数字通信与网络(英文)2024,Vol.10Issue(4) :973-988.DOI:10.1016/j.dcan.2022.11.014

Game theory attack pricing for mining pools in blockchain-based IoT

Yourong Chen Hao Chen Zhenyu Xiong Banteng Liu Zhangquan Wang Meng Han
数字通信与网络(英文)2024,Vol.10Issue(4) :973-988.DOI:10.1016/j.dcan.2022.11.014

Game theory attack pricing for mining pools in blockchain-based IoT

Yourong Chen 1Hao Chen 2Zhenyu Xiong 3Banteng Liu 1Zhangquan Wang 1Meng Han4
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作者信息

  • 1. College of Information Science and Technology,Zhejiang Shuren University,Hangzhou 310015,China
  • 2. College of Electronics and Information,Hangzhou Dianzi University,Hangzhou 310018,China
  • 3. Viterbi School of Engineering,University of Southern California,Los Angeles,90089,USA
  • 4. Binjiang Institute of Zhejiang University,Hangzhou,310053,China;Zhejiang Juntong Intelligence Co.Ltd,Hangzhou,310053,China;Zhejiang University,Hangzhou,310027,China
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Abstract

The malicious mining pool can sacrifice part of its revenue to employ the computing power of blockchain network.The employed computing power carries out the pool mining attacks on the attacked mining pool.To realize the win-win game between the malicious mining pool and the employee,the paper proposes an Employment Attack Pricing Algorithm(EAPA)of mining pools in blockchain based on game theory.In the EAPA,the paper uses mathematical formulas to express the revenue of malicious mining pools under the employment attack,the revenue increment of malicious mining pools,and the revenue of the employee.It establishes a game model between the malicious mining pool and the employee under the employment attack.Then,the paper proposes an optimal computing power price selection strategy of employment attack based on model derivation.In the strategy,the malicious mining pool analyzes the conditions for the employment attack,and uses the de-rivative method to find the optimal utilization value of computing power,employees analyze the conditions for accepting employment,and use the derivative method to find the optimal reward value of computing power.Finally,the strategy finds the optimal employment computing power price to realize Nash equilibrium between the malicious mining pool and the employee under the current computing power allocation.The simulation re-sults show that the EAPA could find the employment computing power price that realizes the win-win game between the malicious mining pool and the employee.The EAPA also maximizes the unit computing power revenue of employment and the unit computing power revenue of honest mining in malicious mining pool at the same time.The EAPA outperforms the state-of-the-art methods such as SPSUCP,DPSACP,and FPSUCP.

Key words

Game theory/Blockchain/PoW/Mining pool/Employment attack

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出版年

2024
数字通信与网络(英文)

数字通信与网络(英文)

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