Steganographic Analysis of Blockchains

. 2021 Jun 13;21(12):4078. doi: 10.3390/s21124078

Algorithm 1 Steganographic_Analysis(Blocks B, Clusters C)

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if $C \neq {}$ then
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for $c = 1, 2, \dots$ , C do
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$A \leftarrow c . a d d r e s s e s$
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for $a d d r = 1, 2, \dots$ , A do
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$l s b \leftarrow$ LSB( $a d d r$ )
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$A d d r D a t a .$ APPEND( $l s b$ )
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end for
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end for
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else
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for $b = 1, 2, \dots$ , B do
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$T \leftarrow b . t r a n s a c t i o n s$
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$N o n c e D a t a .$ APPEND( $b . n o n c e$ )
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for $t = 1, 2, \dots$ , T do
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$A \leftarrow t . a d d r e s s e s$
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for $a d d r = 1, 2, \dots$ , A do
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$l s b \leftarrow$ LSB( $a d d r$ )
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$A d d r D a t a .$ APPEND( $l s b$ )
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end for
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end for
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end for
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end if
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$S t a t s \leftarrow$ Statistical_Analysis( $A d d r D a t a$ , $N o n c e D a t a$ )
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return $A d d r D a t a$ , $N o n c e D a t a$ , $S t a t s$