Deep reinforcement learning-based rebalancing policies for profit maximization of relay nodes in payment channel networks

N Papadis, L Tassiulas - The International Conference on Mathematical …, 2023 - Springer
Payment channel networks (PCNs) are a layer-2 blockchain scalability solution, with its main
entity, the payment channel, enabling transactions between pairs of nodes “off-chain,” thus …

[HTML][HTML] An Invitation Model Protocol (Imp) for the Bitcoin Asymmetric Lightning Network

A Abdullah, AM Mutawa - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Lightning Network (LN), a second-layer protocol built atop Bitcoin, promises swift, low-
cost transactions, thereby addressing blockchain scalability and enhancing user privacy. As …

Fence: Fee-Based Online Balance-Aware Routing in Payment Channel Networks

X Wang, R Yu, D Yang, G Xue, H Gu… - … /ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scalability is a critical challenge for blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Payment channel
networks (PCNs) have emerged as a promising solution for this challenge. However …

[图书][B] Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Blockchain Networks

N Papadis - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Blockchain technology has attracted a lot of attention as the basis of the decentralized digital
currency Bitcoin. Its key advantage is that it enables multiple parties to reach consensus …