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cs.DC2024
How the interplay between power concentration, competition, and propagation affects the resource efficiency of distributed ledgers
Paolo Barucca, Carlo Campajola, Jiahua Xu
Forks in the Bitcoin network result from the natural competition in the blockchain's Proof-of-Work consensus protocol. Their frequency is a critical indicator for the efficiency of…
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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…