3 papers
cs.GT2022
Decentralisation Conscious Players And System Reliability
Sarah Azouvi, Alexander Hicks
We propose a game-theoretic model of the reliability of decentralised systems based on Varian's model of system reliability, to which we add a new normalised total effort case that…
cs.CR2019
SoK: Tools for Game Theoretic Models of Security for Cryptocurrencies
Sarah Azouvi, Alexander Hicks
Cryptocurrencies have garnered much attention in recent years, both from the academic community and industry. One interesting aspect of cryptocurrencies is their explicit considera…
cs.CR2019
Incentivising Privacy in Cryptocurrencies
Sarah Azouvi, Haaroon Yousaf, Alexander Hicks
Privacy was one of the key points mentioned in Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper, and one of the selling points of Bitcoin in its early stages. In hindsight, however, de-anonymising Bi…