Misbehavior Detection on Blockchain Data

The prevalence of misbehaviors has resulted in considerable financial loss and thus has undermined public reputation of cryptocurrency, leading to hindrance to the progress of blockchain technology. To attack on this problem, this chapter discussed about several types of misbehaviors on blockchain and data mining as an approach for identification of misbehavior on blockchain. Two practical data mining models aiming at detecting Ponzi schemes and phishing scams on Ethereum are proposed and detailed evaluations are conducted.