Blockchains have become popular platforms for trading assets. They are best-known for their two main representatives, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Blockchains are operated by tens of thousands of clients, akin to peer-to-peer networks. It is unknown, however, how these networks form precisely and what blockchain activity occurs in the network of the University of Sydney.
In this project, we are going to make use of our network monitor that we operate on the university’s link to the Internet. We are going to develop protocol dissectors for the Bro network monitor in order. We will then monitor traffic over several weeks in order to obtain a better understanding of blockchain activity in our network and how it relates to the global blockchains.
This project can be taken by more than one student as there are several blockchains to explore.