Applications of blockchains in the Internet of Things: A comprehensive survey

MS Ali, M Vecchio, M Pincheira, K Dolui… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The blockchain technology has revolutionized the digital currency space with the pioneering
cryptocurrency platform named Bitcoin. From an abstract perspective, a blockchain is a …

Blockchain technology, bitcoin, and Ethereum: A brief overview

D Vujičić, D Jagodić, S Ranđić - 2018 17th international …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The blockchain technology is a relatively new approach in the field of information
technologies. As one of its first implementations, bitcoin as a cryptocurrency has gained a lot …

A survey on security and privacy issues of bitcoin

M Conti, ES Kumar, C Lal, S Ruj - … communications surveys & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bitcoin is a popular cryptocurrency that records all transactions in a distributed append-only
public ledger called blockchain. The security of Bitcoin heavily relies on the incentive …

Blockchain consensus protocols in the wild

C Cachin, M Vukolić - arxiv preprint arxiv:1707.01873, 2017 - arxiv.org
A blockchain is a distributed ledger for recording transactions, maintained by many nodes
without central authority through a distributed cryptographic protocol. All nodes validate the …

Is blockchain a silver bullet for supply chain management? Technical challenges and research opportunities

A Kumar, R Liu, Z Shan - Decision Sciences, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Blockchain technology is based on the idea of a distributed, replicated, and immutable
digital ledger that enables parties to conduct business in a trustful and transparent way …

Sok: Sharding on blockchain

G Wang, ZJ Shi, M Nixon, S Han - … of the 1st ACM Conference on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Blockchain is a distributed and decentralized ledger for recording transactions. It is
maintained and shared among the participating nodes by utilizing cryptographic primitives …

Decentralization in bitcoin and ethereum networks

AE Gencer, S Basu, I Eyal, R Van Renesse… - … Cryptography and Data …, 2018 - Springer
Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies have demonstrated how to securely implement
traditionally centralized systems, such as currencies, in a decentralized fashion. However …

Bitcoin and beyond: A technical survey on decentralized digital currencies

F Tschorsch, B Scheuermann - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Besides attracting a billion dollar economy, Bitcoin revolutionized the field of digital
currencies and influenced many adjacent areas. This also induced significant scientific …

[PS][PS] Practical byzantine fault tolerance

M Castro, B Liskov - OsDI, 1999 - usenix.org
This paper describes a new replication algorithm that is able to tolerate Byzantine faults. We
believe that Byzantinefault-tolerant algorithms will be increasingly important in the future …

Practical byzantine fault tolerance and proactive recovery

M Castro, B Liskov - ACM Transactions on Computer Systems (TOCS), 2002 - dl.acm.org
Our growing reliance on online services accessible on the Internet demands highly
available systems that provide correct service without interruptions. Software bugs, operator …