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Rintu Augustine, A. Krishnaveni, "Lightweight Graph Neural Networks (LGNN) for Real-time Double-Spending Attack Detection in Blockchain Environments," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 74, no. 7, pp. 389-412, 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V74I7P124

Abstract

To handle the main problem of double-spending attacks in blockchain networks, this paper introduces a new, Light-weight Graph Neural Network (LGNN) approach named Dynamic Sparse Graph Attention Network (DSGAT). To effectively detect double spending behavior, DSGAT method integrates adaptive graph sparsification with attention based on the fundamental graph-structured nature of blockchain transactions. Unlike computationally intensive GNNs, DSGAT may be implemented on edge devices or distributed monitoring systems with low-tech, low-cost hardware since it is optimized for resource-limited environments and doesn't need much processing capacity. To detect double-spending attack, this paper explains building blockchain transaction graphs from a large set of node and edge features. A set of simulated transactions involving double-spending attack is generated using large-scale simulations with the BCASim blockchain simulator, and the performance of DSGAT is compared with normal baselines. The experiment's outcomes prove that DSGAT is able to reduce model sizes and inference latency while keeping high detection rates, proving its feasibility and effectiveness for real-time double spending detection in low-resource environments. To improve blockchain security against double-spending attacks, this paper introduces a novel and realistic alternative.

Keywords

Blockchain, Graph Neural Network, Double Spending, Defensive Mechanism.

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