4. (a) Describe four consensus-mechanism-and-mining-based types of attack on blockchains with specific reference to one
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:37 pm
4. (a) Describe four consensus-mechanism-and-mining-based types of attack on blockchains with specific reference to one of the pre- conditions and the triggers for each such attack; include the 51% attack type as one of the attack types to be described. (12 marks) (b) Describe why a roll-back may be needed in a blockchain and state one main undesirable side-effect of any roll-back and how this may be avoided. (6 marks) (c) Distinguish between any two types of re-centralisation risk in blockchain. (2 marks)