Key characteristics to create optimized blockchain consensus algorithms

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dc.contributor.author Leo, Joshua
dc.contributor.author Smuts, Hanlie
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-26T07:06:32Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-26T07:06:32Z
dc.date.issued 2021-08
dc.description.abstract Blockchain is a fairly new technology and still in its infancy. As a result, many research papers are creating optimized consensus algorithms. Therefore, a need for key characteristics to create optimized blockchain consensus algorithms has been identified. This research paper presents the results of a systematic literature on identifying the main blockchain consensus algorithms and their associated advantages and disadvantages. Papers from four different databases were retrieved and after exclusion criteria were applied, 44 papers were ultimately included in the review. Results indicated that the five main consensus algorithms were Proof-of-Work (PoW), Proof-of-Stake (PoS), Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT), and Delegated Proof-of-Stake. The results further indicated that efficiency was the main advantage of the PoS, PBFT, PoA and hybrid consensus algorithms. The main disadvantage was “energy wastage” and was attributed to the PoW algorithm. Security concerns were the main disadvantage of the PoS algorithm. These findings were used to present key characteristics that future researchers can have in mind when creating optimized blockchain consensus algorithms. en_US
dc.description.department Informatics en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2022 en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.springer.com/series/558 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Leo, J., Hattingh, M.J. (2021). Key Characteristics to Create Optimized Blockchain Consensus Algorithms. In: Dennehy, D., Griva, A., Pouloudi, N., Dwivedi, Y.K., Pappas, I., Mäntymäki, M. (eds) Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitized Society. I3E 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12896. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85447-8_47. en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-3-030-85447-8 (online)
dc.identifier.isbn 978-3-030-85446-1 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 0302-9743 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1611-3349 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/978-3-030-85447-8_47
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87979
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.rights © 2021 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing. The original publication is available at : https://www.springer.com/series/558. en_US
dc.subject Blockchain en_US
dc.subject Consensus algorithm en_US
dc.subject Proof-of-work (PoW) en_US
dc.subject Proof-of-stake (PoS) en_US
dc.subject Practical Byzantine fault tolerance (PBFT) en_US
dc.subject Delegated proof-of-stake en_US
dc.title Key characteristics to create optimized blockchain consensus algorithms en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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