2 papers
cs.DC2021
NimbleChain: Speeding up cryptocurrencies in general-purpose permissionless blockchains
Paulo Silva, Miguel Matos, João Barreto
Nakamoto's seminal work gave rise to permissionless blockchains -- as well as a wide range of proposals to mitigate their performance shortcomings. Despite substantial throughput a…
cs.DC2020
Impact of Geo-distribution and Mining Pools on Blockchains: A Study of Ethereum
Paulo Silva, David Vavřička, João Barreto +1
Given the large adoption and economical impact of permissionless blockchains, the complexity of the underlying systems and the adversarial environment in which they operate, it is…