Node synchronization is essential for the stability of the Bitcoin network. Critics have raised
doubts about the ability of a new node to quickly and efficiently synchronize with the Bitcoin …

The blockchain provides an immutable, transparent, and decentralized method for data
storage. However, as the volume of data gradually increases, the public blockchain system …

The Bitcoin network synchronization is crucial for its security against partitioning attacks.
From 2014 to 2018, the Bitcoin network size has increased, while the percentage of …

Efficient and reliable propagation of blocks is vital to the scalability of the Bitcoin network. As
a result, several schemes, such as the compact block protocol (BIP 152), have been …

Efficient and reliable block propagation on the Bitcoin network is vital for ensuring the
scalability of this peer-to-peer network. To this end, several schemes have been proposed …

Bitcoin was the first successful decentralized cryptocurrency and remains the most popular
of its kind to this day. Despite the benefits of its blockchain, Bitcoin still faces serious …

Popular cryptocurrencies continue to face serious scalability issues due to their ever-
growing blockchains. Thus, modern blockchain designs began to prune old blocks and rely …

The various node connecting ways make the public blockchain live in a complex network
environment. Single network model, no matter whether synchronized network, partial …

The safety of the Bitcoin blockchain relies on strong network synchrony. Therefore, violating
the blockchain safety requires strong adversaries who control a mining pool with 51% hash …

Compact blocks, and compact block protocol are a recent addition to the Bitcoin (BTC) data
propagation protocol that aims to reduce bandwidth requirements and, possibly, reduce …