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Aurora-Trinity: A Super-Light Client for Distributed Ledger Networks Extending the Ethereum Trinity Client.
Federico Matteo Benčić1, Ivana Podnar Žarko1
1Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 10, 2022
Summary
Light clients for distributed ledger networks can now detect malicious nodes. Aurora-Trinity enhances security and efficiency for resource-constrained devices by identifying honest nodes.
Area of Science:
- Computer Science
- Cryptography
- Distributed Systems
Background:
- Light clients in distributed ledger networks verify blockchain integrity using headers.
- They are designed for low resource usage, unlike full nodes.
- Current light clients implicitly trust full nodes, creating vulnerabilities to attacks like Eclipse attacks.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce Aurora-Trinity, a novel light client.
- To address the vulnerability of implicit trust in full nodes.
- To enhance security and efficiency for light clients.
Main Methods:
- Introduction of the Aurora module, extending the Ethereum Trinity client.
- The Aurora module efficiently detects malicious or Byzantine nodes.
- Identifies at least one honest node for communication.
Main Results:
- Aurora-Trinity can discover malicious nodes with an acceptable error rate.
- Identified honest nodes enable state inference without downloading header chains.
- The Aurora module requires minimal resources (0.31 MB RAM, 1 MB storage).
Conclusions:
- Aurora-Trinity offers a secure and efficient solution for light clients.
- It enables light clients to run on consumer-grade and resource-constrained devices.
- The client mitigates risks associated with implicit trust in full nodes.
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