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20202026
most citedThe Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work

100 citations · 185 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.soc-ph2026

A Network Inefficiency Metric for Structural Stress Detection in Hedera Transactions

Deep Nath, Paolo Tasca, Nikhil Vadgama +1

Quantifying structural stress in transaction networks requires metrics that capture structural organization beyond transaction volume alone. In this work, we introduce the Ineffici…

cs.CR2026

SoK: A Systematic Bidirectional Literature Review of AI & DLT Convergence

Ali Irzam Kathia, Yimika Erinle, Abylay Satybaldy +3

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has become a growing research area, yet contributions tend to cluster around specific appli…

cs.CL2026

DLT-Corpus: A Large-Scale Text Collection for the Distributed Ledger Technology Domain

Walter Hernandez Cruz, Peter Devine, Nikhil Vadgama +2

We introduce DLT-Corpus, the largest domain-specific text collection for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) research to date: 2.98 billion tokens from 22.12 million documents span…

cs.IR2023★ 3 cited

Evolution of ESG-focused DLT Research: An NLP Analysis of the Literature

Walter Hernandez Cruz, Kamil Tylinski, Alastair Moore +6

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) faces increasing environmental scrutiny, particularly concerning the energy consumption of the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism and broad…

cs.CY2021★ 25 cited

Token-based Insurance Solutions on Blockchain

Simon Cousaert, Nikhil Vadgama, Jiahua Xu

With the rising demand for protection against new risks such as loss of digital assets, novel insurance services and products emerge. In particular, token-based insurance solutions…

cs.DC2021★ 100 cited

The Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work

Moritz Platt, Johannes Sedlmeir, Daniel Platt +4

Popular distributed ledger technology (DLT) systems using proof-of-work (PoW) for Sybil attack resistance have extreme energy requirements, drawing stern criticism from academia, b…

cs.CY2021★ 56 cited

From banks to DeFi: the evolution of the lending market

Jiahua Xu, Nikhil Vadgama

The Internet of Value (IOV) with its distributed ledger technology (DLT) underpinning has created new forms of lending markets. As an integral part of the decentralised finance (De…

cs.CY2020★ 1 cited

An Analysis of Blockchain Adoption in Supply Chains Between 2010 and 2020

Nikhil Vadgama, Paolo Tasca

In this research, the evolution of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in supply chains has been mapped from the inception of the technology until June 2020, utilising primarily pu…