Ethereum is a rapidly evolving blockchain with new features as well as new vulnerabilities
being introduced regularly. Interaction with the network is costly compared to other …

Cryptocurrency off-chain networks such as Lightning (eg, Bitcoin) or Raiden (eg, Ethereum)
aim to increase the scalability of traditional on-chain transactions. To support nodes in …

Payment channel networks are a promising solution to the scalability challenge of
blockchains and are designed for significantly increased transaction throughput compared …

Blockchain technology era is triggered due to current advancement in the decentralized
paradigms via facilitating secure collaboration among untrusted entities consequently …

This paper presents a scalable algorithm for solving the Maximum Betweenness
Improvement Problem as it appears in the Bitcoin Lightning Network. In this approach, each …

Abstract Payment Channel Network (PCN) is a scaling solution for Cryptocurrency networks.
We advance the PCN multi-path routing by better modeling the system and incorporating the …

The rise of open and permissionless blockchains has introduced novel platforms for
applications based on distributed data storage. At the application and business levels, long …

Users of decentralized financial networks suffer from inventive security exploits. Identity-
based fraud prevention methods are inapplicable in these networks, as they contradict their …

In recent years, blockchain technology has been established as a solution to a spectrum of
issues associated with conventional financial systems, including but not limited to high …

The Lightning Network (LN), a second-layer protocol built atop Bitcoin, promises swift, low-
cost transactions, thereby addressing blockchain scalability and enhancing user privacy. As …