Low powered blockchain consensus protocols based on consistent hash

doi:10.1631/FITEE.1800119

	Low powered blockchain consensus protocols based on consistent hash
	Yu, Lei 1,2; Zhao, Xiao-fang 2; Jin, Yan 2; Cai, Heng-yi 1,2; Wei, Bo 1,2; Hu, Bin 1,2
	2019-10-01
发表期刊	FRONTIERS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
ISSN	2095-9184
卷号	20 期号:10 页码:1361-1377
摘要	Current blockchain consensus protocols have a triangle of contradictions in aspects of decentralization, security, and energy consumption, and cannot be synchronously optimized. We describe a design of two new blockchain consensus protocols, called "CHB-consensus" and "CHBD-consensus," based on a consistent hash algorithm. Honest miners can fairly gain the opportunity to create blocks. They do not consume any extra computational power resources when creating new blocks, and such blocks can obtain the whole blockchain network to confirm consensus with fairness. However, malicious miners have to pay massive computational power resources for attacking the new block creation privilege or double-spending. Blockchain networks formed by CHB-consensus and CHBD-consensus are based on the same security assumption as that in Bitcoin systems, so they save a huge amount of power without sacrificing decentralization or security. We analyze possible attacks and give a rigorous but adjustable validation strategy. CHB-consensus and CHBD-consensus introduce a certification authority (CA) system, which does not have special management or control rights over blockchain networks or data structures, but carries the risk of privacy breaches depending on credibility and reliability of the CA system. Here, we analyze the robustness and energy consumption of CHB-consensus and CHBD-consensus, and demonstrate their advantages through theoretical derivation.
关键词	Blockchain Consensus protocol Consistent hash Low energy consumption Decentralization TP301
DOI	10.1631/FITEE.1800119
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[61672499] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61772502] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61972382] ; Key Special Project of Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, China[Z181100003218018] ; Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia ; Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology of China[SKLNST-20162-09] ; SV-ICT Blockchain & DAPP Joint Lab of China ; ICT-SSC Blockchain Joint Lab of China
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Engineering
WOS类目	Computer Science, Information Systems ; Computer Science, Software Engineering ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
WOS记录号	WOS:000496030700005
出版者	ZHEJIANG UNIV
引用统计	被引频次：8[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.204/handle/2XEOYT63/14826
专题	中国科学院计算技术研究所期刊论文_英文
通讯作者	Yu, Lei
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Comp Technol, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu, Lei,Zhao, Xiao-fang,Jin, Yan,et al. Low powered blockchain consensus protocols based on consistent hash[J]. FRONTIERS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING,2019,20(10):1361-1377.
APA	Yu, Lei,Zhao, Xiao-fang,Jin, Yan,Cai, Heng-yi,Wei, Bo,&Hu, Bin.(2019).Low powered blockchain consensus protocols based on consistent hash.FRONTIERS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING,20(10),1361-1377.
MLA	Yu, Lei,et al."Low powered blockchain consensus protocols based on consistent hash".FRONTIERS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 20.10(2019):1361-1377.