Understanding Ethereum via Graph Analysis

@article{Chen2018UnderstandingEV,
  title={Understanding Ethereum via Graph Analysis},
  author={Ting Chen and Yuxiao Zhu and Zihao Li and Jiachi Chen and Xiaoqi Li and Xiapu Luo and Xiaodong Lin and Xiaosong Zhang},
  journal={IEEE INFOCOM 2018 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications},
  year={2018},
  pages={1484-1492}
}
Being the largest blockchain with the capability of running smart contracts, Ethereum has attracted wide attention and its market capitalization has reached 20 billion USD. [] Key Method We design a new approach to collect all transaction data, construct three graphs from the data to characterize major activities, and discover new observations and insights from these graphs. Moreover, we propose new approaches based on cross-graph analysis to address two security issues in Ethereum. The evaluation through…
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