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Blockchain technology transformed the digital sphere by providing a transparent, secure, and decentralized platform for data security across a range of industries, including cryptocurrencies and supply chain management. Blockchain's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Bilash Saha , Md Mehedi Hasan , Nafisa Anjum , Sharaban Tahora , Aiasha Siddika , Hossain Shahriar

Bitcoin stands as a groundbreaking development in decentralized exchange throughout human history, enabling transactions without the need for intermediaries. By leveraging cryptographic proof mechanisms, Bitcoin eliminates the reliance on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Han Song , Yihao Wei , Zhongche Qu , Weihan Wang

Blockchain is a merging technology for decentralized management and data security, which was first introduced as the core technology of cryptocurrency, e.g., Bitcoin. Since the first success in financial sector, blockchain has shown great…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-24 Thang X. Vu , Symeon Chatzinotas , Bjorn Ottersten

Blockchains are distributed data structures that are used to achieve consensus in systems for cryptocurrencies (like Bitcoin) or smart contracts (like Ethereum). Although blockchains gained a lot of popularity recently, there is no…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-07-07 Kai Brünnler , Dandolo Flumini , Thomas Studer

In recent years, blockchain has gained widespread attention as an emerging technology for decentralization, transparency, and immutability in advancing online activities over public networks. As an essential market process, auctions have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Zeshun Shi , Cees de Laat , Paola Grosso , Zhiming Zhao

The set of distributed ledger architectures known as blockchain is best known for cryptocurrency applications such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. These permissionless block chains are showing the potential to be disruptive to the financial…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-31 Sara Rouhani , Luke Butterworth , Adam D. Simmons , Darryl G. Humphery , Ralph Deters

Nowadays, blockchain is becoming a synonym for distributed ledger technology. However, blockchain is only one of the specializations in the field and is currently well-covered in existing literature, but mostly from a cryptographic point of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Federico Matteo Benčić , Ivana Podnar Žarko

This paper presents a comprehensive refutation of the so-called "blockchain trilemma," a widely cited but formally ungrounded claim asserting an inherent trade-off between decentralisation, security, and scalability in blockchain protocols.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Craig Wright

Blockchain is gaining extensive attention due to its provision of secure and decentralized resource sharing manner. However, the incumbent blockchain systems also suffer from a number of challenges in operational maintenance, quality…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Zibin Zheng , Hong-Ning Dai , Jiajing Wu

The advent of blockchain technology by the Nakamoto group in 2008 has created a new trend on how to deal with various security issues and vulnerabilities. Blockchain systems have gained momentum in various spheres of technology deployment…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Md Arquam , Ashish Patel , Parma Nand

The applications of the blockchain technology are still being discov-ered. When a new potential disruptive technology emerges, there is a tendency to try to solve every problem with that technology. However, it is still necessary to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Bruno Tavares , Filipe Figueiredo Correia , André Restivo , João Pascoal Faria , Ademar Aguiar

Blockchain as an emerging technology has transformed many traditional and conventional ecosystems and business models. Publication review system is one of the interesting subjects for transformation. The conventional models of publication…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Omid Fatahi Valilai

Blockchain enables a digital society where people can contribute, collaborate, and transact without having to second-guess trust and transparency. It is the technology behind the success of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many disruptive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Duc A. Tran , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

The development of underlying technologies in blockchain mostly revolves around a difficult problem: how to enhance the performance of the system and reduce various costs of nodes (such as communication, storage and verification) without…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Lide Xue , Wei Yang , Wei Li

A survey is given of approaches to the problem of distributed consensus, focusing particularly on methods based on cellular automata and related systems. A variety of new results are given, as well as a history of the field and an extensive…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Stephen Wolfram

Cryptocurrency refers to a type of digital asset that uses distributed ledger, or blockchain, technology to enable a secure transaction. Although the technology is widely misunderstood, many central banks are considering launching their own…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2020-07-30 Wolfgang Karl Härdle , Campbell R. Harvey , Raphael C. G. Reule

National governments are increasingly adopting blockchain to enhance transparency, trust, and efficiency in public service delivery. However, evidence on how these technologies are governed across national contexts remains fragmented and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Hozefa Lakadawala , Komla Dzigbede , Yu Chen

Bitcoin is the first successful decentralized global digital cash system. Its mining process requires intense computational resources, therefore its usefulness remains a disputable topic. We aim to solve three problems with Bitcoin and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-08-25 Alexander Chepurnoy , Mario Larangeira , Alexander Ojiganov

In the context of blockchain systems, the importance of decentralization is undermined by the lack of a widely accepted methodology to measure it. To address this gap, we set out a systematization effort targeting the decentralization…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Christina Ovezik , Dimitris Karakostas , Mary Milad , Aggelos Kiayias , Daniel W. Woods

Blockchains provide a mechanism through which mutually distrustful remote parties can reach consensus on the state of a ledger of information. With the great acceleration with which this space is developed, the demand for those seeking to…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Rodrigo Veiga , Markus Endler , Valeria de Paiva