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Hashpower allocation in Pay-per-Share blockchain mining pools
Pierre-Olivier Goffard, Hansjoerg Albrecher, Jean-Pierre Fouque
Mining blocks in a blockchain using the \textit{Proof-of-Work} consensus protocol involves significant risk, as network participants face continuous operational costs while earning…
Collaborative and parametric insurance on the Ethereum blockchain
Pierre-Olivier Goffard, Stéphane Loisel
This paper introduces a blockchain-based insurance scheme that integrates parametric and collaborative elements. A pool of investors, referred to as surplus providers, locks funds…
Blockchain mining in pools: Analyzing the trade-off between profitability and ruin
Hansjoerg Albrecher, Dina Finger, Pierre-Olivier Goffard
The resource-consuming mining of blocks on a blockchain equipped with a proof of work consensus protocol bears the risk of ruin, namely when the operational costs for the mining ex…
On the profitability of selfish blockchain mining under consideration of ruin
Hansjoerg Albrecher, Pierre-Olivier Goffard
Mining blocks on a blockchain equipped with a proof of work consensus protocol is well-known to be resource-consuming. A miner bears the operational cost, mainly electricity consum…