3 papers
cs.DB2026
SonicDB S6: A Storage-Efficient Verkle Trie for High-Throughput Blockchains
Luigi Crisci, Lorenz Schuler, Herbert Jordan +1
The Ethereum state database uses Merkle Patricia Trie (MPT), which suffers from large witness proof sizes and high storage overhead. Verkle Tries have been proposed as a replacemen…
cs.DB2025
Efficient Forkless Blockchain Databases
Herbert Jordan, Kamil Jezek, Pavle Subotic +1
Operating nodes in an L1 blockchain remains costly despite recent advances in blockchain technology. One of the most resource-intensive components of a node is the blockchain datab…
cs.DB2025
A Fast Ethereum-Compatible Forkless Database
Herbert Jordan, Kamil Jezek, Pavle Subotic +1
The State Database of a blockchain stores account data and enables authentication. Modern blockchains use fast consensus protocols to avoid forking, improving throughput and finali…