The article discusses the collection and analysis of Ethereum transaction data utilizing data sources like Etherscan, EthGasStation, and Google BigQuery.
Etherscan provides real-time information on Ethereum transactions, blocks, and smart contracts, along with two transaction processing time predictors.
EthGasStation offers estimates of transaction processing times for various gas prices through its Gas Price API and Prediction Table API.
Google BigQuery is used to analyze large datasets, including an Ethereum dataset containing metadata about transactions, blocks, and smart contracts.
Data collection involved retrieving transaction hashes, pending timestamps, predicted processing times, and processed timestamps for analysis.
The study aimed to determine the accuracy of transaction processing time estimates provided by different sources like Etherscan and EthGasStation.
Various models were compared to analyze the predictions for transaction processing times based on gas prices.
The research detailed the data collection approach, including retrieving timestamps, actual processing times, and comparing predictions from multiple sources.
Authors of the study include researchers from Queen's University and Huawei in Canada.
The paper is available on arXiv under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED license for further reference.