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Bitcoin:APeer-to-PeerElectronicCashSystem

SatoshiNakamoto

satoshin@gmx.com

www.bitcoin.org

Abstract

Bitcoin:APeer-to-PeerElectronicCashSystem

SatoshiNakamoto

satoshin@gmx.com

www.bitcoin.org

1.Introduction

CommerceontheInternethascometorelyalmostexclusivelyonfinancialinstitutionsservingastrustedthirdpartiestoprocesselectronicpayments.Whilethesystemworkswellenoughformosttransactions,itstillsuffersfromtheinherentweaknessesofthetrustbasedmodel.Completelynon-reversibletransactionsarenotreallypossible,sincefinancialinstitutionscannotavoidmediatingdisputes.Thecostofmediationincreasestransactioncosts,limitingtheminimumpracticaltransactionsizeandcuttingoffthepossibilityforsmallcasualtransactions,andthereisabroadercostinthelossofabilitytomakenon-reversiblepaymentsfornonreversibleservices.Withthepossibilityofreversal,theneedfortrustspreads.Merchantsmustbewaryoftheircustomers,hasslingthemformoreinformationthantheywouldotherwiseneed.Acertainpercentageoffraudisacceptedasunavoidable.Thesecostsandpaymentuncertaintiescanbeavoidedinpersonbyusingphysicalcurrency,butnomechanismexiststomakepaymentsoveracommunicationschannelwithoutatrustedparty.

Whatisneededisanelectronicpaymentsystembasedoncryptographicproofinsteadoftrust,allowinganytwowillingpartiestotransactdirectlywitheachotherwithouttheneedforatrustedthirdparty.Transactionsthatarecomputationallyimpracticaltoreversewouldprotectsellersfromfraud,androutineescrowmechanismscouldeasilybeimplementedtoprotectbuyers.Inthispaper,weproposeasolutiontothedouble-spendingproblemusingapeer-to-peerdistributedtimestampservertogeneratecomputationalproofofthechronologicalorderoftransactions.ThesystemissecureaslongashonestnodescollectivelycontrolmoreCPUpowerthananycooperatinggroupofattackernodes.

2.Transactions

Wedefineanelectroniccoinasachainofdigitalsignatures.Eachownertransfersthecointothenextbydigitallysigningahashoftheprevioustransactionandthepublickeyofthenextownerandaddingthesetotheendofthecoin.Apayeecanverifythesignaturestoverifythechainofownership.

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Theproblemofcourseisthepayeecan'tverifythatoneoftheownersdidnotdouble-spendthecoin.Acommonsolutionistointroduceatrustedcentralauthority,ormint,thatcheckseverytransactionfordoublespending.Aftereachtransaction,thecoinmustbereturnedtotheminttoissueanewcoin,andonlycoinsissueddirectlyfromthemintaretrustednottobedouble-spent.Theproblemwiththissolutionisthatthefateoftheentiremoneysystemdependsonthecompanyrunningthemint,witheverytransactionhavingtogothroughthem,justlikeabank.

Weneedawayforthepayeetoknowthatthepreviousownersdidnotsignanyearliertransactions.Forourpurposes,theearliesttransactionistheonethatcounts,sowedon'tcareaboutlaterattemptstodouble-spend.Theonlywaytoconfirmtheabsenceofatransactionistobeawareofalltransactions.Inthemintbasedmodel,themintwasawareofalltransactionsanddecidedwhicharrivedfirst.Toaccomplishthiswithoutatrustedparty,transactionsmustbepubliclyannounced,andweneedasystemforparticipantstoagreeonasinglehistoryoftheorderinwhichtheywerereceived.Thepayeeneedsproofthatatthetimeofeachtransaction,themajorityofnodesagreeditwasthefirstreceived.

3.TimestampServer

Thesolutionweproposebeginswithatimestampserver.Atimestampserverworksbytakingahashofablockofitemstobetimestampedandwidelypublishingthehash,suchasinanewspaperorUsenetpost.Thetimestampprovesthatthedatamusthaveexistedatthetime,obviously,inordertogetintothehash.Eachtimestampincludestheprevioustimestampinitshash,formingachain,witheachadditionaltimestampreinforcingtheonesbeforeit.

4.Proof-of-Work

Toimplementadistributedtimestampserveronapeer-to-peerbasis,wewillneedtouseaproofof-worksystemsimilartoAdamBack'sHashcash,ratherthannewspaperorUsenetposts.Theproof-of-workinvolvesscanningforavaluethatwhenhashed,suchaswithSHA-256,thehashbeginswithanumberofzerobits.Theaverageworkrequiredisexponentialinthenumberofzerobitsrequiredandcanbeverifiedbyexecutingasinglehash.

