domains, creating new concepts for trust and regulation. However, this backbone that is
enabling novelties and abridging businesses comes with drawbacks and security flaws. In
this paper, we evaluate several Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) features depicting
the Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Hyperledger, Algorand and IOTA networks. We focus on their
security challenges and expose numerous threats and vulnerabilities. For instance, we have …