Bribe & Fork: Cheap Bribing Attacks via Forking Threat
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| author | Avarikioti, Zeta Kędzior, Paweł Lizurej, Tomasz Michalak, Tomasz |
| author_facet | Avarikioti, Zeta Kędzior, Paweł Lizurej, Tomasz Michalak, Tomasz |
| contents | In this work, we reexamine the vulnerability of Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) to bribing attacks, where an adversary incentivizes blockchain miners to deliberately ignore a specific transaction to undermine the punishment mechanism of PCNs. While previous studies have posited a prohibitive cost for such attacks, we show that this cost may be dramatically reduced (to approximately \$125), thereby increasing the likelihood of these attacks. To this end, we introduce Bribe & Fork, a modified bribing attack that leverages the threat of a so-called feather fork which we analyze with a novel formal model for the mining game with forking. We empirically analyze historical data of some real-world blockchain implementations to evaluate the scale of this cost reduction. Our findings shed more light on the potential vulnerability of PCNs and highlight the need for robust solutions. |
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| spellingShingle | Bribe & Fork: Cheap Bribing Attacks via Forking Threat Avarikioti, Zeta Kędzior, Paweł Lizurej, Tomasz Michalak, Tomasz Cryptography and Security In this work, we reexamine the vulnerability of Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) to bribing attacks, where an adversary incentivizes blockchain miners to deliberately ignore a specific transaction to undermine the punishment mechanism of PCNs. While previous studies have posited a prohibitive cost for such attacks, we show that this cost may be dramatically reduced (to approximately \$125), thereby increasing the likelihood of these attacks. To this end, we introduce Bribe & Fork, a modified bribing attack that leverages the threat of a so-called feather fork which we analyze with a novel formal model for the mining game with forking. We empirically analyze historical data of some real-world blockchain implementations to evaluate the scale of this cost reduction. Our findings shed more light on the potential vulnerability of PCNs and highlight the need for robust solutions. |
| title | Bribe & Fork: Cheap Bribing Attacks via Forking Threat |
| topic | Cryptography and Security |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01363 |