After the success of the Bitcoin blockchain, came several cryptocurrencies and blockchain
solutions in the last decade. Nonetheless, Blockchain-based systems still suffer from low …

Blockchains, in general, and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, in particular, are realized
using distributed systems and hence critically rely on the performance and security of the …

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

Tremendous growth in cryptocurrency usage is exposing the inherent scalability issues with
permissionless blockchain technology. Payment-channel networks (PCNs) have emerged …

Permissionless blockchains protocols such as Bitcoin are inherently limited in transaction
throughput and latency. Current efforts to address this key issue focus on off-chain payment …

Path-based transaction (PBT) networks, which settle payments from one user to another via
a path of intermediaries, are a growing area of research. They overcome the scalability and …

Despite growing adoption of cryptocurrencies, making fast payments at scale remains a
challenge. Payment channel networks (PCNs) such as the Lightning Network have emerged …

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 …

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 …

Offchain networks emerge as a promising solution to address the scalability challenge of
blockchain. Participants make payments through offchain networks instead of committing …