Authors
Ittay Eyal, Adem Efe Gencer, Emin Gün Sirer, Robbert Van Renesse
Publication date
2016
Conference
13th USENIX symposium on networked systems design and implementation (NSDI 16)
Pages
45-59
Description
Cryptocurrencies, based on and led by Bitcoin, have shown promise as infrastructure for pseudonymous online payments, cheap remittance, trustless digital asset exchange, and smart contracts. However, Bitcoin-derived blockchain protocols have inherent scalability limits that trade off between throughput and latency, which withhold the realization of this potential.
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I Eyal, AE Gencer, EG Sirer, R Van Renesse - 13th USENIX symposium on networked systems …, 2016