Blockchain consensus protocols have been a focus of attention since the advent of Bitcoin.
Although classic distributed consensus algorithms made significant contributions to the …

Knowledge-Defined Networking (KDN) necessarily consists of a knowledge plane for the
generation of knowledge, typically using machine learning techniques, and the …

Blockchain has recently gained massive attention thanks to the success of cryptocurrencies
and decentralized applications. With immutability and tamper-resistance features, it can be …

Data has become the most valuable resource, as it is essential to analytics, decision making,
and artificial intelligence. To unleash the value of data, data sharing has become a …

Given the issues of low efficiency of agricultural Internet of Things (IoT) data collection and
data storage security, this study proposes a fast and reliable storage method for IoT data …

Enterprise-grade permissioned blockchain systems provide a promising infrastructure for
data sharing and cooperation between different companies. However, performance …

With the rapid development of blockchain, the concept of decentralized applications
(DApps), built upon smart contracts, has attracted much attention in academia and industry …

Smart contracts enable users to execute payments depending on complex program logic.
Ethereum is the most notable example of a blockchain that supports smart contracts …

The success of blockchain technology in cryptocurrencies reveals its potential in the data
management field. Recently, there is a trend in the database community to integrate …

A Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)-based blockchain with its inherent parallel structure can
potentially significantly improve the throughput performance over conventional blockchains …