Forourtimestampnetwork,weimplementtheproof-of-workbyincrementinganonceintheblockuntilavalueisfoundthatgivestheblock'shashtherequiredzerobits.OncetheCPUefforthasbeenexpendedtomakeitsatisfytheproof-of-work,theblockcannotbechangedwithoutredoingthework.Aslaterblocksarechainedafterit,theworktochangetheblockwouldincluderedoingalltheblocksafterit.

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Theproof-of-workalsosolvestheproblemofdeterminingrepresentationinmajoritydecisionmaking.Ifthemajoritywerebasedonone-IP-address-one-vote,itcouldbesubvertedbyanyoneabletoallocatemanyIPs.Proof-of-workisessentiallyone-CPU-one-vote.Themajoritydecisionisrepresentedbythelongestchain,whichhasthegreatestproofof-workeffortinvestedinit.IfamajorityofCPUpoweriscontrolledbyhonestnodes,thehonestchainwillgrowthefastestandoutpaceanycompetingchains.Tomodifyapastblock,anattackerwouldhavetoredotheproof-ofworkoftheblockandallblocksafteritandthencatchupwithandsurpasstheworkofthehonestnodes.Wewillshowlaterthattheprobabilityofaslowerattackercatchingupdiminishesexponentiallyassubsequentblocksareadded.

Tocompensateforincreasinghardwarespeedandvaryinginterestinrunningnodesovertime,theproof-of-workdifficultyisdeterminedbyamovingaveragetargetinganaveragenumberofblocksperhour.Ifthey'regeneratedtoofast,thedifficultyincreases.

5.Network

Thestepstorunthenetworkareasfollows:

1)Newtransactionsarebroadcasttoallnodes.

2)Eachnodecollectsnewtransactionsintoablock.

3)Eachnodeworksonfindingadifficultproof-of-workforitsblock.

4)Whenanodefindsaproof-of-work,itbroadcaststheblocktoallnodes.

5)Nodesaccepttheblockonlyifalltransactionsinitarevalidandnotalreadyspent.

6)Nodesexpresstheiracceptanceoftheblockbyworkingoncreatingthenextblockinthechain,usingthehashoftheacceptedblockastheprevioushash.

Nodesalwaysconsiderthelongestchaintobethecorrectoneandwillkeepworkingonextendingit.Iftwonodesbroadcastdifferentversionsofthenextblocksimultaneously,somenodesmayreceiveoneortheotherfirst.Inthatcase,theyworkonthefirstonetheyreceived,butsavetheotherbranchincaseitbecomeslonger.Thetiewillbebrokenwhenthenextproofof-workisfoundandonebranchbecomeslonger;thenodesthatwereworkingontheotherbranchwillthenswitchtothelongerone.

Newtransactionbroadcastsdonotnecessarilyneedtoreachallnodes.Aslongastheyreachmanynodes,theywillgetintoablockbeforelong.Blockbroadcastsarealsotolerantofdroppedmessages.Ifanodedoesnotreceiveablock,itwillrequestitwhenitreceivesthenextblockandrealizesitmissedone.

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6.Incentive

Byconvention,thefirsttransactioninablockisaspecialtransactionthatstartsanewcoinownedbythecreatoroftheblock.Thisaddsanincentivefornodestosupportthenetwork,andprovidesawaytoinitiallydistributecoinsintocirculation,sincethereisnocentralauthoritytoissuethem.Thesteadyadditionofaconstantofamountofnewcoinsisanalogoustogoldminersexpendingresourcestoaddgoldtocirculation.Inourcase,itisCPUtimeandelectricitythatisexpended.

Theincentivecanalsobefundedwithtransactionfees.Iftheoutputvalueofatransactionislessthanitsinputvalue,thedifferenceisatransactionfeethatisaddedtotheincentivevalueoftheblockcontainingthetransaction.Onceapredeterminednumberofcoinshaveenteredcirculation,theincentivecantransitionentirelytotransactionfeesandbecompletelyinflationfree.

Theincentivemayhelpencouragenodestostayhonest.IfagreedyattackerisabletoassemblemoreCPUpowerthanallthehonestnodes,hewouldhavetochoosebetweenusingittodefraudpeoplebystealingbackhispayments,orusingittogeneratenewcoins.Heoughttofinditmoreprofitabletoplaybytherules,suchrulesthatfavourhimwithmorenewcoinsthaneveryoneelsecombined,thantounderminethesystemandthevalidityofhisownwealth.

7.ReclaimingDiskSpace

Oncethelatesttransactioninacoinisburiedunderenoughblocks,thespenttransactionsbeforeitcanbediscardedtosavediskspace.Tofacilitatethiswithoutbreakingtheblock'shash,transactionsarehashedinaMerkleTree,withonlytherootincludedintheblock'shash.Oldblockscanthenbecompactedbystubbingoffbranchesofthetree.Theinteriorhashesdonotneedtobestored.

