3 papers
econ.TH2025
SPARC: Staking Performance And Reward Coopetition
Michael D. Norman, Simon Brown, Mallesh Pai +1
This paper presents a novel staking coopetition design aimed at incentivizing decentralization and continuous growth of economic security within a proof-of-stake system. Staking re…
physics.soc-ph2024
Exploring Correlation Patterns in the Ethereum Validator Network
Simon Brown, Leonardo Bautista-Gomez
There have been several studies into measuring the level of decentralization in Ethereum through applying various indices to indicate the relative dominance of entities in differen…
econ.TH2023
Measuring the Concentration of Control in Contemporary Ethereum
Simon Brown
Ethereum is undergoing significant changes to its architecture as it evolves. These changes include its switch to PoS consensus and the introduction of significant infrastructural…