A rational protocol treatment of 51\% attacks

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-84252-9_1MaRDI QIDQ2128984zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christian Badertscher, Yun Lu, Vassilis Zikas

Publication date 22 April 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84252-9_1

zbMATH Keywords

cryptocurrenciesblockchain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroeconomic theory (monetary models, models of taxation) (91B64) Cryptography (94A60)

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