Ablockheaderwithnotransactionswouldbeabout80bytes.Ifwesupposeblocksaregeneratedevery10minutes,80bytes*6*24*365=4.2MBperyear.Withcomputersystemstypicallysellingwith2GBofRAMasof2008,andMoore'sLawpredictingcurrentgrowthof1.2GBperyear,storageshouldnotbeaproblemeveniftheblockheadersmustbekeptinmemory.

8.SimplifiedPaymentVerification

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Itispossibletoverifypaymentswithoutrunningafullnetworknode.Auseronlyneedstokeepacopyoftheblockheadersofthelongestproof-of-workchain,whichhecangetbyqueryingnetworknodesuntilhe'sconvincedhehasthelongestchain,andobtaintheMerklebranchlinkingthetransactiontotheblockit'stimestampedin.Hecan'tcheckthetransactionforhimself,butbylinkingittoaplaceinthechain,hecanseethatanetworknodehasacceptedit,andblocksaddedafteritfurtherconfirmthenetworkhasacceptedit.

Assuch,theverificationisreliableaslongashonestnodescontrolthenetwork,butismorevulnerableifthenetworkisoverpoweredbyanattacker.Whilenetworknodescanverifytransactionsforthemselves,thesimplifiedmethodcanbefooledbyanattacker'sfabricatedtransactionsforaslongastheattackercancontinuetooverpowerthenetwork.Onestrategytoprotectagainstthiswouldbetoacceptalertsfromnetworknodeswhentheydetectaninvalidblock,promptingtheuser'ssoftwaretodownloadthefullblockandalertedtransactionstoconfirmtheinconsistency.Businessesthatreceivefrequentpaymentswillprobablystillwanttoruntheirownnodesformoreindependentsecurityandquickerverification.

9.CombiningandSplittingValue

Althoughitwouldbepossibletohandlecoinsindividually,itwouldbeunwieldytomakeaseparatetransactionforeverycentinatransfer.Toallowvaluetobesplitandcombined,transactionscontainmultipleinputsandoutputs.Normallytherewillbeeitherasingleinputfromalargerprevioustransactionormultipleinputscombiningsmalleramounts,andatmosttwooutputs:oneforthepayment,andonereturningthechange,ifany,backtothesender.

Itshouldbenotedthatfan-out,whereatransactiondependsonseveraltransactions,andthosetransactionsdependonmanymore,isnotaproblemhere.Thereisnevertheneedtoextractacompletestandalonecopyofatransaction'shistory.

10.Privacy

Thetraditionalbankingmodelachievesalevelofprivacybylimitingaccesstoinformationtothepartiesinvolvedandthetrustedthirdparty.Thenecessitytoannouncealltransactionspubliclyprecludesthismethod,butprivacycanstillbemaintainedbybreakingtheflowofinformationinanotherplace:bykeepingpublickeysanonymous.Thepubliccanseethatsomeoneissendinganamounttosomeoneelse,butwithoutinformationlinkingthetransactiontoanyone.Thisissimilartothelevelofinformationreleasedbystockexchanges,wherethetimeandsizeofindividualtrades,the"tape",ismadepublic,butwithouttellingwhothepartieswere.

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Asanadditionalfirewall,anewkeypairshouldbeusedforeachtransactiontokeepthemfrombeinglinkedtoacommonowner.Somelinkingisstillunavoidablewithmulti-inputtransactions,whichnecessarilyrevealthattheirinputswereownedbythesameowner.Theriskisthatiftheownerofakeyisrevealed,linkingcouldrevealothertransactionsthatbelongedtothesameowner.

11.Calculations

Weconsiderthescenarioofanattackertryingtogenerateanalternatechainfasterthanthehonestchain.Evenifthisisaccomplished,itdoesnotthrowthesystemopentoarbitrarychanges,suchascreatingvalueoutofthinairortakingmoneythatneverbelongedtotheattacker.Nodesarenotgoingtoacceptaninvalidtransactionaspayment,andhonestnodeswillneveracceptablockcontainingthem.Anattackercanonlytrytochangeoneofhisowntransactionstotakebackmoneyherecentlyspent.

TheracebetweenthehonestchainandanattackerchaincanbecharacterizedasaBinomialRandomWalk.Thesuccesseventisthehonestchainbeingextendedbyoneblock,increasingitsleadby+1,andthefailureeventistheattacker'schainbeingextendedbyoneblock,reducingthegapby-1.

