Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies has received a substantial interest in the last decade as
Blockchain can ensure trust among users without relying on third parties. However …

The last decade has experienced a vast interest in Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies.
However, slow confirmation times of transactions hamper their wide adoption for …

Cryptocurrencies redefined how money can be stored and transferred among users.
However, independent of the amount being sent, public blockchain-based cryptocurrencies …

Blockchain technology has been developed with the vision to enable trusted collaboration
between untrusted parties, without the need for a central authority. Despite its many …

The Bitcoin network has scalability problems. To increase its transaction rate and speed,
micropayment channel networks have been proposed; however, these require to lock funds …

Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies are severely limited in transaction throughput and
latency due to the need to seek consensus among all peers of the network. A promising …

The widespread adoption of decentralized cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, is
currently hindered by their inherently limited transaction rate. One of the most prominent …

The high transaction fees and confirmation times made Bitcoin unfeasible for many
applications when the payments are in small amounts and require instant approval. As a …

Blockchain based systems, in particular cryptocurrencies, face a serious limitation:
scalability. This holds, especially, in terms of number of transactions per second. Several …

Payment channels networks drastically increase the throughput and hence scalability of
blockchains by performing transactions off-chain. Hence, they are a promising substrate for …