Presto: A systematic framework for blockchain consensus protocols

S Leonardos, D Reijsbergen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid evolution of blockchain technology has brought together stakeholders from
fundamentally different backgrounds. The result is a diverse ecosystem, as exemplified by …

Sui lutris: A blockchain combining broadcast and consensus

S Blackshear, A Chursin, G Danezis, A Kichidis… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Sui Lutris is the first smart-contract platform to sustainably achieve sub-second finality. It
achieves this significant decrease in latency by employing consensusless agreement not …

[PDF][PDF] Decor+ hop: A scalable blockchain protocol

SD Lerner - Semantic Scholar, 2015 - scalingbitcoin.org
Abstract 1 Cryptocurrencies, based on and led by Bitcoin, have shown promise as
infrastructure for pseudonymous online payments, cheap remittance, trustless digital asset …

Teechan: Payment channels using trusted execution environments

J Lind, I Eyal, P Pietzuch, EG Sirer - arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.07766, 2016 - arxiv.org
Blockchain protocols are inherently limited in transaction throughput and latency. Recent
efforts to address performance and scale blockchains have focused on off-chain payment …

Scaling blockchains: A comprehensive survey

A Hafid, AS Hafid, M Samih - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Blockchain (eg, Bitcoin and Ethereum) has drawn much attention and has been widely-
deployed in recent years. However, blockchain scalability is emerging as a challenging …

Performance and scalability of blockchain networks and smart contracts

M Scherer - 2017 - diva-portal.org
The blockchain technology started as the innovation that powered the cryptocurrency
Bitcoin. But in recent years, leaders in finance, banking, and many more companies has …

[PDF][PDF] bloxroute: A scalable trustless blockchain distribution network whitepaper

U Klarman, S Basu, A Kuzmanovic… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2018 - bloxroute.com
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies provide an attractive and exciting alternative form of
currency, as they provide the convenience of credit cards, the usability of cash, the security …

GradingShard: A new sharding protocol to improve blockchain throughput

Y Wang, W Wang, Y Zeng, T Yang - Peer-to-Peer Networking and …, 2023 - Springer
Blockchain scalability is one of the biggest challenges for cryptocurrencies. Improving
transaction throughput can be an approach for mainstream blockchain adoption [,–]. We …

Jenga: Orchestrating smart contracts in sharding-based blockchain for efficient processing

M Li, Y Lin, J Zhang, W Wang - 2022 IEEE 42nd International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sharding is a promising way to achieve blockchain scalability, increasing the throughput by
partitioning nodes into multiple smaller groups, splitting the workload. However, when …

Revive: Rebalancing off-blockchain payment networks

R Khalil, A Gervais - Proceedings of the 2017 acm sigsac conference on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Scaling the transaction throughput of decentralized blockchain ledgers such as Bitcoin and
Ethereum has been an ongoing challenge. Two-party duplex payment channels have been …