eprintid: 10059524
rev_number: 16
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2018-10-25 08:37:13
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Delgado-Segura, S
creators_name: Perez-Sola, C
creators_name: Herrera-Joancomarti, J
creators_name: Navarro-Arribas, G
creators_name: Borrell, J
title: Cryptocurrency Networks: A New P2P Paradigm
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
note: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
abstract: P2P networks are the mechanism used by cryptocurrencies to disseminate system information while keeping the whole system as much decentralized as possible. Cryptocurrency P2P networks have new characteristics that propose new challenges and avoid some problems of existing P2P networks. By characterizing the most relevant cryptocurrency network, Bitcoin, we provide details on different properties of cryptocurrency networks and their similarities and differences with standard P2P network paradigms. Our study allows us to conclude that cryptocurrency networks present a new paradigm of P2P networks due to the mechanisms they use to achieve high resilience and security. With this new paradigm, interesting research lines can be further developed, both in the focused field of P2P cryptocurrency networks and also when such networks are combined with other distributed scenarios.
date: 2018-03-01
date_type: published
publisher: HINDAWI LTD
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2159082
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type: review
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1593701
doi: 10.1155/2018/2159082
lyricists_name: Delgado Segura, Sergi
lyricists_id: SDELG94
actors_name: Cuccu, Clara
actors_id: CCCUC40
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Mobile Information Systems
volume: 2018
article_number: 2159082
pages: 16
issn: 1875-905X
citation:        Delgado-Segura, S;    Perez-Sola, C;    Herrera-Joancomarti, J;    Navarro-Arribas, G;    Borrell, J;      (2018)    Cryptocurrency Networks: A New P2P Paradigm.           [Review].        Mobile Information Systems , 2018     , Article 2159082.  10.1155/2018/2159082 <https://doi.org/10.1155/2018%2F2159082>.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059524/1/Delgado-Segura_159082.pdf