Survey on blockchain networking: Context, state-of-the-art, challenges

M Dotan, YA Pignolet, S Schmid, S Tochner… - ACM Computing …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Blockchains, in general, and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, in particular, are realized
using distributed systems and hence critically rely on the performance and security of the …

Bitcoin-compatible virtual channels

L Aumayr, M Maffei, O Ersoy, A Erwig… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Empirical evaluation of nodes and channels of the lightning network

P Zabka, KT Foerster, S Schmid, C Decker - Pervasive and Mobile …, 2022 - Elsevier
Off-chain networks provide an attractive solution to the scalability challenges faced by
cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. While first interesting networks are emerging, we currently …

Topologies for blockchain payment channel networks: Models and constructions

J Khamis, A Kotzer… - IEEE/ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Payment channel networks (PCNs), also known as off-chain networks, implement a common
approach to deal with the scalability problem of blockchain networks. They enable users to …

HCVC: A high-capacity off-chain virtual channel scheme based on bidirectional locking mechanism

S **e, L **ao, D Han, K **e, X Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the key components of Web 3.0, the security of cryptocurrency is essential to its
development and application. A Payment Channel Network (PCN) enhances transaction …

Route hijacking and dos in off-chain networks

S Tochner, A Zohar, S Schmid - … of the 2nd ACM Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Off-chain transaction networks can mitigate the scalability issues of today's trustless
blockchain systems such as Bitcoin. However, these peer-to-peer networks also introduce a …

Counting down thunder: Timing attacks on privacy in payment channel networks

E Rohrer, F Tschorsch - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
The Lightning Network is a scaling solution for Bitcoin that promises to enable rapid and
private payment processing. In Lightning, multi-hop payments are secured by utilizing …

Short paper: A centrality analysis of the lightning network

P Zabka, KT Foerster, C Decker, S Schmid - International Conference on …, 2022 - Springer
Payment channel networks (PCNs) such as the Lightning Network offer an appealing
solution to the scalability problem faced by many cryptocurrencies operating on a blockchain …

How lightning's routing diminishes its anonymity

SP Kumble, D Epema, S Roos - … of the 16th International Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Lightning, the prevailing solution to Bitcoin's scalability issue, uses onion routing to hide
senders and recipients of payments. Yet, the path between the sender and the recipient …

Revelio: A network-level privacy attack in the lightning network

T Von Arx, M Tran, L Vanbever - 2023 IEEE 8th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Lightning Network (LN) is a widely-adopted off-chain protocol that not only addresses
Bitcoin's scaling problem but also enables anonymous payments. Prior attacks have shown …