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A Survey on Security Threats and Solutions of Bitcoin
Le Lai1,*,Tongqing Zhou1, Zhiping Cai1, Zhiyao Liang2, Hao Bai1
1 National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
2 Macau University of Science and Technology, 999078, Macau
* Corresponding Author: Le Lai. Email:
Journal of Cyber Security 2021, 3(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.32604/jcs.2021.016349
Received 30 December 2020; Accepted 11 January 2021; Issue published 30 April 2021
Abstract
Bitcoin is known as the first decentralized digital currency around the
world. It uses blockchain technology to store transaction data in a distributed
public ledger, is a distributed ledger that removes third-party trust institutions.
Since its invention, bitcoin has achieved great success, has a market value of
about $200 billion. However, while bitcoin has brought a wide and far-reaching
impact in the financial field, it has also exposed some security problems, such as
selfish mining attacks, Sybil attack, eclipse attacks, routing attacks, EREBUS
attacks, and so on. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of various attack
scenarios that the bitcoin network may be subjected to, and the methods used to
implement the attacks, and reviews the solutions and countermeasures proposed
against these attacks. Finally, we summarized other security challenges and
proposed further optimizations for the security of the bitcoin network.
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Cite This Article
L. Lai, T. Zhou, Z. Cai, Z. Liang and H. Bai, "A survey on security threats and solutions of bitcoin,"
Journal of Cyber Security, vol. 3, no.1, pp. 29–44, 2021. https://doi.org/10.32604/jcs.2021.016349