Ponziguard: Detecting ponzi schemes on ethereum with contract runtime behavior graph (crbg)

R Liang, J Chen, K He, Y Wu, G Deng, R Du… - Proceedings of the 46th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Ponzi schemes, a form of scam, have been discovered in Ethereum smart contracts in recent
years, causing massive financial losses. Rule-based detection approaches rely on pre …

Towards effective detection of ponzi schemes on ethereum with contract runtime behavior graph

R Liang, J Chen, C Wu, K He, Y Wu, W Sun… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Ponzi schemes, a form of scam, have been discovered in Ethereum smart contracts in recent
years, causing massive financial losses. Existing detection methods primarily focus on rule …

Semantic sleuth: Identifying ponzi contracts via large language models

C Wu, J Chen, Z Wang, R Liang, R Du - Proceedings of the 39th IEEE …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Smart contracts, self-executing agreements directly encoded in code, are fundamental to
blockchain technology, especially in decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3. However, the …

TokenScout: Early Detection of Ethereum Scam Tokens via Temporal Graph Learning

C Wu, J Chen, Z Zhao, K He, G Xu, Y Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Decentralized finance has experienced phenomenal growth, revolutionizing the landscape
of financial transactions and asset management via blockchain. Yet, this swift growth brings …

Pulling off the mask: Forensic analysis of the deceptive creator wallets behind smart contract fraud

M Yao, R Zhang, H Xu, SH Chou… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Criminals, using crypto wallets referred to as Deceptive Creator Wallets (DCWs), have
orchestrated fraudulent activities by luring victims to transfer funds to fraud smart contracts …

Ponzi scheme detection in smart contract via transaction semantic representation learning

J Cai, B Li, J Zhang, X Sun - IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Ponzi scheme implemented through smart contracts is one of the most common scams
on the blockchain platform. Although various learning-based Ponzi smart contract detection …

CTRF: Ethereum‐based ponzi contract identification

X He, T Yang, L Chen - Security and Communication Networks, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, blockchain technology has been develo** rapidly. More and more
traditional industries are using blockchain as a platform for information storage and financial …

EtherShield: Time-interval Analysis for Detection of Malicious Behavior on Ethereum

B Pan, N Stakhanova, Z Zhu - ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Advances in blockchain technology have attracted significant attention across the world. The
practical blockchain applications emerging in various domains, ranging from finance …

Code will tell: Visual identification of ponzi schemes on ethereum

X Wen, KS Yeo, Y Wang, L Cheng, F Zhu… - Extended Abstracts of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Ethereum has become a popular blockchain with smart contracts for investors nowadays.
Due to the decentralization and anonymity of Ethereum, Ponzi schemes have been easily …

Ponzifinder: Attention-based edge-enhanced ponzi contract detection

Y Chen, B Li, Y **ao, X Du - IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ponzi contracts are fraudulent investment scams that promise high returns with little risk to
investors. However, existing methods for detecting Ponzi contracts have several limitations …