Hybrid Deep Learning Approach Utilizing RNN and LSTM for the Detection of DDoS Attacks Within the Bitcoin Ecosystem
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Abstract
The recent surge in the attention garnered by blockchain technology, an immutable ledger enabling decentralized transactions, is noteworthy.However, the security of blockchain remains susceptible to various attacks, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which have increasingly targeted Bitcoin services.In response, deep learning algorithms have emerged as a potent solution to complex problems within the realm of information science.This study proposes a novel approach, utilizing these algorithms within hybrid frameworks, to address intricate cybersecurity issues.The methodologies were implemented and fine-tuned within a Python environment.Initially, a technique known as data augmentation was applied to an experimental domain aimed at verifying efficiency and boosting precision in complex datasets.Data augmentation, a method of generating new data points from existing ones, artificially enhances the volume of data.A Conditional Table Generative Adversarial Network (CTGAN) approach was adopted for the creation of tabular synthetic data.The utilization of synthetic data was found to enhance the model's performance and robustness compared to the exclusive use of original data.Subsequently, a binary classification hybrid deep learning model, incorporating Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) algorithms, was proposed for the detection of DDoS attacks within cryptocurrency networks.The proposed model was then validated using actual instances of DDoS attacks within the Bitcoin service dataset.The validation process incorporated a test set comprising 20% of the augmented data.Evidently, the proposed model outperformed standard deep learning implementations, achieving an impressive accuracy of approximately 95.84%.This study, therefore, presents a promising approach to mitigating DDoS attacks within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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