TheprobabilityofanattackercatchingupfromagivendeficitisanalogoustoaGambler'sRuinproblem.Supposeagamblerwithunlimitedcreditstartsatadeficitandplayspotentiallyaninfinitenumberoftrialstotrytoreachbreakeven.Wecancalculatetheprobabilityheeverreachesbreakeven,orthatanattackerevercatchesupwiththehonestchain,asfollows:

Givenourassumptionthatp>q,theprobabilitydropsexponentiallyasthenumberofblockstheattackerhastocatchupwithincreases.Withtheoddsagainsthim,ifhedoesn'tmakealuckylungeforwardearlyon,hischancesbecomevanishinglysmallashefallsfurtherbehind.

Wenowconsiderhowlongtherecipientofanewtransactionneedstowaitbeforebeingsufficientlycertainthesendercan'tchangethetransaction.Weassumethesenderisanattackerwhowantstomaketherecipientbelievehepaidhimforawhile,thenswitchittopaybacktohimselfaftersometimehaspassed.Thereceiverwillbealertedwhenthathappens,butthesenderhopesitwillbetoolate.

Thereceivergeneratesanewkeypairandgivesthepublickeytothesendershortlybeforesigning.Thispreventsthesenderfrompreparingachainofblocksaheadoftimebyworkingonitcontinuouslyuntilheisluckyenoughtogetfarenoughahead,thenexecutingthetransactionatthatmoment.Oncethetransactionissent,thedishonestsenderstartsworkinginsecretonaparallelchaincontaininganalternateversionofhistransaction.

Therecipientwaitsuntilthetransactionhasbeenaddedtoablockandzblockshavebeenlinkedafterit.Hedoesn'tknowtheexactamountofprogresstheattackerhasmade,butassumingthehonestblockstooktheaverageexpectedtimeperblock,theattacker'spotentialprogresswillbeaPoissondistributionwithexpectedvalue:

Togettheprobabilitytheattackercouldstillcatchupnow,wemultiplythePoissondensityforeachamountofprogresshecouldhavemadebytheprobabilityhecouldcatchupfromthatpoint:

Rearrangingtoavoidsummingtheinfinitetailofthedistribution...

ConvertingtoCcode...

#includedoubleAttackerSuccessProbability(doubleq,intz)

{

doublep=1.0-q;

doublelambda=z*(q/p);

doublesum=1.0;

inti,k;

for(k=0;k<=z;k++)

{

doublepoisson=exp(-lambda);

for(i=1;i<=k;i++)

poisson*=lambda/i;

sum-=poisson*(1-pow(q/p,z-k));

}

returnsum;

}

Runningsomeresults,wecanseetheprobabilitydropoffexponentiallywithz.

q=0.1

z=0P=1.0000000

z=1P=0.2045873

z=2P=0.0509779

z=3P=0.0131722

z=4P=0.0034552

z=5P=0.0009137

z=6P=0.0002428

z=7P=0.0000647

z=8P=0.0000173

z=9P=0.0000046

z=10P=0.0000012

q=0.3

z=0P=1.0000000

z=5P=0.1773523

z=10P=0.0416605

z=15P=0.0101008

z=20P=0.0024804

z=25P=0.0006132

z=30P=0.0001522

z=35P=0.0000379

z=40P=0.0000095

z=45P=0.0000024

z=50P=0.0000006

SolvingforPlessthan0.1%...

P<0.001

q=0.10z=5

q=0.15z=8

q=0.20z=11

q=0.25z=15

q=0.30z=24

q=0.35z=41

q=0.40z=89

q=0.45z=340

12.Conclusion

Wehaveproposedasystemforelectronictransactionswithoutrelyingontrust.Westartedwiththeusualframeworkofcoinsmadefromdigitalsignatures,whichprovidesstrongcontrolofownership,butisincompletewithoutawaytopreventdouble-spending.Tosolvethis,weproposedapeer-to-peernetworkusingproof-of-worktorecordapublichistoryoftransactionsthatquicklybecomescomputationallyimpracticalforanattackertochangeifhonestnodescontrolamajorityofCPUpower.Thenetworkisrobustinitsunstructuredsimplicity.Nodesworkallatoncewithlittlecoordination.Theydonotneedtobeidentified,sincemessagesarenotroutedtoanyparticularplaceandonlyneedtobedeliveredonabesteffortbasis.Nodescanleaveandrejointhenetworkatwill,acceptingtheproof-ofworkchainasproofofwhathappenedwhiletheyweregone.TheyvotewiththeirCPUpower,expressingtheiracceptanceofvalidblocksbyworkingonextendingthemandrejectinginvalidblocksbyrefusingtoworkonthem.Anyneededrulesandincentivescanbeenforcedwiththisconsensusmechanism.

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