Quantitative Description of Internal Activity on the Ethereum Public Blockchain

Andra Anoaica (1) , Hugo Levard (2, 1)

1 IRT SystemX
2 IRDEP - Institut de Recherche et Développement sur l'Energie Photovoltaïque

One of the most popular platform based on blockchain technology is Ethereum. Internal activity on this public blockchain is analyzed both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. In a first part, it is shown that the creation of the Ethereum Alliance consortium has been a game changer in the use of the technology. In a second part, the network robustness against attacks is investigated from a graph point of view, as well as the distribution of internal activity among users. Addresses of great influence were identified, and allowed to formulate conjectures on the current usage of this technology.

Mots clés: Blockchain; Ethereum; cryptocurrency; smart contract; graph analysis

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Andra Anoaica, Hugo Levard. Quantitative Description of Internal Activity on the Ethereum Public Blockchain. IFIP NTMS International Workshop on Blockchains and Smart Contracts (BSC), Feb 2018, Paris, France. ⟨hal-01760780⟩