EtherBee: A Global Dataset of Ethereum Node Performance Measurements Coupled with Honeypot Interactions and Full Network Sessions

TL;DR

EtherBee is a comprehensive dataset capturing Ethereum node performance, network traffic, and security interactions from multiple locations, enabling advanced analysis of network stability, threats, and optimization impacts.

Contribution

The paper introduces EtherBee, a novel, publicly available dataset combining node metrics, network sessions, and honeypot data for Ethereum, facilitating security and performance research.

Findings

Client optimizations can unintentionally concentrate network geographically.

EtherBee reveals patterns of benign and malicious activities.

The dataset supports analysis of network resilience and security threats.

Abstract

We introduce EtherBee, a global dataset integrating detailed Ethereum node metrics, network traffic metadata, and honeypot interaction logs collected from ten geographically diverse vantage points over three months. By correlating node data with granular network sessions and security events, EtherBee provides unique insights into benign and malicious activity, node stability, and network-level threats in the Ethereum peer-to-peer network. A case study shows how client-based optimizations can unintentionally concentrate the network geographically, impacting resilience and censorship resistance. We publicly release EtherBee to promote further investigations into performance, reliability, and security in decentralized networks.