2 papers
cs.CR2025
Bitcoin under Volatile Block Rewards: How Mempool Statistics Can Influence Bitcoin Mining
Roozbeh Sarenche, Alireza Aghabagherloo, Svetla Nikova +1
The security of Bitcoin protocols is deeply dependent on the incentives provided to miners, which come from a combination of block rewards and transaction fees. As Bitcoin experien…
cs.CR2025
Mining Power Destruction Attacks in the Presence of Petty-Compliant Mining Pools
Roozbeh Sarenche, Svetla Nikova, Bart Preneel
Bitcoin's security relies on its Proof-of-Work consensus, where miners solve puzzles to propose blocks. The puzzle's difficulty is set by the difficulty adjustment mechanism (DAM),…