Blockchain in Dynamic Networks
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
2022-08-09 v1
Abstract
We consider blockchain in dynamic networks. We define the Blockchain Decision Problem. It requires miners that maintain the blockchain to confirm whether a particular block is accepted. We establish the necessary conditions for the existence of a solution. We, however, prove that the solution, even under these necessary conditions is, in general, impossible. We then present two algorithms that solve the Blockchain Decision Problem under either the knowledge of the maximum source pool propagation time or the knowledge of the source pool membership. We evaluate the performance of the two algorithms.
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@article{arxiv.2208.03355,
title = {Blockchain in Dynamic Networks},
author = {Rachel Bricker and Mikhail Nesterenko and Gokarna Sharma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.03355},
year = {2022}
}