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On the Security and Performance of Proof of Work Blockchains

The paper builds a quantitative model of stale blocks, double-spends and selfish mining across proof-of-work parameters.

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Authors: Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun
Date: 2016
Publisher: Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun
Version: Source cited by the 2016 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0128
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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The paper builds a quantitative model of stale blocks, double-spends and selfish mining across proof-of-work parameters.

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Canonical readingProof-of-work security study
Related paperBitcoin Backbone
Related paperSelfish Mining

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Gervais, A., Karame, G. O., Wüst, K., Glykantzis, V., Ritzdorf, H., & Capkun, S. (2016). On the Security and Performance of Proof of Work Blockchains. Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun. https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/555

BibTeX

@techreport{powmeasurement2016,
  title = {On the Security and Performance of Proof of Work Blockchains},
  author = {Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun},
  year = {2016},
  institution = {Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/555},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/pow-measurement}
}

RIS

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AU  - Hubert Ritzdorf
AU  - Srdjan Capkun
PY  - 2016
PB  - Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame, Karl Wüst, Vasileios Glykantzis, Hubert Ritzdorf and Srdjan Capkun
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/555
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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