Off-chain payment channel is a significant technology to improve transaction performance of
blockchain by enabling two blockchain nodes to conduct micro-payments at high frequency …

Micropayment channels are the most prominent solution to the limitation on transaction
throughput in current blockchain systems. However, in practice channels are risky because …

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 …

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

Payment channel, which allows two parties to perform micropayments without involving the
blockchain, has become a promising proposal to improve the scalability of decentralized …

Cross-chain technology facilitates the interoperability among isolated blockchains on which
users can freely communicate and transfer values. Existing cross-chain protocols suffer from …

Payment channel networks (PCNs) have been designed and utilized to address the
scalability challenge and throughput limitation of blockchains. It provides a high-throughput …

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 …

Bitcoin is meant to offer a payment system where the users are custodians of their funds
instead of entrusting a trusted financial institution. The limited transaction throughput of such …

Blockchains, introduced in 2008, have garnered significant attention from both academia
and industry. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, which rely on blockchains, have great …