryptography and Data …, 2021 - Springer
Since the inception of Bitcoin, a plethora of distributed ledgers differing in design and
purpose has been created. While by design, blockchains provide no means to securely …

Exploring the attack surface of blockchain: A systematic overview

M Saad, J Spaulding, L Njilla, C Kamhoua… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we systematically explore the attack surface of the Blockchain technology, with
an emphasis on public Blockchains. Towards this goal, we attribute attack viability in the …

[HTML][HTML] Taxonomy of centralization in public blockchain systems: A systematic literature review

AR Sai, J Buckley, B Fitzgerald, A Le Gear - Information Processing & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bitcoin introduced delegation of control over a monetary system from a select few to all who
participate in that system. This delegation is known as the decentralization of controlling …

A survey on long-range attacks for proof of stake protocols

E Deirmentzoglou, G Papakyriakopoulos… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite common arguments about the prevalence of blockchain technology, in terms of
security, privacy, and immutability, in reality, several attacks can be launched against them …

A taxonomy study on securing Blockchain-based Industrial applications: An overview, application perspectives, requirements, attacks, countermeasures, and open …

K Hameed, M Barika, S Garg, MB Amin… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blockchain technology has taken on a leading position in today's industrial applications by
providing salient features and showing significant performance since its beginning …