Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions

This article presents MDST‐GNN, a multi‐distance spatial‐temporal graph neural network for blockchain anomaly detection. To address challenges in detecting fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions, MDST‐GNN integrates a multi‐distance graph convolutional architecture with adaptive temporal modeling, e...

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Main Authors: Shiyang Chen, Yang Liu, Qun Zhang, Zhouhang Shao, Zewei Wang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-08-01
Series:Advanced Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400898
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description This article presents MDST‐GNN, a multi‐distance spatial‐temporal graph neural network for blockchain anomaly detection. To address challenges in detecting fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions, MDST‐GNN integrates a multi‐distance graph convolutional architecture with adaptive temporal modeling, enabling capture of both local and global spatial dependencies while inferring patterns from anonymized temporal data. The model incorporates self‐supervised learning to enhance generalization ability. Experiments on the Elliptic dataset demonstrate MDST‐GNN's superior performance over state‐of‐the‐art methods, achieving improvements of 1.5% in AUC‐ROC and 2.9% in AUC‐PR. The model's robustness to temporal granularity and effectiveness in identifying suspicious transactions underscore its practical value for blockchain forensics.
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spelling doaj-art-2cf4c0ea5d0c4751a60966ba82ef9e142025-08-21T11:05:47ZengWileyAdvanced Intelligent Systems2640-45672025-08-0178n/an/a10.1002/aisy.202400898Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain TransactionsShiyang Chen0Yang Liu1Qun Zhang2Zhouhang Shao3Zewei Wang4College of Engineering Texas A&M University College Station TX 77840 USADepartment of Computer Science Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester MA 01609 USADepartment of Statistics and Biostatistics California State University, East Bay Hayward CA 94542 USADepartment of Computer Science and Engineering University of California San Diego San Diego CA 92093 USADepartment of Information Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong ChinaThis article presents MDST‐GNN, a multi‐distance spatial‐temporal graph neural network for blockchain anomaly detection. To address challenges in detecting fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions, MDST‐GNN integrates a multi‐distance graph convolutional architecture with adaptive temporal modeling, enabling capture of both local and global spatial dependencies while inferring patterns from anonymized temporal data. The model incorporates self‐supervised learning to enhance generalization ability. Experiments on the Elliptic dataset demonstrate MDST‐GNN's superior performance over state‐of‐the‐art methods, achieving improvements of 1.5% in AUC‐ROC and 2.9% in AUC‐PR. The model's robustness to temporal granularity and effectiveness in identifying suspicious transactions underscore its practical value for blockchain forensics.https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400898anomaly detectionblockchainfinancial securitygraph neural networkstemporal modeling
spellingShingle Shiyang Chen
Yang Liu
Qun Zhang
Zhouhang Shao
Zewei Wang
Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
Advanced Intelligent Systems
anomaly detection
blockchain
financial security
graph neural networks
temporal modeling
title Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
title_full Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
title_fullStr Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
title_full_unstemmed Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
title_short Multi‐Distance Spatial‐Temporal Graph Neural Network for Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Transactions
title_sort multi distance spatial temporal graph neural network for anomaly detection in blockchain transactions
topic anomaly detection
blockchain
financial security
graph neural networks
temporal modeling
url https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400898
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