The security of the Coordicide: the implementation and analysis of possible attack vectors

TL;DR

This paper analyzes potential security vulnerabilities in Iota 2.0, focusing on attack vectors that threaten the network's integrity and proposing specific attack scenarios targeting honest participants.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of existing attack vectors and introduces a new attack targeting honest node participation in Iota 2.0.

Findings

Identification of applicable attack vectors on Iota 2.0

Analysis of a novel attack on honest participant write capability

Insights into network vulnerabilities and security considerations

Abstract

The goal of the thesis is to study and perform an analysis of the possible attack vectors on the Iota network 2.0 version of the protocol. In this work, existing attack vectors on Distributed Ledger Technologies are studied and their applicability to the Iota 2.0 protocol is discussed. A specific attack that targets the capability of honest participants to write to the ledger is presented and analyzed in a network of nodes that run a full node software version.