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The Problem of Node Records Forgery in Ethereum Network

  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Peng Cheng Laboratory
  • Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Security Intelligence Technologies

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Abstract

Ethereum is currently the most widely used smart contract platform. The security of tens of thousands of smart contracts depends on the security of Ethereum itself. The underlying peer-to-peer network provides a reliable node connection mechanism, while efficient data sharing protocol is the premise of Blockchain network security. In this paper, we use the simulation technology to implement an Ethereum network detector named NodeHunter. It can collect all node records in the network and the connection relationship between nodes. Based on connection information between nodes, it can obtain more comprehensive data to analyze the network status than previous detection methods. During a quarter of continuous monitoring of the Ethereum network, we have obtained a total of more than 2 million node records and more than 100 million node acquaintances. By analyzing the collected data, we found that more than 49% of the node records are maliciously forged.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational and Experimental Simulations in Engineering - Proceedings of ICCES 2023—Volume 3
EditorsShaofan Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages931-942
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031449468
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event29th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, ICCES 2023 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 26 May 202329 May 2023

Publication series

NameMechanisms and Machine Science
Volume146
ISSN (Print)2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)2211-0992

Conference

Conference29th International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, ICCES 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period26/05/2329/05/23

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Ethereum
  • Malicious behavior
  • Node discovery protocol
  • Peer-to-Peer networks

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