Detecting Text Reuse in Cryptocurrency Whitepapers
Detecting Text Reuse in Cryptocurrency Whitepapers
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检测加密货币白皮书中的文本重用
DOI：
10.1109/icbc51069.2021.9461147
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
Moore, Tyler
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作者：
Morin, Andrew;Vasek, Marie;Moore, Tyler
近年来，成千上万的新加密货币被引入。大多数都是通过所谓的“白皮书”介绍的，其中包含技术文档、法律的样板文件和营销材料。值得注意的是，许多提议的货币重用了以前建立的加密货币的文本。我们分析了来自1260个活跃交易的加密货币和2039个ICO的白皮书。我们开发了两种相似性度量。适度相似的论文在论文的一部分中重复使用文本，通常是法律的声明。相比之下，一些高度相似的白皮书似乎复制了大部分文本。4%的代币和19%的ICO白皮书与交易代币高度相似。当我们考虑适度的文本重用时，硬币和ICO的比例分别上升到64%和67%。
Thousands of new cryptocurrencies have been introduced in recent years. Most are introduced with a so-called "whitepaper" containing a mix of technical documentation, legal boilerplate and marketing material. Notably, many proposed currencies reuse text from previous established cryptocurrencies. We analyze the whitepapers from 1 260 actively traded cryptocurrencies and 2 039 ICOs. We develop two measures of similarity. Moderately similar papers reuse text in a portion of the paper, often the legal disclaimers. By contrast, some highly similar whitepapers appear to copy most of the text. 4% of coin and 19% of ICO whitepapers are highly similar to those of traded coins. The fraction rises to 64% for coins and 67% for ICOs when we consider moderate text reuse.