Many existing blockchains do not adequately address all the characteristics of distributed
system applications and suffer from serious architectural limitations resulting in performance …

Blockchain has attracted lots of attention in recent years. However, the performance of
blockchain cannot meet the requirement of massive Internet of Things (IoT) devices. One of …

We explore the origins of blockchain technologies to better understand the enduring needs
they address. We identify the five key elements of a blockchain, show the embodiments of …

Present-day blockchain architectures all suffer from a number of issues not least practical
means of extensibility and scalability. We believe this stems from tying two very important …

Blockchain has evolved into a platform for decentralized applications, with beneficial
properties like high integrity, transparency, and resilience against censorship and …

Blockchain technology has emerged as the cornerstone of many decentralized applications
operating among otherwise untrusted peers. However, it is well known that existing …

Despite recent intensive research, existing blockchain systems do not adequately address
all the characteristics of distributed applications. In particular, distributed applications …

The Internet of Things (IoT) technology will soon become an integral part of our daily lives to
facilitate the control and monitoring of processes and objects and revolutionize the ways that …

Cloud computing is a network model of on-demand access for sharing configurable
computing resource pools. Compared with conventional service architectures, cloud …

Blockchain systems have received much attention and promise to revolutionize many
services. Yet, despite their popularity, current blockchain systems exist in isolation, that is …