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Blockchain is an emerging decentralized data collection, sharing and storage technology, which have provided abundant transparent, secure, tamper-proof, secure and robust ledger services for various real-world use cases. Recent years have…

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Decentralization is a fundamental design element of the Web3 economy. Blockchains and distributed consensus mechanisms are touted as fault-tolerant, attack-resistant, and collusion-proof because they are decentralized. Recent analyses,…

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Blockchain systems run consensus rules as code to agree on the state of the distributed ledger and secure the network. Changing these rules can be risky and challenging. In addition, it can often be controversial and take much effort to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Jakob Svennevik Notland , Mariusz Nowostawski , Jingyue Li

Blockchain is a novel technology that is rising a lot of interest in the industrial and re- search sectors because its properties of decentralisation, immutability and data integrity. Initially, the underlying consensus mechanism has been…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-10 Stefano De Angelis

Blockchain, the backbone of Bitcoin, has recently gained a lot of attention. Blockchain functions as an immutable record that enables decentralized transactions. Blockchain-based applications are sprouting up in a variety of industries,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Aakash Garg , Ankit Tyagi , Anant Patel , Divyansh Raj

Bitcoin's global success has led to the rise of blockchain, but many systems labeled as "blockchain" deviate from its core principles, adding complexity to the ecosystem. This survey addresses the need for a comprehensive review and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Badr Bellaj , Aafaf Ouaddah , Noel Crespi , Abdelatif Mezrioui , Emmanuel Bertin

The past decade has witnessed the rapid evolution in blockchain technologies, which has attracted tremendous interests from both the research communities and industries. The blockchain network was originated from the Internet financial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Wenbo Wang , Dinh Thai Hoang , Peizhao Hu , Zehui Xiong , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Yonggang Wen , Dong In Kim

The most essential component of every Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is the Consensus Algorithm (CA), which enables users to reach a consensus in a decentralized and distributed manner. Numerous CA exist, but their viability for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Ahmad J. Alkhodair , Saraju P. Mohanty , Elias Kougianos

Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology is a disruptive technology that provides the infrastructure for developing decentralized applications enabling the implementation of novel business models even in traditionally centralized…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Claudia Pop , Tudor Cioara , Ionut Anghel , Marcel Antal , Ioan Salomie

Blockchain is one of the most discussed and highly accepted technologies, primarily due to its application in almost every field where third parties are needed for trust. Blockchain technology relies on distributed consensus for trust,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Arman Rasoodl Faridi , Faraz Masood , Ali Haider Thabet Shamsan , Mohammad Luqman , Monir Yahya Salmony

The blockchain technology enables mutually untrusting participants to reach consensus on the state of a distributed and decentralized ledger (called a blockchain) in a permissionless setting. The consensus protocol of the blockchain imposes…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Chunpeng Ge , Siwei Sun , Pawel Szalachowski

Decentralization is widely recognized as a crucial characteristic of blockchains that enables them to resist malicious attacks such as the 51% attack and the takeover attack. Prior research has primarily examined decentralization in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-12 Chao Li , Balaji Palanisamy , Runhua Xu , Li Duan

Blockchain is challenging the status quo of the central trust infrastructure currently prevalent in the Internet towards a design principle that is underscored by decentralization, transparency, and trusted auditability. In ideal terms,…

With the introduction of the term blockchain in 2008, its interest has been increasing in the community since the idea was coined. The reason for this interest is because it provides anonymity, security and integrity without any central…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Zuhaib Akhtar

Bitcoin introduced delegation of control over a monetary system from a select few to all who participate in that system. This delegation is known as the decentralization of controlling power and is a powerful security mechanism for the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-29 Ashish Rajendra Sai , Jim Buckley , Brian Fitzgerald , Andrew Le Gear

The application of Bitcoin enables people to understand blockchain technology gradually. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency that does not rely on third-party credit institutions, and the core of Bitcoin's underlying technology is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Yuhuan Yang , Shipeng Ye , Xiaoqi Li

Blockchain technology has recently gained widespread attention by media, businesses, public sector agencies, and various international organizations, and it is being regarded as potentially even more disruptive than the Internet. Despite…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Karim Sultan , Umar Ruhi , Rubina Lakhani

The rise of blockchain technology within a few years has attracted researchers across the world. The prime reason for worldwide attention is undoubtedly due to its feature of immutability along with the decentralized approach of data…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Saqib Hakak , Wazir Zada Khan , Gulshan Amin Gilkar , Basem Assiri , Mamoun Alazab , Sweta Bhattacharya , G Thippa Reddy

Blockchain, also coined as decentralized AI, has the potential to empower AI to be more trustworthy by creating a decentralized trust of privacy, security, and audibility. However, systematic studies on the design principle of blockchain as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Luyao Sunshine Zhang

As a disruptive technology, blockchain, particularly its original form of bitcoin as a type of digital currency, has attracted great attentions. The innovative distributed decision making and security mechanism lay the technical foundation…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-21 Ameer Tamoor Khan , Xinwei Cao , Shuai Li