SoK: Measuring Blockchain Decentralization

Autor: Ovezik, Christina, Karakostas, Dimitris, Kiayias, Aggelos, Woods, Daniel

In the context of blockchain systems, the importance of decentralization is undermined by the lack of a widely accepted methodology to measure it. To address this gap, we set out a systematization effort targeting the decentralization measurement wor

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18279

SoK: A Stratified Approach to Blockchain Decentralization

Autor: Ovezik, Christina, Karakostas, Dimitris, Kiayias, Aggelos

Decentralization has been touted as the principal security advantage which propelled blockchain systems at the forefront of developments in the financial technology space. Its exact semantics nevertheless remain highly contested and ambiguous, with p

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.01291

Decentralization Analysis of Pooling Behavior in Cardano Proof of Stake

Autor: Kiayias, Aggelos, Ovezik, Christina

Publikováno v: Kiayias, A & Ovezik, C 2022, Decentralization Analysis of Pooling Behavior in Cardano Proof of Stake . in D Magazzeni, S Kumar, R Savani, R Xu, C Ventre, B Horvath, R Hu, T Balch & F Toni (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF 2022) . Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 18-26, The 3rd ACM International Conference on AI in Finance, 2022, New York, United States, 2/11/22 . https://doi.org/10.1145/3533271.3561787

Blockchain protocols' main differentiator is their purported decentralization that unlocks various information technology applications that were supposedly impossible beforehand. The key promise is that incentive-driven participation of a large set o

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3533271.3561787