Modern public blockchains like Ethereum rely on p2p networks to run distributed and censorship-resistant applications. With its wide adoption, it operates as a highly critical public ledger. On its transition to become more scalable and sustainable, shifting to PoS without sacrificing the security and resilience of PoW, Ethereum offers a range of consensus clients to participate in the network. In this paper, we present a methodology to measure the performance of the consensus clients based on the latency to receive messages from the p2p network. The paper includes a study that identifies the incentives and limitations that the network experiences, presenting insights about the latency impact derived from running the software in different locations.
@article{arxiv.2309.13329,
title = {Unveiling Ethereum's Hidden Centralization Incentives: Does Connectivity Impact Performance?},
author = {Mikel Cortes-Goicoechea and Tarun Mohandas-Daryanani and Jose Luis Munoz-Tapia and Leonardo Bautista-Gomez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.13329},
year = {2023}
}
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