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EthExplorer: A Tool for Forensic Analysis of the Ethereum Blockchain

verfasst von : Yuriy Marchenko, William J. Knottenbelt, Katinka Wolter

Erschienen in: Computer Performance Engineering

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper presents EthExplorer, a graph-based tool for analysing the Ethereum blockchain. EthExplorer has been designed for the assessment of Ethereum transactions, which represent diverse and complex activities in a large-scale distributed system. EthExplorer shows Ethereum addresses as nodes and transactions as directed arcs between addresses. The graph is annotated in several ways: arcs are scaled according to the amount of Ether they carry and the nodes are colour encoded to indicate types of addresses, such as exchanges, miners or mining pools. Ether transfer transactions and smart contracts are distinguished by line styles. EthExplorer can be used to trace the flow of Ether between addresses. For a given address all its output or input transactions with the corresponding receiver or sender addresses can be found. The set of considered addresses can be increased by adding selected addresses to the set of analysed addresses.

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Metadaten
Titel
EthExplorer: A Tool for Forensic Analysis of the Ethereum Blockchain
verfasst von
Yuriy Marchenko
William J. Knottenbelt
Katinka Wolter
Copyright-Jahr
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44411-2_7

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