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Table 2 Four groups of transaction pattern features for each blockchain address

From: Characterizing key agents in the cryptocurrency economy through blockchain transaction analysis

Group

Symbol

Description

Volume

\(M_{\textrm{min}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Minimum dollars received in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{max}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Maximum dollars received in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{mean}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Average dollars received in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{std}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Standard deviation of dollars received in all transactions

\(M_{\textrm{sum}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Total dollars received in all transactions

\(M_{\textrm{min}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Minimum dollars sent in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{max}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Maximum dollars sent in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{mean}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Average dollars sent in a transaction

\(M_{\textrm{std}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Standard deviation of dollars sent in all transactions

\(M_{\textrm{sum}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Total dollars sent in all transactions

\(M_{\textrm{balance}}\)

\(M_{\textrm{sum}}^{\textrm{in}}-M_{\textrm{sum}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Temporal

\(I_{\textrm{min}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Minimum interval of received transactions

\(I_{\textrm{max}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Maximum interval of received transactions

\(I_{\textrm{mean}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Average interval of received transactions

\(I_{\textrm{std}}^{\textrm{in}}\)

Standard deviation of received transaction intervals

\(I_{\textrm{min}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Minimum interval of sent transactions

\(I_{\textrm{max}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Maximum interval of sent transactions

\(I_{\textrm{mean}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Average interval of sent transactions

\(I_{\textrm{std}}^{\textrm{out}}\)

Standard deviation of sent transaction intervals

Network size

\(T_{\textrm{in}}\)

Number of received transactions

\(T_{\textrm{out}}\)

Number of sent transactions

\(N_{\textrm{in}}\)

Number of transaction recipients, i.e., out-degree

\(N_{\textrm{out}}\)

Number of transaction senders, i.e., in-degree

\(N^{\textrm{ego}}\)

Number of nodes in the ego network

Network structure

R

Reciprocity of the current address

C

Cluster coefficient of current address

\(D^{\textrm{ego}}\)

Density of the ego network

\(R^{\textrm{ego}}\)

Reciprocity of the ego network