Cryptocurrencies redefined how money can be stored and transferred among users.
However, independent of the amount being sent, public blockchain-based cryptocurrencies …

Payment channels networks drastically increase the throughput and hence scalability of
blockchains by performing transactions off-chain. Hence, they are a promising substrate for …

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 …

Current permissionless cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin suffer from a limited transaction rate
and slow confirmation time, which hinders further adoption. Payment channels are one of …

Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies received a lot of attention recently for their applications
in many domains. IoT domain is one of such applications, which can utilize cryptocurrencies …

Blockchain technology has been developed with the vision to enable trusted collaboration
between untrusted parties, without the need for a central authority. Despite its many …

Micropayment channels are the most prominent solution to the limitation on transaction
throughput in current blockchain systems. However, in practice channels are risky because …

Payment channels (PC) are a promising solution to the scalability issue of cryptocurrencies,
allowing users to perform the bulk of the transactions off-chain without needing to post …

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

The last decade has experienced a vast interest in Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies.
However, slow confirmation times of transactions hamper their wide adoption for …