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Stake-Bleeding Attacks on Proof-of-Stake Blockchains

The paper shows a long-range style attack in which past stake keeps producing an alternative history unless the protocol makes that history obviously stale.

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Authors: Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell
Date: 2018
Publisher: Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0112
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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The paper shows a long-range style attack in which past stake keeps producing an alternative history unless the protocol makes that history obviously stale.

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Gaži, P., Kiayias, A., & Russell, A. (2018). Stake-Bleeding Attacks on Proof-of-Stake Blockchains. Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell. https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/248

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@techreport{stakebleeding2018,
  title = {Stake-Bleeding Attacks on Proof-of-Stake Blockchains},
  author = {Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/248},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/stake-bleeding}
}

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AU  - Peter Gaži
AU  - Aggelos Kiayias
AU  - Alexander Russell
PY  - 2018
PB  - Peter Gaži, Aggelos Kiayias and Alexander Russell
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/248
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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