Bitcoin and Eclipse Attacks

This post is the first in a series of posts diving into Bitcoin’s underlying technical architecture and trying to get a better understanding of how it all works and what some potential attack vectors are. This week, we are diving into Eclipse Attacks and this specific paper:
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity15/sec15-paper-heilman.pdf

Disclosure: Please note that I did not write this paper and the credit for the idea goes to it’s authors not me, I’m simply summarizing the points and sharing my opinions. Additionally, this…