Despite the great success of blockchain systems in recent years, blockchains still struggle to
provide the same level of latency and throughput as centralized financial systems. The core …

Blockchains have the potential to revolutionize markets and services. However, they
currently exhibit high latencies and fail to handle transaction loads comparable to those …

Blockchains have the potential to revolutionize markets and services, yet, currently exhibit
high latencies and fail to handle loads comparable to those managed by traditional …

Sharing data across various Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been a common challenge
due to efficiency, security, and stability issues. Blockchain, with security features, is …

Payment channel networks (PCNs) are viewed as one of the most promising scalability
solutions for cryptocurrencies today. Roughly, PCNs are networks where each node …

Money laundering using cryptocurrencies has become increasingly prevalent, and global
and national regulatory authorities have announced plans to implement stringent anti …

Making a payment in a privacy-aware payment channel network can be achieved by trying
out several payment paths until one succeeds. With a large network, such as the Lightning …

In multi-path routing schemes for payment-channel networks, Alice transfers funds to Bob by
splitting them into partial payments and routing them along multiple paths. Undisclosed …

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 …

Payment channel networks are the most developed proposal to address the well-known
issue of blockchain scalability. Currently, the Lightning Network (LN) is the mainstream and …