Document Type

MS Project Report

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

Publication Date

2020-05-04

Embargo Period

5-4-2020

Abstract

Decentralization is widely recognized as the property and one of most important advantage of blockchain over legacy systems. However, decentralization is often discussed on the consensus layer and recent research shows the trend of centralization on several subsystem of blockchain. In this project, we measured centralization of Bitcoin and Ethereum on source code, development eco-system, and network node levels. We found that the programming language of project is highly centralized, code clone is very common inside Bitcoin and Ethereum community, and developer contribution distribution is highly centralized. We further discuss how could these centralizations lead to security issues in blockchain. Our work can also provide some empirical background for future security analysis on blockchain systems.

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