Payment channel networks (PCNs) have emerged as a leading solution to address the
scalability problem of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Within a PCN, two parties can …

Blockchain has received increasing attention in academia and industry. However, the
increasing transaction volumes and limited on-chain storage underscore scalability as a key …

Blockchain technology era is triggered due to current advancement in the decentralized
paradigms via facilitating secure collaboration among untrusted entities consequently …

The Bitcoin scalability problem has led to the development of off-chain financial mechanisms
such as payment channel networks (PCNs) which help users process transactions of varying …

Payment channel networks (PCNs) are a promising solution to the scalability problem of
cryptocurrencies. Any two users connected by a payment channel in the network can …

Payment channel networks (PCNs) are one of the most prominent solutions to the limited
transaction throughput of blockchains. Nevertheless, PCNs suffer themselves from a …

Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) are a promising approach to overcome scalability
issues of blockchains. To achieve efficient payments in PCNs, it is necessary to route …

In this work, we revisit the severely limited throughput problem of cryptocurrencies and
propose a novel rebalancing approach for Payment Channel Networks (PCNs). PCNs are a …

Cryptocurrencies enable users to execute a financial transaction without relying on any third
party. The use of Blockchain technology guarantees the security and immutability of …

In this work, we are the first to explore route discovery in private channel networks. We first
determine what``ideal" privacy for a routing protocol means in this setting. We observe that …