A Survey on Security Threats and Solutions of Bitcoin
Le Lai1,*,Tongqing Zhou1, Zhiping Cai1, Zhiyao Liang2, Hao Bai1
Journal of Cyber Security, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 29-44, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jcs.2021.016349
- 30 April 2021
Abstract Bitcoin is known as the first decentralized digital currency around the
world. It uses blockchain technology to store transaction data in a distributed
public ledger, is a distributed ledger that removes third-party trust institutions.
Since its invention, bitcoin has achieved great success, has a market value of
about $200 billion. However, while bitcoin has brought a wide and far-reaching
impact in the financial field, it has also exposed some security problems, such as
selfish mining attacks, Sybil attack, eclipse attacks, routing attacks, EREBUS
attacks, and so on. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of various More >