Blockchain offers immutability, transparency, and security in a decentralised way for many
applications, including finance, supply chain, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Due to its …

Consensus protocols stand behind the success of blockchain technology. This is because
parties that distrust each other can make secure transactions without the oversight of a …

The growth of the blockchain-based cryptocurrencies has attracted a lot of attention from a
variety of fields, especially in academic research. One of them is Bitcoin, the most popular …

In this paper, we focus on mining attacks targeting the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus
mechanism in blockchain-based systems. Specifically, we model mining as a game and …

ABSTRACT Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to improve our lifestyle in a noticeable way.
However, although the IoT holds a lot of chances, it contains a lot of serious risks. This leads …

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are heavily dependent on private user data.
However, most ITS fails to harness the potential of this invaluable data due to the absence of …

We explored mined block temporarily holding (MBTH), MBTH with enforce fork (MBTH-EF),
and intermittent MBTH-EF (iMBTH-EF) attacks to understand the effect of selfish mining on …

A systematic literature review on the determinants of cryptocurrency pricing | Emerald Insight
Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced …

Bitcoin payments require a random amount of time to get confirmed (ie to be grouped by the
miners into a block and to be added to the Bitcoin blockchain). In [8, 11], the authors propose …

Purpose This paper aims to analyse COVID-19 indices and blockchain features on Bitcoin
and Ethereum returns, respectively. The authors focus on the most used and owned …