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Heterogeneous Preferential Attachment in Key Ethereum-Based Cryptoassets
In this study, we analyse the aggregated transaction networks of Ether (the native cryptocurrency in Ethereum) and the three most market-capitalised ERC-20 tokens in this platform at the time of writing: Binance, USDT, and Chainlink.
Francesco Maria De Collibus+5 more
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Reward Distribution in Proof-of-Stake Protocols: A Trade-Off Between Inclusion and Fairness
Proof-of-Stake (PoS) variants provide an energy-efficient alternative to Proof-of-Work (PoW). However, it is not clear whether practical PoS implementations are fair with respect to wealth, stake, and reward distribution.
Sheng-Nan Li+2 more
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In this paper, we use the methods of networks science to analyse the transaction networks of tokens running on the Ethereum blockchain. We start with a deep dive on four of them: Ampleforth (AMP), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Dai (DAI) and Uniswap (UNI).
Francesco Maria De Collibus+3 more
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Approaches to Regulating E-Money Market in the Eurasian Economic Community: Comparative Analysis [PDF]
The goal of this paper is to identify relevant (general and particular) elements of electronic money regulation in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia.
Victor L. Dostov+3 more
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The Blockchain Oracle Problem in Decentralized Finance—A Multivocal Approach
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) takes the promise of blockchain a step further and aims to transform traditional financial products into trustless and transparent protocols that run without involving intermediaries. Similar to how 2017 was the year of ICOs,
Giulio Caldarelli, Joshua Ellul
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Trusted Academic Transcripts on the Blockchain: A Systematic Literature Review
Much of the excitement around blockchain is mainly due to promising applications in the financial sector. However, many also believe in the technology’s potential to disrupt non-financial sectors and applications, including supply chains, energy, e ...
Giulio Caldarelli, Joshua Ellul
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MT $$^2$$ 2 AD: multi-layer temporal transaction anomaly detection in ethereum networks with GNN
In recent years, a surge of criminal activities with cross-cryptocurrency trades have emerged in Ethereum, the second-largest public blockchain platform. Most of the existing anomaly detection methods utilize the traditional machine learning with feature
Beibei Han+4 more
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Stochastic Modelling of Selfish Mining in Proof-of-Work Protocols
In blockchain-based systems whose consensus mechanisms resort to Proof-of-Work (PoW), it is expected that a miner’s share of total block revenue is proportional to their share of hashing power with respect to the rest of the network.
Caspar Schwarz-Schilling+2 more
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Disorder unleashes panic in bitcoin dynamics
The behaviour of Bitcoin owners is reflected in the structure and the number of bitcoin transactions encoded in the Blockchain. Likewise, the behaviour of Bitcoin traders is reflected in the formation of bullish and bearish trends in the crypto market ...
Marco Alberto Javarone+5 more
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Consensus formation on heterogeneous networks
Reaching consensus—a macroscopic state where the system constituents display the same microscopic state—is a necessity in multiple complex socio-technical and techno-economic systems: their correct functioning ultimately depends on it.
Edoardo Fadda+3 more
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